*If a mod or someone of power happens by this thread, please change the title to "Ryan and Company's Fun Room". The "Hummer" reference is no longer valid and I cringe when I see it... thanks!
Measuring in at a whopping 11'4 x 10'8 x 7'9, just under 1000 ft^3, this little dandy does enough justice for us...for now.
If you want the backstory, click: Screw you, Photobucket.
7.1.4
Equipment currently in play:
Audio
- Marantz SR6011
- HTD Lvl 3 LCR
- 4x Dayton B652-Air (SR/SL, SBR/SBL)
- 4x Monoprice HTIB satellites (Height 1/2 L/R on-ceiling)
- 1x PSA S3000i
- 1x Aura Pro Bass Shakers
- Dayton APA150 (for Front Height L/R)
Display
- LG 55" B6
Sources
- Oppo 203
- Xbox One S
- PS4
- Roku Ultra
- LG Apps
Other elements in the room are a cloth loveseat, which sits on a 5x7' shag rug and two cloth ottomans. Behind the loveseat is a big sliding glass door, which is blacked out, covered with 2 Roxul panels, and then draped with thick curtains. There's a closet that is partially covered by the TV that houses all of the AV equipment on a Sanus AV Shelving Unit.
Measuring in at a whopping 11'4 x 10'8 x 7'9, just under 1000 ft^3, this little dandy does enough justice for us...for now.
I'd always dabbled with having sound equipment. At one time, I was using an RCA something-or-rather receiver (which didn't have a working center or FR preout) linked through a Sony HTIB AVR (which ONLY had a working center and FR preout) running an almagation of speakers, ranging from some no-name sub I had in an old car to a hacked-up set of Insignia satellites to a series of AE 3311's I got from an uncle...it was kind of a mess.
When I first moved out to the OC, I had some fun, and put this together:
...which mostly consisted of almost everything I mentioned above.
In my 4th year of college, I decided I wanted a kick-butt HT system. This was before I had heard of AVSForum, obviously, or my first HT room wouldn't have looked like this:
But it was my first legitimate system. The TV was a pass-along when I moved out of home; it was a Vizio plasma-something-heavy. I had just picked up an Onkyo 636 and a set of Monoprice's basic 5.1 HTIB. I was using the AE 3311's as mains and a pair of old Sony rears from an HTIB. I also purchased MP's 12" 250w sub, making the system a "full-immersive" 5.2.2 experience. Now per that photo, it looks like I was running 7.2.2...but I'm not exactly sure how Oh well, it was over a year ago and I've moved on!
So when I finished college we moved, and upgraded some things a bit.
Namely the decor, TV, and additional audio gear. This system was in our new living room, which measured roughly 14'x17'x7'9". I was still using the 636, but the TV was a Polaroid 55" 4K, and I purchased Onkyo's up-firing modules (mounted above the L and R). I did away with the 3311's as active mains and instead turned them into the entertainment center - they act as a shelf that everything sits on! Inside the upper part of the housing was the MP Center speaker, the 636, a Sony BDPS6500, PS4, MP 4 ch speaker selector (for switching between 5.2.2 or 7.2), Rocketfish's Wireless Rears transmitter, charging docks, games and BDs, and a dual 4" fan with thermal sensor and temp readout to keep things cool-ish. The back of the housing was open, but there were lots of cables back there The upper face was hinged to fold down. On the floor left and right were the MP subs (both HTIB models...the little satellites were starting to stack up FAST).
The rears were mounted above the bar, which faced the TV.
I had to build out the beam and "soffit" or wall or whatever you want to call it to help conceal the wire path, which ran down the support beam and under the bar top, where the Rocketfish wireless receiver was hidden. It was painted to match the rest of the walls.
By the way, everything I make, from the wire path to the subwoofer enclosures to the entertainment center, is all just balsa wood. The elements that cover speakers that wrapped in AT fabric.
So why the move to a smaller room with MORE speakers? Well, we live in a condo on the second floor. Technically, beneath us is just garages, however where the living room was situated just happened to be over a garage that was converted into a living space. We were always worried about noise and being too loud for the neighbors downstairs, thus we never really took anything to 11. In a year there haven't been any complaints yet, and they seem like nice enough people....but I really want to go to 11...and not hear an complaints from it (except from my boyfriend maybe).
We had a second bedroom (the smallest of the rooms) that was used as an office/transition space for my decor projects. Big desk, lots of room, I tricked out some IKEA floating shelves and made it look very pretty. Upon his suggestion, we moved the AV gear into this office so that it would be a dedicated movie/entertainment space for just the two of us. Before the big switch, though, I wanted to upgrade. I got a newer AVR with 9 speaker preouts instead of 7, we got a bigger TV, and some new furniture. The rest you'll read about....
When I first moved out to the OC, I had some fun, and put this together:
...which mostly consisted of almost everything I mentioned above.
In my 4th year of college, I decided I wanted a kick-butt HT system. This was before I had heard of AVSForum, obviously, or my first HT room wouldn't have looked like this:
But it was my first legitimate system. The TV was a pass-along when I moved out of home; it was a Vizio plasma-something-heavy. I had just picked up an Onkyo 636 and a set of Monoprice's basic 5.1 HTIB. I was using the AE 3311's as mains and a pair of old Sony rears from an HTIB. I also purchased MP's 12" 250w sub, making the system a "full-immersive" 5.2.2 experience. Now per that photo, it looks like I was running 7.2.2...but I'm not exactly sure how Oh well, it was over a year ago and I've moved on!
So when I finished college we moved, and upgraded some things a bit.
Namely the decor, TV, and additional audio gear. This system was in our new living room, which measured roughly 14'x17'x7'9". I was still using the 636, but the TV was a Polaroid 55" 4K, and I purchased Onkyo's up-firing modules (mounted above the L and R). I did away with the 3311's as active mains and instead turned them into the entertainment center - they act as a shelf that everything sits on! Inside the upper part of the housing was the MP Center speaker, the 636, a Sony BDPS6500, PS4, MP 4 ch speaker selector (for switching between 5.2.2 or 7.2), Rocketfish's Wireless Rears transmitter, charging docks, games and BDs, and a dual 4" fan with thermal sensor and temp readout to keep things cool-ish. The back of the housing was open, but there were lots of cables back there The upper face was hinged to fold down. On the floor left and right were the MP subs (both HTIB models...the little satellites were starting to stack up FAST).
The rears were mounted above the bar, which faced the TV.
I had to build out the beam and "soffit" or wall or whatever you want to call it to help conceal the wire path, which ran down the support beam and under the bar top, where the Rocketfish wireless receiver was hidden. It was painted to match the rest of the walls.
By the way, everything I make, from the wire path to the subwoofer enclosures to the entertainment center, is all just balsa wood. The elements that cover speakers that wrapped in AT fabric.
So why the move to a smaller room with MORE speakers? Well, we live in a condo on the second floor. Technically, beneath us is just garages, however where the living room was situated just happened to be over a garage that was converted into a living space. We were always worried about noise and being too loud for the neighbors downstairs, thus we never really took anything to 11. In a year there haven't been any complaints yet, and they seem like nice enough people....but I really want to go to 11...and not hear an complaints from it (except from my boyfriend maybe).
We had a second bedroom (the smallest of the rooms) that was used as an office/transition space for my decor projects. Big desk, lots of room, I tricked out some IKEA floating shelves and made it look very pretty. Upon his suggestion, we moved the AV gear into this office so that it would be a dedicated movie/entertainment space for just the two of us. Before the big switch, though, I wanted to upgrade. I got a newer AVR with 9 speaker preouts instead of 7, we got a bigger TV, and some new furniture. The rest you'll read about....
7.1.4
Equipment currently in play:
Audio
- Marantz SR6011
- HTD Lvl 3 LCR
- 4x Dayton B652-Air (SR/SL, SBR/SBL)
- 4x Monoprice HTIB satellites (Height 1/2 L/R on-ceiling)
- 1x PSA S3000i
- 1x Aura Pro Bass Shakers
- Dayton APA150 (for Front Height L/R)
Display
- LG 55" B6
Sources
- Oppo 203
- Xbox One S
- PS4
- Roku Ultra
- LG Apps
Other elements in the room are a cloth loveseat, which sits on a 5x7' shag rug and two cloth ottomans. Behind the loveseat is a big sliding glass door, which is blacked out, covered with 2 Roxul panels, and then draped with thick curtains. There's a closet that is partially covered by the TV that houses all of the AV equipment on a Sanus AV Shelving Unit.