nexus99
04-05-09, 10:37 PM
I have started a modest AV area in my living room. Unfortunately there are no basements to be had in California :-)
This is what she is looking like right now:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/nexus999/beforeAV.jpg
This is from the sofa directly across the room on the other wall. To the left you can see the glass door to the backyard. To the right you can see a fireplace. The room continues to the right as open floor plan to the kitchen.
The nook itself is 8' wide. The Salamander stand is 66 or 67" wide. There are 15" on either side of the stand for some tower speakers.
These are my ideas:
1) Buy the doors for the left and right compartments on the TV stand.
2) I am working on buying a set of used Def Tech BP2000 tower speakers and a Def Tech C/L/R 2002 center channel speaker. The center channel will go on the top shelf of the middle section of the TV stand. A set of Def Tech BPXs will go on the wall on the far side to make it 5.2. I think 7.1 is ipossible in this particular room.
3) I plan to get a Onkyo 607 to power the speakers. It will go in the right section of the TV stand.
Now the questions:
1) Does anyone have suggestions for some kind of black out for that sliding door? The verticle blinds just dont cut it.
2) Any ideas for something to dress the blank area up above the TV? It just seems bare.
3) The next big step is to install a drop down screen. I'd like to mount this in the ceiling above the nook and have the screen drop down in front of the TV. Anyone have suggestions for a screen no wider than 8' that is appropriate?
Please feel free to make suggestions, criticisms, etc!
This is what she is looking like right now:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/nexus999/beforeAV.jpg
This is from the sofa directly across the room on the other wall. To the left you can see the glass door to the backyard. To the right you can see a fireplace. The room continues to the right as open floor plan to the kitchen.
The nook itself is 8' wide. The Salamander stand is 66 or 67" wide. There are 15" on either side of the stand for some tower speakers.
These are my ideas:
1) Buy the doors for the left and right compartments on the TV stand.
2) I am working on buying a set of used Def Tech BP2000 tower speakers and a Def Tech C/L/R 2002 center channel speaker. The center channel will go on the top shelf of the middle section of the TV stand. A set of Def Tech BPXs will go on the wall on the far side to make it 5.2. I think 7.1 is ipossible in this particular room.
3) I plan to get a Onkyo 607 to power the speakers. It will go in the right section of the TV stand.
Now the questions:
1) Does anyone have suggestions for some kind of black out for that sliding door? The verticle blinds just dont cut it.
2) Any ideas for something to dress the blank area up above the TV? It just seems bare.
3) The next big step is to install a drop down screen. I'd like to mount this in the ceiling above the nook and have the screen drop down in front of the TV. Anyone have suggestions for a screen no wider than 8' that is appropriate?
Please feel free to make suggestions, criticisms, etc!