CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles Designer Awards

This home theater made 1 Sound Choice 1 of 22 finalists in CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles Designer Awards. A flooded basement became a family theater with a dance floor, a stage, a star ceiling, and seats for 10 or more.

1 Sound Choice has been chosen as 1 of 22  home theater finalists in CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles Designer Awards. Read the full article on: http://www.cepro.com/slideshow/image/7119/ Briefly describe the objectives in creating this theater. We originally met with this customer in mid August of 2009. Unfortunately their basement had flooded from a heavy rain storm and faulty sump pump. Their original goal was to repair the damage in the basement. While interviewing the client we discovered the family’s love of the theater, and the husband’s love of all things electronic. We suggested our plan of not only repairing the damage to the basement and protect it from happening again, but also to design and install their dream home theater. One catch on their end, the entire project had to be completed by the end of September for their daughter’s birthday party. What technical features are notable in this project? The clients wanted some specific things incorporated into their design:

• A removable dance floor
• An outlet in the ceiling for removable disco lights
• A stage for their children’s performances
• A hidden video port for the children’s video games
• A floating star field ceiling
• A laptop to stream Bollywood movies
• A state-of-the-art AV system that incorporated a curved 2:35 screen
• Seating for at least ten people
• A way of alerting those in the theater that the doorbell was ringing

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What One Sound Choice clients say

We love our movies. 1 Sound Choice provides the equipment and staff to play our movies to our membership. They always do an excellent job.

– Pequannock Senior Club (1 Sound Choice client testimonials)

Ryan listened to us – he understood what we wanted to accomplish. (The 1 Sound Choice team’s) commitment to post-installation support and service has been unbelievable. They are professionals in every aspect and have gained our trust throughout the completion of our project.

– Mr. & Mrs. Maytin (1 Sound Choice client testimonials)

We hired Ryan and Ken to build a theatre room for us back in 2008. They did an excellent job and have been terrific all of these past 5 years in providing us with service, updates and recommendations along the way as we’ve needed them. I would highly reccomend them to anyone looking for professional A/V services.

– gballotti (Houzz review)

Award theater questions

What award was this?

CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles Designer Awards. 1 Sound Choice was 1 of 22 home theater finalists.

What was the room before?

A basement that flooded after a heavy storm and a bad sump pump.

What did the family want in the theater?

A dance floor, a stage, a star ceiling, a curved screen, and seats for at least 10 people.

How fast did it need to be done?

By the end of September, in time for their daughter’s birthday party.

One Sound Choice, 8 Tilley Ave, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444. Call or text (973) 945-5275. We work in homes across Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Essex, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties. Written by Ryan Herd, founder of One Sound Choice.