Learn the engineering before choosing the speaker.
Coverage, headroom, directivity, room interaction, screen-wall construction, bass management and calibration determine whether the loudspeaker system performs as one cinema.
Point source vs line source
Directivity, distance and room interaction.
02Active vs passive speakers
Where amplification and crossover live.
03In-wall vs on-wall
Architecture, isolation and service access.
045.1.4, 7.1.4 and 9.1.6
Choose channels from room geometry.
05Atmos speaker placement
Elevation angles and height-layer coverage.
06Cinema reference level
SPL, peaks and headroom.
07Bass management & crossovers
Why every speaker does not need to run full range.
08Directivity & room acoustics
Control reflections before correcting them.
09Speakers behind the screen
Why the image and soundstage belong together.
10Sensitivity, impedance & amplifier power
Size amplifier headroom from the loudspeaker and distance.
11Directivity & coverage patterns
What speaker angles mean for seats and reflections.
12Baffle-wall design
Build the screen wall as an acoustic structure.
13How big should the speakers be?
Use distance, volume, rows and target SPL.
14Dynamic compression & headroom
Why systems sound strained before obvious distortion.
15Active speakers, DSP & calibration
What changes when amplification lives in the loudspeaker.
16Timbre matching across the cinema
When identical speakers matter — and when directivity matters more.
17Centre channel & dialogue
The most important channel in many film mixes.
18Speaker spacing behind screens
Woven/perforated materials, reflections and clearance.
19Cinema speaker technologies
Coaxial, horn, planar, line-source, Folded Motion and active systems.
20Dante, AES67 & PoE speakers
Network-audio routing, PoE switching and Smart IP cinema design.