Certification exists because the tool is sharp.
A Trinnov does not correct a room; it corrects a loudspeaker in a room, and only from good measurements. Mic positions, target curves and how much correction to apply are judgement calls, and overdoing it is the commonest way to make a well-built cinema sound wrong.
- Certified calibration, using the four-element 3D microphone as designed.
- Measurements taken at every seat, not just the middle one.
- The measurement set and target curves documented and left on site.
- Room built and treated first. Processing is the last ten per cent, not the first.
The order matters more than the hardware. Get the room, the speaker positions and the treatment right, and the Trinnov finishes the job. Reverse that order and no processor will save it.
Related work.
A measurement company that happens to make processors.
Trinnov was founded in Paris in 2003 out of research into spatial audio, and it holds more than fifty patents. Its reputation rests on the Optimizer, which measures loudspeaker and room behaviour together, and on the tetrahedral microphone that captures azimuth, elevation and distance rather than just level.
The Altitude range now covers everything from a compact media room to a DCI-grade theatre: Altitude 16 and 32 for analogue-first systems, and AltitudeCI with Dante audio over IP for network-based integration. All of them share the same processing and the same free software updates.
The processors we specify.
The choice is driven by channel count and how the system is wired, not by which one sounds better. They all sound the same.
What drives the specification.
Channel count decides the processor. The room decides the channel count. We work in that order and it saves money.
Channel count, honestly counted
Count front wides, height layers, subwoofer arrays and any active crossover work before choosing. Most people who buy an Altitude 16 and later want an Altitude 32 undercounted at the start.
Whether WaveForming is on the plan
WaveForming needs subwoofers in defined positions, front and rear, and rules out nearfield and mid-room subs. It also changes the channel count. Decide early or not at all.
Analogue or audio over IP
Altitude 16 and 32 keep you free to choose any power amplifier. AltitudeCI puts Dante at the centre and scales further. It is an integration decision, not a sound quality one.
Indicative only. A design visit produces a fixed price.
Trinnov cinemas across the North West.
Clitheroe, Whalley, Longridge, Waddington, Ribchester, Chipping, Sabden, Downham, Slaidburn, Wiswell, Great Mitton, Hurst Green, Billington, Langho, Clayton-le-Dale
Fulwood, Penwortham, Broughton, Goosnargh, Grimsargh, Longton, Hutton, Lea, Barton, Woodplumpton
Lytham, St Annes, Ansdell, Fairhaven, Wrea Green, Kirkham, Freckleton, Warton, Singleton
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, Chorley, Lancaster, Garstang, Ormskirk, Rawtenstall, Padiham, Whitworth
Didsbury, Chorlton, Bowdon, Hale, Sale, Worsley, Prestwich, Ramsbottom, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme
Knutsford, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Prestbury, Mobberley, Tarporley, Tattenhall, Chelford, Goostrey, Nether Alderley
Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Prestbury, Hale Barns, Mottram St Andrew, Styal, Dean Row, Handforth
Woolton, Allerton, Aigburth, Formby, Crosby, Heswall, West Kirby, Caldy, Blundellsands
Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Coniston, Ullswater, Pooley Bridge, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Keswick
Not on the list? Ask anyway. Plenty of our work sits outside the towns above, and a five-minute phone call will tell you whether we are the right people for it.
Trinnov, honestly answered.
The rest of the platforms we hold accreditation for.
Let us measure the room.
We visit, listen, measure, and come back with drawings and a fixed price. If another platform suits the house better, we will tell you that too.