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The owners of the award winning Star Trek themed theater were originally planning to build a traditional home theater, but after discussing their sci-fi interests with the designers and installers from Acoustic Innovations and Audio Advisors, the idea of doing a Star Trek themed theater came up, and they decided to “make it so”. The theater, bar, and ready room are modeled after the NCC-1701D Enterprise from the “Next Generation” series, and were completed in 2006 after a combined six months of build time.

More pics after the jump.



A hidden closet and adjacent room contain the source and A/V distribution equipment, including eight Kaleidescape servers containing nearly 4,000 DVDs. The Star Trek ambiance is enhanced with motion-activated air-lock doors with series sound effects, and a “Red Alert” button on the Crestron TPMC-10 controller which plays siren effects from the series and flashes red lights to simulate a Romulan attack.


Processing/Amplification
- Algolith Mosquito HDMI 3D MPEG Noise Reducer
- Gefen EXT-HD-441 4 HDMI x1 DVI HD Switcher
- Key Digital KD-MSW8x3 Component & RGBHV Matrix Switcher
- JBL S100IC Synthesis Interconnect Kits (x2)
- JBL S800 2-Channel THX Powered Amplifiers (x9)
- JBL SDEC2500A THX Digital EQ/Crossover
- JBL SDP-40 THX Digital Surround Processor/System Controller
- JBL Synthesis K2 Synthesis Hercules System

Speakers
- JBL K2S1000DG 3-way Dual 10-inch Hercules Center
- JBL K2S9800DG 3-way 15-inch Hercules Floorstanding (x2)
- JBL S1A Dual 8-inch Dipole Ambient THX Surrounds (x4)
- JBL S1S-EX 18-inch THX Subwoofers (x4)