Why Quadcane and a Juniper subwoofer here, instead of Cane and Acacia?

This brief specified 2.1 stereo for immersive movie and music listening in a 20x15ft lounge — large enough, and cinematic enough, to call for Quadcane's higher 100W/95dB rating and Juniper's deeper 25Hz-rated bass extension rather than the Cane/Acacia combination used in more ambient-focused case studies.

Why wall-mount the speakers on both sides of the TV?

Placement on both sides of the TV, aligned with the visual axis of the screen, keeps the stereo image anchored to what's on screen — the same principle used in the contemporary living room case study, adapted here to Quadcane's higher-output brief.

What's the difference between this and the design studio case study?

Different product family and different goal — this lounge uses Quadcane and Juniper for cinematic sound clarity centred on a TV, while the design studio case study uses Cedar and Juniper for party-level ambient audio without a screen involved.

Does "minimal visual intrusion" limit how big the system can be?

Not necessarily — this brief specifically asked for a focused audiovisual zone with minimal visual intrusion while still using a higher-output speaker and subwoofer pairing, showing that discretion and output aren't mutually exclusive when the placement is planned properly.

How is this different from the large lounge case study?

Both use Quadcane, but this is a smaller, TV-centred 20x15ft room with a subwoofer for cinematic impact, while the 20x35ft lounge case study spreads multiple Quadcane units along a long wall for large-gathering coverage without a subwoofer specified.

Can this system do Dolby Atmos, or is it stereo only?

This is a 2.1 system — a stereo pair and a subwoofer — which is the right answer for a lounge used mainly for music and casual viewing. Atmos requires height channels mounted in the ceiling at a 30–55° elevation from the seated position, which is a different design and a different budget. The 50×40ft private cinema case study shows what that actually involves.

Case Study: Media Lounge Sound System, 20x15ft (Quadcane)

A media lounge built around a backlit TV wall needs cinematic clarity without the setup reading as a home theater. This 20×15ft room, framed by a gold-lit marble surround, was specified for an immersive movie and music experience with minimal visual intrusion — a sleek, modern audiovisual zone rather than a dedicated screening room.

The System

A pair of XSCACE Quadcane speakers, wall-mounted on both sides of the TV, aligned with the visual axis
One XSCACE Juniper subwoofer
An XSCACE Lucifer amplifier, 2.1 stereo setup

Discretion and Output, Together

XSCACE QuadCane slim array speakers flanking a doorway in a panelled lounge

The goal statement for this room pairs two things that can pull against each other: a focused audiovisual zone with minimal visual intrusion, and cinematic sound clarity without disrupting the room's sleek modern design. Quadcane's 21mm depth — thinner than Cane, despite its higher 100W/95dB rating — is what makes that pairing possible: real output from a profile slim enough to mount flush either side of a backlit TV wall without becoming its own feature.

Case Study at a Glance

XSCACE Juniper 12-inch powered subwoofer

Room: Media lounge, 20×15ft
Use case: Immersive movie and music experience
System: 2× XSCACE Quadcane, Juniper subwoofer, Lucifer amplifier, 2.1 stereo
Placement: Wall-mounted on both sides of the TV, aligned with the visual axis
Goal: Cinematic sound clarity without disrupting the room's sleek, modern design

Read the large lounge case study for Quadcane spread across a much bigger room, or see the full spec sheet for XSCACE Quadcane.

Planned, controlled and calibrated to reference

Every XSCACE installation follows the same three stages: planned in the simulator, controlled from the app that matches the hardware, and calibrated with measurement. A cinema is the one room where the geometry is defined for you, and where getting it wrong is measurable rather than a matter of taste.

Planned

XSCACE Floorplan Sound Simulation takes a plan from trace to bill of quantities in the browser. For a room like this the outputs that matter are:

Full Dolby reference geometry checked speaker by speaker

Coverage at every seat, not just the reference seat

Room modes and first reflections located before treatment is specified

XSCACE Floorplan Sound Simulation showing first reflections on a traced room plan

Trace, place, predict — before anything is ordered

Controlled

The amplifier is configured and controlled from XSCACE Studio on macOS — routing matrix, per-channel gain and delay, parametric EQ, crossovers and limiting, with network-wide discovery rather than one amplifier at a time.

Calibrated

The calibration toolkit inside XSCACE Studio measures what the room actually does — eleven instruments covering SPL, delay, levels, polarity, frequency response, THD, sub alignment, transfer function, RT60, RTA and export, free on macOS. Here the ones that earn their place are:

Delay and polarity per channel, with delay figures agreeing with REW to 0.01ms

Sub Align, then a re-measure to verify the correction did what it claimed

A PDF report documenting the calibration for handover

XSCACE Studio calibration toolkit — Sub Align

QuadCane runs down to 150Hz and Juniper reaches 25Hz, meeting at the 200Hz crossover both records specify — a number to verify by measurement rather than assume.