Why Music only Listen and learn? As creators of some of the world’s best home cinema systems, we are of course experts in delivering high performance audio.
George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, famously once said, “Sound is half the picture.” His meaning was that as sensory creatures, our perception of what is happening on screen is massively enhanced by what we hear. Imagine some of the world’s most famous movies without their audio, Jaws without its signature shark theme music, or Lawrence of Arabia without its beautiful sweeping soundtrack.
In fact, some of the best classical music that has been created in recent decades was written for movies. The work of people such as Hans Zimmer, John Barry, John Williams and Rachel Portman has passed into the popular imagination and will be remembered for a very long time.
So, over the decades we have been in business we have got very good at creating wonderful sounding audio that keeps audiences fully engaged with everything that happens on screen. However, Prestige Audio, the clue is in the name, actually began life as an audio only company providing the very best Hi-Fi and in-car audio systems, so before we became experts in home cinema, we were already experts in audio.
This expertise in choosing, setting up and calibrating audio only systems stands us in good stead today as many of our customers require systems just for listening to music. This can be in a dedicated space built just for one person to enjoy their collection of high-quality vinyl recordings, or stream lossless digital audio from one of the growing number of services that cater for high quality audio fans, or more family orientated spaces that still require really good quality audio in shared living spaces.
There has never been a better time to purchase these types of systems as manufacturers are constantly pushing the envelope of what is possible in terms of performance but also these days making stunning looking systems that are a joy to look at even before they spring to life.
In much the same way as setting up one of our home cinema systems, we take great care in establishing what is required in the first place, what are the tastes and priorities of those who will be listening to the system? We then specify exactly the right equipment and of course set up and calibrate the system exactly to the needs of each client.
However, the story of listening only systems does not end there. Many of our home cinema customers love to have a listen only option on their system to enjoy music in stereo, or increasingly these days in surround sound as technologies such as Dolby Atmos Music begin to emerge and offer credible music playback in surround sound formats.
We hope you enjoyed our Music only Listen and learn post. One thing is for sure, there has never been a better time to be a music fan and enjoy all of the content and all of the methods of reaching that content that are available and Prestige Audio has the ear and expertise to make it all happen.