Custom Design | Applies to:
- ZR Permanent Construction
- ZR Pre Fab
Custom Design Layout (CDL) | Applies to:
- The ReVitalizer Series (CDL included)
- The Creator Series (CDL included)
- Project Specific CDL Solutions
Custom Design
For the discerning client who desires the understated elegance of clean lines and inspiring textiles, Custom Designs are tailored to fit any space perfectly, to the fraction of an inch.
Custom Designs create Revolutionary Unique structures, embedding ZR Acoustics within walls. Quantum Acoustics Technology integrates seamlessly into new or existing walls, transparent both Acoustically and Visually. For the first time, Mastering Quality Acoustics, Structure and Aesthetics all exist simultaneously in one uniquely thin, single-wall structure, dressed with acoustically transparent textiles.
The Original ZR Custom Design was created for the late great Mike Shipley’s private studio facility in Studio City, CA.
Custom Designs apply to both ZR Permanent Construction and ZR Pre-Fab, and are available in three grades of quality:
ZR Custom Designs are drafted with the same detail as architectural blueprints and on average require 4 – 8 weeks to complete, depending on complexity.
For Ultimate Performance ZR Products work with minimal coverage of 75% or greater depending on the envelope details.
Examples of Projects with Custom ZR Designs:
CDL | The Revitalizer Series
Revitalizers are entry level ZR Acoustic systems, each pre-designed with a basic CDL applicable to a typical space with 4 walls, ceiling and painted drywall walls. They are combinations of ZR Quantum Devices working together in conjunction with each other.
CDL‘s are Custom Design Layouts of how best to place ZR Quantum Products in any existing space for maximum acoustic performance and clarity. As every ZR Device has Quantum Acoustics Technology embedded internally by design, CDL‘s are easier and faster than ZR Custom designs for Permanent Construction and Pre-Fab. All ZR Products are designed to be Surface Mounted as Acoustic Art and have the option for custom graphics on all Micro and Hybrid Technology devices.
CDL‘s apply to all systems utilizing the three main families of ZR Products including Micro, SR and Hybrid Technology. ZR Pre-Fab systems require a full ZR Custom Design. (see above: Custom | Bespoke ZR Acoustic Design)
Embedding quantum acoustics into every ZR device creates the freedom for faster CDL’s turnaround times at more economical rates than ZR Custom Designs.
CDL | The Creator Series
For the client who requires Life-Like Imaging and the Ultimate Listening Experience, The Creator Series is the best blend of performance and value in Quantum Acoustics. From The Einstein to The DaVinci, each system in the Series comes with a complimentary CDL, installation diagram and room tuning instructions.
Ultimate in Performance and are entry level ZR Acoustic systems, each pre-designed with a basic CDL applicable to a typical space with 4 walls, ceiling and drywall walls. They are combinations of ZR Quantum Devices working together in conjunction with each other.
CDL’s are Custom Design Layouts of how best to locate ZR Quantum Products in any existing space for maximum acoustic performance and clarity. As every ZR Device is designed with Quantum Acoustics Technology, CDL’s are easier and faster than ZR Custom designs for Permanent Construction and Pre-Fab. All ZR Products are designed to be Surface Mounted as acoustic art and have the option for custom graphics on all Micro and Hybrid Technology devices.
CDL’s apply to all systems utilizing the three main families of ZR Products including Micro, Sample Rate and Hybrid Technology. ZR Pre-Fab systems require a full ZR Custom Design. (see above: Custom Design)
Embedding Quantum Acoustics into every ZR device creates the freedom for faster CDL turnaround times at more economical rates than ZR Custom Designs.
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ZR Acoustics® | Glossary of Terms
ZR Acoustics® | The Ultimate Listening Experience
Acoustics is the new frontier of human experience. Powered by Quantum Acoustics™, the new reference standard is Life-Like Imaging with Extraordinary Clarity and Dimensionality. A unique sense of expansiveness and spaciousness is created well beyond the boundaries of any interior space. Zero Reflection Technology controls Air at the molecular level, making walls, ceilings and hard reflective surfaces acoustically disappear. ZR Acoustics® is the revolutionary design paradigm responsible for creating these unique environments. Unlike traditional technology, ZR Quantum Technology is applicable in any space, anywhere, in any form: Permanent Construction, Prefab or Products. By design, ZR environments are elegant and aesthetically pleasing.
ZR environments feel spacious and expansive, like a quiet beach or grassy field. Sounds are clear and defined, even at a whisper. Physiologically, lower volumes cause less ear fatigue, which in turn lowers blood pressure and cardiovascular stress. The holistic results are healthier, more peaceful environments for people to live and work in. The human mind and body operate at higher levels of performance when exposed to less acoustical stress.
Applications for Life-Like Acoustical Imaging range across a wide variety of fields, most notably Architecture, Transportation, Entertainment and Aerospace. Architectural environments benefit from ZR Acoustics® in residences, offices, hotels, restaurants, spas, hospitals, senior facilities, and many others. Creating environments with a sense of expansiveness is an enormous benefit to the Transportation Industry in automobiles, airplanes, bullet trains, buses, yachts and cruise liners. In the Entertainment Industry, Life-Like Imaging has a myriad of uses from music, film and television studios, to production, post-production, Internet content facilities and any space used to create original content. The Aerospace Industry’s requirements for lighter, faster technologies with incredibly demanding performance values has a plethora of applications for ZR Acoustics®, from satellites to manned spacecraft.
ZR’s core principle is simple: Phase Coherency creates Life-Like Imaging and an audible sense of Expansiveness. In the eyes of Quantum Physics, it is now understood that Electrons and Air molecules behave in the same Quantum fashion. Using this core principle, ZR Acoustics® eradicates the most egregious acoustical issues, including low intelligibility, resonant frequencies, excessive reverberation, standing waves, variable frequency response with amplitude, and bass buildup in corners. The root of these issues begins with reflections off hard surfaces. ZR creates the proper environment in which reflections are quantized. Quantized Air at hard reflective surfaces equals no wave action. No wave action means no sound reflections, and no sound reflections means only crisp, clear, Direct sound with high Phase Coherency, resulting in Life-Like Imaging and a true sense of spaciousness.
Quantum Physics and wave particle duality were proven to be a reality In the early 1900’s. It is the basis for the entire Era of Electronics. The concept is that until they are observed, electrons can behave as waves, as individual particles or as both at the same time. ZR Acoustics® creates the proper environment to quantize the behavior of Air molecules from wave fashion to individual particle fashion. When Air molecules behave as individual particles (i.e. no wave behavior), sound energy has no medium to ride upon. Like a radio signal without a carrier wave, the sound simply ceases to exist. In conjunction with precise, artistic design, this effect dramatically increases Phase Coherence, and consequently imaging and spaciousness.
The ZR Acoustics® paradigm is based in science and designed for creativity, like a finely tuned instrument. Designs are handcrafted and embedded with higher order mathematics, complex topologies, and Extreme Acoustic Resolution.
NPS/ft.2 | Acoustic Resolution
Higher resolution yields greater performance, as evidenced in Nature and revealed by Science. Resolution in Quantum Acoustics™ is measured in Non-Parallel Surfaces per Square Foot (NPS/ft.2). It denotes the number of surfaces in a room or device which are not parallel to the plane of the surface or device at a specific, minimum angle. Acoustic Resolution directly effects Imaging and Performance when utilized in ZR Acoustics® designs.
As complex as Quantum Acoustics™ is to design, Acoustic Resolution (NPS/ft.2) is easy to calculate. First, count all non-parallel surfaces in a space. Then calculate the surface area of all the walls and ceiling in square feet (excluding the floor). Divide the number of non-parallel surfaces (first number) by the total surface area of the room (second number) and you have Acoustic Resolution in NPS/ft.2.
Examples:
A typical traditional recording studio has on average, 12 large, non-parallel surfaces in a space with a total surface area of 1000 ft.2 (20’ x 15’ x 10’). Divide 12 non-parallel surfaces / 1000 square feet and the result is an Acoustic Resolution of 0.012 NPS/ft.2
Quantum Acoustics™ functions on a different level, consequently a ZR Acoustics® studio with 320 non-parallel surfaces and a total surface area of 572 square feet (14’ x 10’ x 9’) is embedded with an Acoustic Resolution of 0.5614 NPS/ft.2 (320 non-parallel surfaces / 572 square feet).
On average, traditional studios have an Acoustic Resolution of 0.01 NPS/ft.2 Quantum Acoustics™ studios designed with the ZR Acoustics® paradigm, have an Acoustic Resolution between 0.56 and 450 NPS/ft.2 The difference ranges from 56x to 45,000x higher using Quantum Acoustics™ Technology.
ZR Acoustics® | The Ultimate Listening Experience