Audio applications
Fohhn Audio Solutions
FOHHNResidential

Luxury Residential

Majlis, cinema and garden audio engineered to the same standard as our institutional projects.

Rooms
6 – 30
Finish
Bespoke
Control
KNX / Crestron
The acoustic challenge
  • Interiors where no equipment may be visible at all.
  • Majlis and cinema rooms demand very different acoustic behavior.
  • Owners expect effortless, single-button control.
The CaesarTechs engineering approach
  • Bespoke-finished architectural loudspeakers integrated into joinery and stone.
  • Seating-area beams keep music in the room and out of the corridors.
  • Full integration with the residence's control platform.
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Recommended system

The stack we would specify for this environment.

Loudspeaker families
ARC Series · X Series
Amplification & DSP
System Amplifier DI-2.250
Beam steering strategy
Discreet seating-area beams
Invisible

Nothing visible in the finished interior.

Considered

Room-by-room acoustic treatment strategy.

Supported

Remote diagnostics and priority service.

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Integration scope
01

Bespoke finishes matched to the interior architect

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KNX / Crestron integration with lighting and shading scenes

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Concealed rack rooms with remote support

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Visual reference

How it looks in the space.

Luxury Residential audio integration reference 1
Luxury Residential audio integration reference 2
Luxury Residential audio integration reference 3
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Acoustic telemetry

The numbers behind the design.

Reverberation decay · RT60 0.9s
0 dB-60 dB
STI (predicted)
0.93
Direct / reverb
83%
SPL variance
± 2.5 dB
Throw distance
14 m
Vertical dispersion
Beam angle
-28°
Opening
20°
Mount height
6 m
Steering
Digital
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Signal chain

Microphones, UC codecs, media players and the emergency interface arrive on a redundant network layer with priority routing.

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Zone planner

Select the zones in your residential project.

Zones selected
3
Beam channels
5
Amplifier estimate
2 × DI-2.250
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Coverage simulator

Pre-loaded with typical residential room data.

Adjust the room, steer the beam and export a branded coverage study for your project file.

Select the space
Scale

Stage position, seating slope and balcony geometry drive the design. Separate beams normally serve stalls and balcony.

ViewCovered 30/150 · marginal 20
7.0 m20.2 m
Conventional loudspeaker — same room
7.0 m20.2 m32 m × 24 m × 12 m · AuditoriumDesign simulation — estimated coverage, not a measurement

Click any listening position to move the virtual listener · drag the array to change mounting height · every value is a design estimate until site measurement.

Room geometry · Auditorium

Showing the parameters that matter most for a auditorium. Switch to “Build my room” for the full geometry set.

LayersSeats covered 9/14 · drag the array, beam handle or listener
Conventional loudspeaker

Fixed vertical dispersion sprays energy at ceilings and rear walls. Reflections smear consonants.

Fohhn Beam Steering
3m6m8m11m14m-28°5.5m91 dB · 9m

Drag the array to set mounting height, drag the handle to steer, drag anywhere to move the listener.

Live acoustic telemetry
1 beam20° coverageRT60 0.9s45 dB(A)Beam locked
0 m14 mSteered line source — 3 dB / doublingConventional — 6 dB / doubling
STI gain
+19
D/R
11.9 dB
Uniformity
±3 dB
Coverage profile along the audience
Front to rear · 14 m · 1 beam at -28° / 20°
91 dB
90 dB
88 dB
87 dB
86 dB
92 dB
92 dB
91 dB
91 dB
90 dB
90 dB
89 dB
89 dB
89 dB
0 m7 m14 m
Beam steered Conventional
Front-to-rear variation
±3.1 dB
Conventional variation
±9.6 dB
Rear headroom over noise
+44 dB
Array mouth / ceiling
5.5 m of 6 m
Suggested family
Linea Focus
Amplification
System Amplifier DI-2.250

Steered energy holds level across the seating plane instead of falling away behind the first rows — indicative design estimate, not a measurement.

Live audition · hear the configuration

Real programme material — a recorded announcement, a music bed or a pink-noise test signal — played through the current room, beam and noise settings.

Audition idle
Direct / reverberant
+6.0 dB
Room decay in ear
0.9 s RT60
Noise floor
45 dB(A)

Beam on the listener at 9 m — direct sound stays forward of the room tail, articulation holds at STI 0.87. Indicative sound design simulation, not a measurement or a Fohhn recording.

Dolby surround test

Channel-by-channel identification for a 5.1 / Atmos room. Tap any speaker to fire that channel, or run the full sweep.

Listener

Output routing is detected on first playback.

Live simulation
Conventional STI
0.68
Beam steered STI
0.87
Direct / reverberant
11.9 dB
Suggested family
Linea Focus
SPL at listener
91 dB
Headroom over noise
+46 dB

Beam locked on the listener — approx. +19 points of speech-intelligibility improvement versus a conventional system in the same room.

Drag inside the steered room to move the listener. Indicative simulation — not a measurement of a specific project.

Engineering study · project record
Engineering notes · auto-generated, editable

Design simulation — estimated performance until site measurement

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Typical project profile
Private residence
Majlis, cinema and garden zones
Palace project
Bespoke finishes across 30 zones
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Delivery program
PHASE 01
Acoustic survey

Site measurement of RT60, noise floor and geometry against the architect's model.

PHASE 02
Coverage modelling

Beam plots per zone with predicted STI and SPL maps issued as a report.

PHASE 03
Design & BOM

Loudspeaker schedule, amplifier count, cabling and containment drawn in CAD.

PHASE 04
Supply & staging

Equipment pre-configured and load-tested in the CaesarTechs facility.

PHASE 05
Installation

Mounting details coordinated with the fit-out contractor and MEP package.

PHASE 06
Commissioning & handover

On-site tuning, as-built documentation, operator training and remote monitoring.

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Engineering questions

We model the room in acoustic software and issue beam plots with predicted STI for every zone of the residential space before a single bracket is ordered.

Yes. Beams are steered digitally, so re-tuning after a fit-out change is a software session — no ladders, no re-rigging.

Slim column profiles in custom finishes, flush or recessed where the architecture allows. Most clients see nothing at first glance.

The DSP core supports prioritised emergency broadcast paths and supervised monitoring alongside the everyday program audio.

CaesarTechs provides remote monitoring, firmware management and an SLA-backed response with local engineers.

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Other audio environments
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Let's design the audio for your residential project.

Share your drawings and we will return a coverage plan, a bill of materials and a commissioning scope.

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