Posts by Brad Horstkotte

It depends on the look you want - the closer to the ceiling and wall, the narrower and less diffuse the light spread will be; further away, you'll get a wider, more diffuse band of light against the ceiling. For my preference, it would...

Wayne Parham recommends using normal home insulation

I would build out a false wall flush with that bumpout in the right corner, use an acoustically transparent screen (DIY the frame or use Jamestown + Seymour CenterStage XD material), center it, put the LCR and one or two subs behind the...

And please, don't use these! (my wife does once in a while, drives me nuts, won't listen when I say its a terrible idea): http://myearpick.com/

Wait til you start stapling fabric! I think I used somewhere north of 30,000 staples

Yes, a pneumatic brad nailer and stapler is *almost* mandatory - I actually built my first 6-8 frames using a hammer and boxes of brad nails - way too slow, broke down and bought the brad nailer, and my next door neighbor gave me a spare...

I like wide towards the edges, but I would just plan on doing some experimentation to see what you prefer - also evaluate whether you prefer straight on, very toed in (crossing in front of the listening position), or somewhere in between.

Bump, any ideas? If only bicycle television repairman were here!

Selfish bump to keep the thread from being archived - can't believe these have been in operation for 6 months already! Still loving them, thanks again Erich, tuxedocivic, and all the SEOS contributors and builders.

Checked the other thread, that looks like a good setup - heard a lot of good things about the Rhythmiks.