Posts by petew

I had five segments of my incandescent rope light fail within the first 20 hours of use (about 150' total length). Out of eleven fixtures with GU10 lamps, four of the bulbs failed within hours of installation. Chinese bulbs SUCK IMHO. ...

Fantastic room, great photography too! I love this one...Star Trek lens flare.

Looking great. You might consider painting the driver recesses too. You don't want to have a MDF shiner around the cutouts.

Looks like the plywood in the columns is probably birch veneer. Seems to have tighter grain than the pine. From what I can see in the pics all the molding is pine. Goes to show what a good painter can do. Your woodwork looks great.

The stands look good! Some my say they make the speaker look like a two legged, one eyed robot with a big round mouth. Those are the same ones who think a B&W 800D looks like a giant d***. Nice job.

Wood moulding in typical construction is usually: MDF (paint grade very inexpensive) finger jointed pine (paint grade only) clear pine moderate upgrade - all similarly priced knotty alder - rustic look, medium brown wood, takes...

I've been struggling with this question too. I'm leaning towards one of the Fusion 10 models that use an Eminence Delta 10A. Might be overkill for surrounds, but I plan to build a pair of Parham's 6pi cornerhorns that use the Delta 10...

I'd vote for under the garage. Try for 9 or 10 foot clear from slab to spancrete. You'll eat up headroom with the ceiling treatment and risers. Isolated AC and heat systems is a good thing in my opinion. Theater loads differ a lot...

I'd think the loft would be the most difficult sound containment problem. If there are kids in the rec room they will want to mess around in the loft too. They'll be making enough racket to disturb the space below. 16' may be a bit...

That's an eight pound speaker. You'll have no trouble with those if you find the right drywall anchors. HD or your local hardware store should have a good selection.