Situated amidst the lush green mountains and valleys of Lonavala, one can find peace and solitude at serene Aamby Valley City. A planned city spread over an area of 40.5 sq. km; it sports villas, bungalows and, multi-storey projects which belong to the elite class of individuals from across the country.

Audio Visual Lifestyle had the opportunity to design and implement a high-end AV solution for an upscale multi-storey bungalow located within the heart of Aamby Valley. The owner of the bungalow, a successful entrepreneur wanted a one-stop solution for all his entertainment needs at different locations, which consisted of a home theatre room, a gym area, a gaming room and a courtyard area, which was further connected to a large pool side.

The site was designed with a concept that music should seamlessly be reproduced throughout the bungalow and that the user would have control capabilities from any part of the bungalow. The site composed of multiple rooms with multiple audio and video systems in place. Each room had a different AV challenge to offer and not to mention that all the audio systems in every room had to sound balanced and excellent.

The home theatre room comprised of three Reference AV Anthony Gallo Acoustics loudspeakers in an LCR format. The surrounds comprised of four A’Diva SE loudspeakers that were mounted into the ceiling. The A’Diva SE was aimed at the listening position so as to precisely focus all the energy on that particular area. For the low-end, two TR-3 subwoofers were placed in the room below the large television. The entire 7.2 home theatre was powered up by a Cambridge Audio CXR200 AV Receiver, which had a TATA Sky set-top box connected to it, along with a Blu-ray player and a Sonos Connect unit.

In the game room, a pair of Scansonic M-9 floorstanding speakers was placed besides the large television. These floorstanding speakers catered to the room in a stereo format, not to mention that all the audio from a Sonos Connect and a TATA Sky set-top box was reproduced by the floorstanding speakers. The large floorstanding speakers delivered an exceptional level of clarity in the high-frequency region, plus the large bass drivers of the floorstanding speakers were capable of churning out an immense amount of low-frequency energy in to the room. A Cambridge Audio CXA80 stereo amplifier had the responsibility of powering the two towers and supplying them with a good amount of power.

Audio Visual Lifestyle’s system designers had placed two Current Audio OR6G loudspeakers in the courtyard area and a total of four OR6G loudspeakers in the pool side area. All these rock shaped loudspeakers are powered by a total of two Cambridge Audio CXA60 stereo power amplifiers. The OR6G loudspeakers sport a 6.5” mid-bass driver capable of delivering a stunning amount of mid-bass energy and that too without distorting at high volume levels. To support music playback and controllability for the rock loudspeakers, a Sonos Connect device was partnered along with the two Cambridge Audio stereo amplifiers in the gym room, which lied below the courtyard area.

Extensive amounts of loudspeaker cabling were laid out around the multi-storey bungalow to connect all the loudspeakers. And to do the job well, rolls of Klotz SCH2025 cables were used for the cabling. Audio Visual Lifestyle’s designers kept loudspeaker distance in mind and had appropriately selected efficient gauges for different locations in the bungalow. Additionally, a number of IR extenders were suitably placed around the rooms to provide an easy access to the stereo amplifiers without physically being present in front of the equipment.

In the bungalow, the living room consisted of four Current Audio OC65W loudspeakers that were powered by a Cambridge Audio CXA60 power amplifier. The CXA60 power amplifier was situated in an area below the living room. The four OC65W loudspeakers did a swell job of delivering an immense amount of sound pressure level into the large living room. The owners were happy with the overall outlook of the systems, their placing positions and the aesthetics of the loudspeakers. Audio Visual Lifestyle’s installation team did a marvellous job while installing the equipment throughout the bungalow and the team also kept in mind the acoustics of every room so as to ensure that the audio quality was top-notch at all times.