Posts by Sokoloff

The advantages for the "nearby" closet approach are mostly if you have to deal with physical media regularly (Netflix/Redbox, etc). It also allows some people to not have to deal with IR or RF remote extenders, but instead just shoot...

I'd actually consider your closet conditioned space, given that it is insulated against the "outside" and not insulated against the inside. Given your situation, I'd first check whether I needed to do anything at all. I'd be...

Not at all, and if you don't need it, static racks are going to be much cheaper and likely easier to build a nice face/frame integration on the front.

(I did google and AVS search, and only came up with an Electronic House article that didn't really address my concern.) I'm designing a dedicated theater in my basement and have two options that would permit an IB sub. One backs the...

Can one buy the pads at a big-box store, or is it a speciality "buy from Ted" item? (I have no issues doing either, it's just the second requires a little more planning...)

IME, a rotozip with the circle cutting jig and a shop vac knocks the holes out and collects most of the dust in less time than it takes to read this post, as long as you know where the wood framing members are. I don't trust...

Agreed with ak. We need more info about what you're trying to do. From your question, it's not clear what you're adding, where you're adding it, etc. Give us an inventory by location of what you have currently (and assuming it all...

Either will work. If you're taking speakers not designed to be used in a cabinet (most are not of course), you're better off with a design like you posted anyway, to minimize speaker boundary interference issues.

More details on the door panels, please! It sounds like a great detail. I'm having a hard time visualizing what makes the panels "move back" when the door is closed?

1. Modulator will take the "red/white/yellow" composite video and audio and turn it into a cable channel. You specifically want a "frequency agile" modulator (that means "you can pick the channel it uses"). Channel Plus makes a whole...