I've been planning to create a build thread for quite some time.
I did what a lot of people have done and got my theater walls built and installed my projector and screen which has really slowed down my build progress.
My lack of skill and knowledge has caused me to have to redo things many times over and I want to put a stop to that because it has caused a lot of frustration and cost a lot more money than just doing it right the first time.
I'm at the point where I've realized I'm going to have to redo things again for proper soundproofing and although I have read 100's of AVS threads on the topic over the last few months, I still have several questions.
I've made a few videos that will hopefully help identify areas of concern and help explain my questions a bit more. The videos will also show the theater in its current state since I'm not familiar with Sketchup and don't exactly have a floorplan of the theater.
The theater in its current state is 20' x 27.7' x 7' 10" and is in a dedicated space in my unfinished basement.
The house was built in 2006 and we didn't finish the basement at that time.
The basement is divided into four main areas, pretty equally in size. There's the home theater and equipment room, directly in front of that is the lobby and model railroad, off to the side of the theater is the wood shop/workshop, and behind that is storage and a photography studio I use for my product reviews, which is another hobby of mine.
My family's last name is Evans but I really don't want to name the theater, "The Evans Family Theater" and would love some help coming up with a cool name.
My company's name is "Bulldog" (Computers & Wireless) but I don't want to go with that either.
In addition to audio and home theater (I started the popular REW thread here on AVS and am obsessed with taking acoustical measurements and learning all I can about small room acoustics) my other hobbies are model railroading and I'm starting to get into woodworking. I'm also a top Amazon reviewer and have started to review home theater products as well.
The acoustical performance of this room is more important to me than anything else, but I do also want the equipment and speakers hidden and like a modern and clean look.
I'd appreciate any advice and/or suggestions you may have that may help me increase the performance of the soundproofing efforts I'm now taking and I also need help finalizing the color scheme of the room.
So far I've just painted everything black but I'd like to go with another color for trim and haven't decided what would look best. I have no skills when it comes to Skethup or other software so I've just had to imagine other color schemes but I do know that although the ceiling and walls will be black for the best video performance, I do want a splash of color on the trim.
Thanks for looking and thanks in advance for any advice you may have!
--J
I did what a lot of people have done and got my theater walls built and installed my projector and screen which has really slowed down my build progress.
My lack of skill and knowledge has caused me to have to redo things many times over and I want to put a stop to that because it has caused a lot of frustration and cost a lot more money than just doing it right the first time.
I'm at the point where I've realized I'm going to have to redo things again for proper soundproofing and although I have read 100's of AVS threads on the topic over the last few months, I still have several questions.
I've made a few videos that will hopefully help identify areas of concern and help explain my questions a bit more. The videos will also show the theater in its current state since I'm not familiar with Sketchup and don't exactly have a floorplan of the theater.
The theater in its current state is 20' x 27.7' x 7' 10" and is in a dedicated space in my unfinished basement.
The house was built in 2006 and we didn't finish the basement at that time.
The basement is divided into four main areas, pretty equally in size. There's the home theater and equipment room, directly in front of that is the lobby and model railroad, off to the side of the theater is the wood shop/workshop, and behind that is storage and a photography studio I use for my product reviews, which is another hobby of mine.
My family's last name is Evans but I really don't want to name the theater, "The Evans Family Theater" and would love some help coming up with a cool name.
My company's name is "Bulldog" (Computers & Wireless) but I don't want to go with that either.
In addition to audio and home theater (I started the popular REW thread here on AVS and am obsessed with taking acoustical measurements and learning all I can about small room acoustics) my other hobbies are model railroading and I'm starting to get into woodworking. I'm also a top Amazon reviewer and have started to review home theater products as well.
The acoustical performance of this room is more important to me than anything else, but I do also want the equipment and speakers hidden and like a modern and clean look.
I'd appreciate any advice and/or suggestions you may have that may help me increase the performance of the soundproofing efforts I'm now taking and I also need help finalizing the color scheme of the room.
So far I've just painted everything black but I'd like to go with another color for trim and haven't decided what would look best. I have no skills when it comes to Skethup or other software so I've just had to imagine other color schemes but I do know that although the ceiling and walls will be black for the best video performance, I do want a splash of color on the trim.
Thanks for looking and thanks in advance for any advice you may have!
--J