I have just finished remodeling my living room (tag at the bottom of the page), so now I'm on to our partially finished basement which will be completely torn out. Wife wants this done yesterday, but I'm looking at 2 years to complete. We have a revolving door for the neighborhood kids and my daughter can't spend 5 seconds without a friend over, so we want a place for them to relax that is a different place than the one where Wife and I relax. We will also build in a bedroom, full bath, and kitchenette for a place for the folks to stay when they visit. I really enjoy my music and scifi, so soundproofing to the upstairs is greatly stressed for this project as my wife does not appreciate my listening sessions that last long after she has gone to sleep. This won't be a big HT and I don't have a huge budget. I have 8' ceilings and a ceiling support every 11'. Each one is right in the way, so this will be a narrow and long theater. Final size will be determined once I get everything ripped out, but it will be about 10x26 with an extra 3 feet on one side at the front and 8 feet on the same side at the rear entry. I'm a saltwater reef geek, so I will be incorporating an existing 270 gallon reef tank in the wall at the rear of the room.
I will demo, design, upgrade the electrical panel, and work on soundproofing over the next year. Everything else the next year. I will do all of the work myself and will try to take plenty of photos along the way. I need to learn Sketchup and then I will get some plans posted up.
Here is what I have planned:
- single row of seating
- 2nd row bar seating
- LCR dual LAB15 MBM and Mackie SRM450
- Dual Stereo Integrity HS24 nearfield sealed subs
- Two Othorns
- Two Gjallarhorns
- 130" 2:35 AT screen
- HTPC, JRiver, iRule, Insteon lighting
- Panasonic PT AE8000U
- 270 gallon in-wall reef tank
- new 200amp panel
- rock veneer existing fireplace
- install a sump pump
- carpet flooring
Here is what I did:
- single row of seating
- 2nd row bar seating
- NAD 758 v3 AVR with 12 channels of Dirac Live
- MiniDSP balanced 2x4 with Advanced 4-way plugin for sub EQ and delay
- JTR Neosis 210rt for 2ch music
- 11 Radian 5210 coaxials
- Dual Stereo Integrity HS24 nearfield sealed subs
- Two Othorns
- Sanway fp14000 amps for subs
- Behringer iNuke nu4-6000 for the 4 Atmos speakers
- Crown xti 4002 for main speakers
- 130" 2:35 AT screen, Seymour Premier frame and Enlightener 4k screen
- HTPC, JRiver, Harmony Elite remote, Insteon lighting
- JVC rs400
- 270 gallon in-wall reef tank
- new 200amp panel
- rock veneer existing fireplace
- install a sump pump
- carpet flooring
- Summit dual keg cooler
edit: new size 7' 8" ceiling, 13'6" wide, 19' long HT area, 6' x 13' open space at the entry - 2464.5 cu ft.
Resources:
Harmon Target Curve
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/2895049-nad-758-v3-25.html#post55266996
Link
Creating a target curve in Dirac Live
http://redirect.viglink.com/?format...ns And Reviews&txt=Custom Dirac Target Curves
I like these seats
http://4seating.com/sofas-and-sectionals/seatcraft/seatcraft-niagara-theater-sectional.htm
http://4seating.com/home-theater-seating-palliser/palliser-stereo-41454-home-theater-seating.html
http://www.monarchsofas.com/suze.html
QR Dude 3d diffuser software:
http://www.subwoofer-builder.com/qrdude.htm
SPI Specialty Products and Insulation - 7x 2" 2x4 Roxul panels $37
1700 Jasper Street
816-842-4900
http://www.bobgolds.com/AbsorptionCoefficients.htm
custom printed fabric
http://www.spoonflower.com/
images
http://www.dreamstime.com/
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I will demo, design, upgrade the electrical panel, and work on soundproofing over the next year. Everything else the next year. I will do all of the work myself and will try to take plenty of photos along the way. I need to learn Sketchup and then I will get some plans posted up.
Here is what I have planned:
- single row of seating
- 2nd row bar seating
- LCR dual LAB15 MBM and Mackie SRM450
- Dual Stereo Integrity HS24 nearfield sealed subs
- Two Othorns
- Two Gjallarhorns
- 130" 2:35 AT screen
- HTPC, JRiver, iRule, Insteon lighting
- Panasonic PT AE8000U
- 270 gallon in-wall reef tank
- new 200amp panel
- rock veneer existing fireplace
- install a sump pump
- carpet flooring
Here is what I did:
- single row of seating
- 2nd row bar seating
- NAD 758 v3 AVR with 12 channels of Dirac Live
- MiniDSP balanced 2x4 with Advanced 4-way plugin for sub EQ and delay
- JTR Neosis 210rt for 2ch music
- 11 Radian 5210 coaxials
- Dual Stereo Integrity HS24 nearfield sealed subs
- Two Othorns
- Sanway fp14000 amps for subs
- Behringer iNuke nu4-6000 for the 4 Atmos speakers
- Crown xti 4002 for main speakers
- 130" 2:35 AT screen, Seymour Premier frame and Enlightener 4k screen
- HTPC, JRiver, Harmony Elite remote, Insteon lighting
- JVC rs400
- 270 gallon in-wall reef tank
- new 200amp panel
- rock veneer existing fireplace
- install a sump pump
- carpet flooring
- Summit dual keg cooler
edit: new size 7' 8" ceiling, 13'6" wide, 19' long HT area, 6' x 13' open space at the entry - 2464.5 cu ft.
Resources:
Harmon Target Curve
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/2895049-nad-758-v3-25.html#post55266996
Link
Creating a target curve in Dirac Live
http://redirect.viglink.com/?format...ns And Reviews&txt=Custom Dirac Target Curves
I like these seats
http://4seating.com/sofas-and-sectionals/seatcraft/seatcraft-niagara-theater-sectional.htm
http://4seating.com/home-theater-seating-palliser/palliser-stereo-41454-home-theater-seating.html
http://www.monarchsofas.com/suze.html
QR Dude 3d diffuser software:
http://www.subwoofer-builder.com/qrdude.htm
SPI Specialty Products and Insulation - 7x 2" 2x4 Roxul panels $37
1700 Jasper Street
816-842-4900
http://www.bobgolds.com/AbsorptionCoefficients.htm
custom printed fabric
http://www.spoonflower.com/
images
http://www.dreamstime.com/
x