Well, it's been a long road but I'm almost done (as if that's ever possible).

Thanks to all who have posted on this site, I lurked and read almost every thread ever posted.

Here are a few pictures: [pictures also posted below]
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and a quick synopsis of how I got here:

I built a semi-room within a room. The theater is in my basement with concrete walls on two sides. I built free-standing stud walls with rubber isolation bushings connecting them to the existing joists. The walls support new joists running right next to the existing joists.

I insulated the cavities between the new drywall and concrete walls and did one layer of 5/8 drywall there. On the other two walls, I did two layers of 5/8 drywall.

All that gave pretty good sound isolation. Not recording studio level but almost there for very little extra effort and money.

The left, center, and right speakers are behind a Sheerweave 4500 (chalk) screen and the subwoofer is behind a false stage made out of speaker cloth.

The entire front wall is covered with 1" Linacoustic and the curtains cover bass traps made out of Linacoustic and 2" OC703. Almost the entire front corners are filled in. One rear corner is treated the same way.

I run 7.1 with two sets of side speakers, one for each row. I built the side speakers and center speakers from Selah Audio kits (the Hiddenite) and am really happy with them. I already had the other speakers (Infinity 2000 series).

The projector is a Marantz VP8600 that was only $800 and has got to be one of the best deals ever. With great optics, great contrast, and a super quiet fan, the price performance is amazing. I'm not sure I would even benefit from 1080.

I chose an Onkyo 876 mainly to get pre-amp outputs and Audyssey XT and am really happy with the choice. I picked up 3 Audiosource AMP-100 for less than $100 each for the left, center, right.

A URC MX-810 programmable remote rounds it out and makes it so anyone can turn it on and control things. It's so easy to use, my wife can run it!

I chose to hire out the drywall and carpet but did everything else myself. Wow what a long road but this site really helped make it come out awesome.

Now to my question, after noticing a huge improvement after adding the bass trapping and treating the entire front wall, where should I add more sound treatment without making the room too dead?

I'll be taking some RT60 measurements this weekend and will post them afterwards.

Thanks to all who have posted on this site, I lurked and read almost every thread ever posted.



But you didn't read the thread that says if you want feed back you need to insert your pics in the posts themselves because we are a lazy group and aren't prone to following all the links.

Thanks for the tip. I have to shrink them down before doing that and didn't have the time last night. By the way, your theater thread was a great source of information for me.

Pictures inline for convenience

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Thanks for the tip. I have to shrink them down before doing that and didn't have the time last night. By the way, your theater thread was a great source of information for me.

Put them into photobucket, and have PB automatically shrink them to 640x480 or some such.

I actually only take my "theater" pictures in web-sized resolution to make things easier.

Very nice theater! 2 questions, did you make or purchase the projector mount ( i have the same one and will be making my mount ) and where did you get the bean bags?

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Very nice theater! 2 questions, did you make or purchase the projector mount ( i have the same one and will be making my mount ) and where did you get the bean bags?

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I bought a Chief universal ceiling mount from PROVANTAGE. Their prices were quite a bit cheaper than most places.

You also have to purchase the ceiling plate and pipe that goes between the mount and the ceiling plate.

The universal mount doesn't go wide enough to fit the original holes on the VP8600 so I bought some aluminum angle iron and drilled holes in it to make it work.

They do sell a special mount for the VP8600 but it was a bit more so I went with the universal and the aluminum angle iron.

The beanbags are LoveSac brand.

I used Room EQ Wizard with a Behringer ECM8000 to measure these. The mic was at the center of the listening area.

Left speaker
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=133534&stc=1&d=1234622656

center speaker
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=133535&stc=1&d=1234622656

right speaker
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=133536&stc=1&d=1234622656

left side surround speaker
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=133537&stc=1&d=1234622656

right side surround speaker
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=133538&stc=1&d=1234622656

edit: useless graphs removed

where did you get your theater curtains

where did you get your theater curtains

The rods and curtains are from Ikea. we had to trim them to length. The rods mount to the ceiling.

But you didn't read the thread that says if you want feed back you need to insert your pics in the posts themselves because we are a lazy group and aren't prone to following all the links.

lol...you tell it like it is BIG.

nice work Eric. i like how you've got plenty of seating worked in.

Very nice theater.

Where did you get your leather seats?

I am curious about the graphs, how do you read them, what are you looking for?

I am curious about the graphs, how do you read them, what are you looking for?

Me too!!

I posted to the Acoustics Master Thread but haven't gotten any detailed help yet.

Nice cozy room! I'm thinking about trying the SW4500 AT screen in our room. It's also good to see some Selah Audio speakers.

Nice cozy room! I'm thinking about trying the SW4500 AT screen in our room. It's also good to see some Selah Audio speakers.

Thanks! People I've had over really like it, that's the best compliment!

Here's a post where I describe how I made my screen. I may put a 1" black velvet border but aren't sure whether I need it.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=15737497&postcount=289