1116studio was designed around a simple principle: the room comes before the equipment. The acoustic design and implementation of the studio is developed in-house by Yiğithan Gital, combining his background in sound engineering and acoustics with extensive measurement and critical listening.

The room features a purpose-built acoustic treatment system consisting of deep soft-wall absorption, carefully calculated air gaps and hand-crafted, individually measured diffusers. Every element is selected and positioned according to the behaviour of the room rather than applied as decorative acoustic treatment.

The studio is designed to achieve tightly controlled decay throughout the frequency spectrum, extended low-frequency control, an even frequency response and a precise, immersive stereo image. Final RT60, frequency-response and decay measurements will be published once the room has been completed, calibrated and commissioned.

At the front of the room, a pair of Telegrapher Rhino monitors are custom flush-mounted, allowing the monitoring system and acoustic environment to operate as one integrated system.

The equipment philosophy at 1116 follows the same approach. Each piece is selected for its musical character and its place within an analog chain designed to react and be shaped like an instrument.

Equipment includes:

Custom Flush-Mounted Telegrapher Rhino

Universal Audio Apollo x8 Gen 2

WesAudio ngBusComp

Elysia karacter

The analog chain at 1116 is continuously evolving. New additions, modifications and studio developments will be documented here as the system grows.