Home Cinema | House System 2

Our most popular home cinema system uses the exact same speakers that the worlds leading film makers use to make their movies. Warner Bros, Universal, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, Dolby, Skywalker Sound, Sony Pictures, HBO, THX and DTS all use MK loudspeakers to record their films. There is simply no other speaker with the credentials and quality of MKs famous 150 loudspeakers.

Compare the 150 speakers to any alternatives you may be considering and you’ll experience a level of detail and dynamics that you never knew existed. The use of three stacked tweeters handles the dynamics of say a gunshot 3 times better than a speaker with a single tweeter. This drive unit layout also produces a much wider soundstage than a single tweeter design so listeners throughout the listening room will enjoy the best sound quality. This speaker is also designed with a narrow height dispersion to minimize ceiling and floor reflections – a feature that is particularly recommended in rooms with low ceilings or with longer listening distances.

 

Complete MK Passive 150 7.2 System - Total installed system price £21,266

Oppo BD103 region free Blue Ray player	£500
JVC X55 3D projector	£4,995
Ceiling mount projector bracket	£150
WIDE SCREEN high gain projection screen	£1,595
Onkyo TXNR818 Receiver	£995
Front speakers 3 x MK S150 Mk11’s	£3,300
Front 3 x K&M adjustable speaker stands	£741
Rear speakers 2 pairs x MK 150 T Tripolar speakers	£2,900
Subwoofers 2 x MK X10	£4,390
QED HDMI video connections	£250
Speaker and subwoofer cables	£450
Equipment Total	£20,266
Installed System Price	£21,266

 

Blu Ray: Oppo BD103 £500

Oppo Blu Ray players provide the best picture and sound quality available. This player has been modified to provide superb Blu ray performance from discs from any region while also getting the very best from DVD’s. It’s also great for digging all the detail from SACD 5.1 recordings. Reference quality source components have never been so cheap!

Projector: JVC X55 £4,995

The JVC X55 is the first 1080p projector that does a good job of simulating a higher resolution “4k” image. JVC’s “E shift 2” technology produces a sharper, cleaner, more 3 dimensional image than conventional 1080p projector making ideal for closer viewing distances.

Screen: WIDE SCREEN high gain projection screen £1,595

The correct projection screen is essential to achieving both the best picture and sound quality. With a large screen it is essential that the centre speaker is perfectly located behind the centre of the screen so that voices come from the actors not below or above them. To do this correctly requires a woven screen material that allows sound to pass while reflecting light back. Until now woven screens have been very expensive while reducing picture brightness and detail. Seymour AV screens are high-gain so pictures remain bright and detailed while sound quality is assured. We highly recommend a viewing of this Blu Ray player, projector and screen combination – you’ll be knocked out by what you see!

Receiver: Onkyo TX-NR818 - £995

Onkyo Receivers provide an unbeatable combination of performance and facilities to act as the heart of any audio visual system. Onkyo power amplifiers are a great match for MK satellite speakers which are used in the design and development of Onkyo surround systems.

Front Speakers: MK S150 Mk11s – £3,300 for three

Want to hear your movies exactly as they were intended? Simple, just use the speakers the film makers use to record their films with. The world’s leading film makers such as Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Universal all use these speakers to mix their sound tracks. Using the same speaker in your home will get you closer to what the intended than any alternative.

Like all the speakers we recommend these are satellite designs. This means they play far louder from much smaller boxes than big hifi speakers. All home cinema systems should use three identical front speakers for perfect panning. The use of compact speakers allows for the perfect placement of the front speakers with far more predictable result than is possible with larger speakers. The tweeter array in the new Mk2 speakers also moves the crossover point all the way down to 1000Hz, well away from most speakers 3Khz crossover- the point where human hearing is most acute.

Rear speakers: 2 pairs x MK 150 T Tripolar speakers £1,450 a pair / £2,900

These speakers are part of the package that film makers’ worldwide use to mix their film with. In cinemas multiple rear speakers create an enveloping surround sound experience that using a pair of rear speakers cannot provide. Tripolar rear speakers fire in 3 directions at once to create a truly 360 degree sound field and localised rear sound from just 2 compact, wall mounted rear speakers.

Subwoofers: MK X10 x 2 £4,390

Recreating deep accurate bass is one of the hardest things to achieve in any room. The most consistent, high quality way of achieving this is with subwoofers that can be placed and adjusted to perfectly match the acoustic properties of your listening room. The new X Series subs combine the latest developments in driver, amplifier and crossover technology in a familiar push/pull configuration for the finest bass performance possible.

Installation Includes:

Surface mounting of all cables and speakers, projector and screen. Video calibration optimised to Digital Video Essentials standards.

 

System Options:

Option 1: Stealth Option

All our house systems use compact satellite speakers that are designed to be used with separate subwoofers. This is how professional surround systems are designed as this approach provides the most consistent performance in any room. The in wall version of the speakers we use provide near identical performance to the in room speakers. For the highest quality sound with the most discrete installation these in wall system are the perfect solution. Please note additional installation charges typically apply.

Option 2: Motorised Screens

Our motorised projection screens are simply the best available. Acoustically transparent screens are essential to allow the perfect placement of the centre speaker. Our screens use the only woven fabric that doesn’t sacrifice picture brightness or sound quality. Where motorised drop down screens are required our screens are also unique in using a matt fabric velvet border to frame the picture for the highest contrast images available.

Option 3: ISF Video Calibration

Where rooms can be darkened our combination of Blue Ray player, projector and screen will give the best possible performance. All video systems are calibrated to Video Essentials standards but where optimal video quality must be ensured, we provide ISF video calibration using state of the art test equipment.