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Engineering the Room

Anthony Grimani designs home cinema rooms for a living, but that’s far from all he does. Not content to run one company that takes him around the world coordinating and calibrating, he also owns MSR Acoustics, an acoustical materials manufacturer, and home theater loudspeaker brand, Grimani Systems. Somehow, in the midst of juggling three companies, he has also served as a prolificate tech columnist and CEDIA trainer. Earlier in his career he built his bona fides working at both Dolby and Lucasfilm THX (at the legendary George Lucas-owned Skywalker Ranch). But, it is in his long-time role as a home theater consultant/designer at Performance Media Industries (PMI) where Grimani has done the most to promote and influence proper room design for enjoying proper cinematic-quality movies in the home. He infuses his vast knowledge of acoustical engineering with real-world experience with a passion for surround sound and HD video performance to help custom integrators, architects, builders, and interior designers create some

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