Opening remarks: After years of planning and reading, this is my first attempt at a real
home theater. I have no construction experience whatsoever. As much as I adopted a mentality of "measure 6 times and cut once", I probably wasted a lot more materials in building this room than any professional would have due to trial and error at times (at least I would hope). My purpose in this build thread was twofold; it would keep the pressure on myself not to waste time or give up and secondly show everyone that anyone can create a wonderful home theater if they truly wanted to. On a technical standpoint, even though I had completed years of research, it would have been impossible to get this done without the advice on numerous occasions from a good friend, Jim Goodrich at Cinelife. My family and I are in his debt for helping make this dream come true. I want to also thank my wife for putting up with me (and the large bills) while I muddled along at times aimlessly during this build. She knows how much this meant to me and supported me along the way and I love her even more for it. I am a very lucky person to have the family I do. Without further ado.....
The following equipment list has been modified with the most current information on 21 September 2015
Equipment:
Aerial Acoustics 20T Mains in birds-eye-maple
Aerial Acoustics CC5 center speaker in Birds-eye-maple
Aerial Acoustics LR5 (Wides)
Aerial Acoustics 5B (Heights)
Aerial Acoustics SW12 subwoofer X 4 in Birds-eye-maple (1 in each corner)
Aerial Acoustics SR3 surrounds
Aerial Acoustics 5T ceiling surrounds X 3 pair
Definitive Technology BPVX (rear surrounds- left over from my previous system)
Kaleidescape 3U Movie server
Kaleidescape M700 Disc Vault
Sony VPL-VW1000ES 4K Projector (upgraded to VPL-VW1100ES standard)
ISCO Anamorphic Lens on a Cineslide
Stewart Filmscreen, 2.35 aspect, 11.5 ft width with side masking
Bryston 6BSST2 500W (three channel) in 4 ohms (Mains)
Bryston 4BSST2 500W (two channel) into 4 ohms (wides)
Bryston 4BSST2 500W (two channel) into 4 ohms (heights)
Bryston 9BSST2 200W (five channel) into 4 ohms (surrounds)
Parasound 5250 250W (five channel) into 8 ohms (on standby for Dolby Atmos/DTS:X upgrade)
Marantz AV8801 11.2 Pre/Pro (will be upgraded soon)
Control4 Automation, controlling and integrating everything within the theater
Torus Power CS 25 AVR power conditioner
Panamax MB1500 UPS power conditioner and projector battery backup
Directv HD DVR
Oppo 103 Blu ray
Pakedge C36 Controller, W7 Waps x 2, Pakedge Gig router and switcher
Lumagen Scaler (not used often)
Fortress Palladium Seating, two rows in stadium seating (9 total seats)
Kinetics IsoMAX wall and ceiling sound isolation
FOSI Star Ceiling
Real Traps- Mega traps (corner bass traps in all 4corners)
Lutron Serena motorized and color matched shade
Middle Atlantic racks x 2
Sapele Wood: all wood trim made my hand, full Sapele paneling
Theater: LxWxH 25' x 18.5' x 9'
Some photos I've taken of one of my racks (professional photos will be taken soon of both racks and the home theater):
Future upgrades: Either Trinnov Altitude or other that can do 9.4.8 Dolby Atomos/ DTS:X
Before Photos: back yard portion of the house and tiny kitchen, dining room, and living room
This is the very back room of the back yard. It was destroyed in the house addition. It is now part of the large dining room that is open to the kitchen. Where that person is standing(realtor that helped us buy this house in 2006) is now part of the home theater.
This used to be the back door to the largest portion of the back yard, it's now the entrance into my home theater!!
Yikes all of those photos are ugly.... Makes me wonder what I was looking at when I bought it. It could have been just the outrageous prices of anything else better.
AFTER Construction pics:
home theater. I have no construction experience whatsoever. As much as I adopted a mentality of "measure 6 times and cut once", I probably wasted a lot more materials in building this room than any professional would have due to trial and error at times (at least I would hope). My purpose in this build thread was twofold; it would keep the pressure on myself not to waste time or give up and secondly show everyone that anyone can create a wonderful home theater if they truly wanted to. On a technical standpoint, even though I had completed years of research, it would have been impossible to get this done without the advice on numerous occasions from a good friend, Jim Goodrich at Cinelife. My family and I are in his debt for helping make this dream come true. I want to also thank my wife for putting up with me (and the large bills) while I muddled along at times aimlessly during this build. She knows how much this meant to me and supported me along the way and I love her even more for it. I am a very lucky person to have the family I do. Without further ado.....
The following equipment list has been modified with the most current information on 21 September 2015
Equipment:
Aerial Acoustics 20T Mains in birds-eye-maple
Aerial Acoustics CC5 center speaker in Birds-eye-maple
Aerial Acoustics LR5 (Wides)
Aerial Acoustics 5B (Heights)
Aerial Acoustics SW12 subwoofer X 4 in Birds-eye-maple (1 in each corner)
Aerial Acoustics SR3 surrounds
Aerial Acoustics 5T ceiling surrounds X 3 pair
Definitive Technology BPVX (rear surrounds- left over from my previous system)
Kaleidescape 3U Movie server
Kaleidescape M700 Disc Vault
Sony VPL-VW1000ES 4K Projector (upgraded to VPL-VW1100ES standard)
ISCO Anamorphic Lens on a Cineslide
Stewart Filmscreen, 2.35 aspect, 11.5 ft width with side masking
Bryston 6BSST2 500W (three channel) in 4 ohms (Mains)
Bryston 4BSST2 500W (two channel) into 4 ohms (wides)
Bryston 4BSST2 500W (two channel) into 4 ohms (heights)
Bryston 9BSST2 200W (five channel) into 4 ohms (surrounds)
Parasound 5250 250W (five channel) into 8 ohms (on standby for Dolby Atmos/DTS:X upgrade)
Marantz AV8801 11.2 Pre/Pro (will be upgraded soon)
Control4 Automation, controlling and integrating everything within the theater
Torus Power CS 25 AVR power conditioner
Panamax MB1500 UPS power conditioner and projector battery backup
Directv HD DVR
Oppo 103 Blu ray
Pakedge C36 Controller, W7 Waps x 2, Pakedge Gig router and switcher
Lumagen Scaler (not used often)
Fortress Palladium Seating, two rows in stadium seating (9 total seats)
Kinetics IsoMAX wall and ceiling sound isolation
FOSI Star Ceiling
Real Traps- Mega traps (corner bass traps in all 4corners)
Lutron Serena motorized and color matched shade
Middle Atlantic racks x 2
Sapele Wood: all wood trim made my hand, full Sapele paneling
Theater: LxWxH 25' x 18.5' x 9'
Some photos I've taken of one of my racks (professional photos will be taken soon of both racks and the home theater):
Future upgrades: Either Trinnov Altitude or other that can do 9.4.8 Dolby Atomos/ DTS:X
Before Photos: back yard portion of the house and tiny kitchen, dining room, and living room
This is the very back room of the back yard. It was destroyed in the house addition. It is now part of the large dining room that is open to the kitchen. Where that person is standing(realtor that helped us buy this house in 2006) is now part of the home theater.
This used to be the back door to the largest portion of the back yard, it's now the entrance into my home theater!!
Yikes all of those photos are ugly.... Makes me wonder what I was looking at when I bought it. It could have been just the outrageous prices of anything else better.
AFTER Construction pics: