The Pacific Cinerama Dome in Hollywood is on par with this theater. It has 44 surrounds and 12 JBL 4645's but is also slightly smaller. Mann's Chinese and Pacifics El Capitan are also on par in presentation quality. We should not also forget the AMPAS theater.

I have spoken with a couple of technicians who have watched movies at the Empire and feel it's impressive but not the holy grail of theaters. The Empire get's the sub bass system correct in that they use a proper amount of subs. But feel the stage system could have used double stacked bass bin's.

Thanks for the pics though. Hopefully this will help some members appreciate how good a cinema can still be and that all places are not like your typical multiplex. Film is still superior to all digital formats when properly presented.