Finally, my journey full of adventure and discoveries will begin...
Well, if it is a hometheater construction, I shall start in a filmmaking style
;-)
I have just bought a new apartment and I will be able to set up a dedicated hometheater.
After some good reading here in AVS, I decided to start planning and executing the theater.
Of course, counting with the member's support.
Firstly I would start with things that cannot change at all in the project.
Size and format of the room:
Room shall be 21x15 x10.
Only dimension I have some room to stretch is the height. It can be lower or higher depending of the benefits.
I cannot enlarge the length and width since I haven't authorization from the authorities (here in Brazil is the Mayor office/department which grant these rights)
Structure (Material Construction):
I am from Brazil (Sunny Rio de janeiro) and our engineering/architecture is bit different from US.
Our walls are usually made by a hollowed brick and cement.
We do not use framing and wood and in US.
Sometimes we use drywall as well but it is not very common for walls.
So the room will be constructed with Brick and cement.
Only place we will use dry wall is for making a ceiling/lining under the real brick/cement roof.
Equipment
Front: Revel F32
Central: Revel C52
Side Surround: Revel S12 (Dipole)
Rear Surround: Revel S12 (Dipole) or other. (Still missing)
Subwoofer: Still open. I have a sunfire Signature but I will probably buy one large or two mediums.
AMP: Parasound Halo A51 for Fronts, central and rear surround.
AMP: Anthem MCA20 for the Rears
Pre/Pro Adcom 870
BD: Oppo 83
Projector Epson 1080
Screen
Open. Most probably i will make a custom one.
In the picture, i add a 140" 16:9
Purpose
It will be dedicated Hometheater only fro Movies and occasionally music. No TVs, no PS3 and etc.
I will have in other room a media closet centralizing everything.( whole house audio, TV, Security and etc)
I will send of course some conduits from the Media closet to the dedicated theater just for future needs.
All the rest I am still thinking about and I would need your support, suggestions and so on.
One thing is very important.
Most of the outcome and findings of what we will discuss, and my needs will may be an small obstacle since the lack or even different materials and resources available where I live.
e.g. if I need fabrics for the wall, I cannot go to lowes or Home Depot and buy GOM.
I cannot simply order Linacoustic that easy.
I will have to figure out what can I do in order to replace the materials if needed.
Thoughts ( please check the sketches attached).
Please disregard the color patterns and yes, the sketch is in scale. Equipment, furniture, stair, risers and everything else.
This is the first version and I know it will be changed.
False wall on and no "kid's lounge"
False wall off and with "kid's lounge"
Side view
Back view
Inside False Wall
Part of the room (Additional walls will be raised)
Additional 38 inches in width!!!
Well, the view from Pedra da Gavea( Natural Postcard from Rio) came for free!!!
Opposite view!!!
Seating
I am thinking of having 2 rows with 4 seats each. Most probably Palliser Hiland.
Since I have no height severe limitations, I am planning a kind of 3 level-2 risers
First one for the 1st row /2nd Row split.
And the Second Riser, it is a crazy idea I had.
Since my kids are very small and their cousins as well, I was thinking of build a kind of Drawer/seat/lounge for the kids.
This Drawer/seat/lounge would be set up only in case we have kids watching movies and it would be hidden under second riser.
The distance is really short to the screen, position is terrible.
But they are kids. they do not care about quality of it. they just want have some fun.
So adults would sit in the two rows and kids would rely in the Drawer/seat/lounge.
Screen and False Wall
Still wondering Size 110 to 140) and aspect (16:9 or 2.35)
But I was planning to have all the speakers and also the equipment below the screen.
Since it is not perforated screen, Speakers are positioned in a way I can use a normal screen material.
if the speakers are in a too low position, I might consider in an a acoustic screen and put the front and central speakers just below the screen.
But idea is to have normal screen and raise the fronts of needed. Central would still be under the screen (pointing to viewers)
Stage
Do I really need one or it is only for aesthetics?
Columns/Pillars in side walls.
I am planning to put the surrounds hidden in the columns and maybe some lights (sconces) on the side walls.
But do I need them for any acoustic reasons?
Or it is just the same thing for acoustics. With or without columns
Floor
Carpet all over the floor.
That's Ok. But do I need something between the brick/cement and the carpet?
Sidewalls
Should I use any material in the sidewalls?
Covering whole walls with any material and/or fabrics? Like Half Duct Liner and half polly/cotton batting everything covered with some fabric?
Remember the whole room is built in brick+cement.
And can I do it directly in the wall using glue or something similar or for cement/brick I will also have to go with the framing route?
Front Wall
Should I cover whole wall with 1"duct liner as well or should I consider something thicker or even a different material?
Back Wall
Same as side walls?
Ceiling
I could notice that almost all the dedicated ceilings shown in AVS have the ceiling with a "square dome"( don't know how to say that).
Instead of having plain ceiling, people make a ceiling in two levels.
Is this anything to do with acoustics or pure aesthetics?
And the material? Should i use anything but painting?
Lighting
Still did not decided if using Grafik Eye or not with 3 or 4 circuits/zones
Overall
These are the preliminary info and of course I have forgotten to inform important details.
They will pop up along the thread.
Well, if it is a hometheater construction, I shall start in a filmmaking style
;-)
I have just bought a new apartment and I will be able to set up a dedicated hometheater.
After some good reading here in AVS, I decided to start planning and executing the theater.
Of course, counting with the member's support.
Firstly I would start with things that cannot change at all in the project.
Size and format of the room:
Room shall be 21x15 x10.
Only dimension I have some room to stretch is the height. It can be lower or higher depending of the benefits.
I cannot enlarge the length and width since I haven't authorization from the authorities (here in Brazil is the Mayor office/department which grant these rights)
Structure (Material Construction):
I am from Brazil (Sunny Rio de janeiro) and our engineering/architecture is bit different from US.
Our walls are usually made by a hollowed brick and cement.
We do not use framing and wood and in US.
Sometimes we use drywall as well but it is not very common for walls.
So the room will be constructed with Brick and cement.
Only place we will use dry wall is for making a ceiling/lining under the real brick/cement roof.
Equipment
Front: Revel F32
Central: Revel C52
Side Surround: Revel S12 (Dipole)
Rear Surround: Revel S12 (Dipole) or other. (Still missing)
Subwoofer: Still open. I have a sunfire Signature but I will probably buy one large or two mediums.
AMP: Parasound Halo A51 for Fronts, central and rear surround.
AMP: Anthem MCA20 for the Rears
Pre/Pro Adcom 870
BD: Oppo 83
Projector Epson 1080
Screen
Open. Most probably i will make a custom one.
In the picture, i add a 140" 16:9
Purpose
It will be dedicated Hometheater only fro Movies and occasionally music. No TVs, no PS3 and etc.
I will have in other room a media closet centralizing everything.( whole house audio, TV, Security and etc)
I will send of course some conduits from the Media closet to the dedicated theater just for future needs.
All the rest I am still thinking about and I would need your support, suggestions and so on.
One thing is very important.
Most of the outcome and findings of what we will discuss, and my needs will may be an small obstacle since the lack or even different materials and resources available where I live.
e.g. if I need fabrics for the wall, I cannot go to lowes or Home Depot and buy GOM.
I cannot simply order Linacoustic that easy.
I will have to figure out what can I do in order to replace the materials if needed.
Thoughts ( please check the sketches attached).
Please disregard the color patterns and yes, the sketch is in scale. Equipment, furniture, stair, risers and everything else.
This is the first version and I know it will be changed.
False wall on and no "kid's lounge"
False wall off and with "kid's lounge"
Side view
Back view
Inside False Wall
Part of the room (Additional walls will be raised)
Additional 38 inches in width!!!
Well, the view from Pedra da Gavea( Natural Postcard from Rio) came for free!!!
Opposite view!!!
Seating
I am thinking of having 2 rows with 4 seats each. Most probably Palliser Hiland.
Since I have no height severe limitations, I am planning a kind of 3 level-2 risers
First one for the 1st row /2nd Row split.
And the Second Riser, it is a crazy idea I had.
Since my kids are very small and their cousins as well, I was thinking of build a kind of Drawer/seat/lounge for the kids.
This Drawer/seat/lounge would be set up only in case we have kids watching movies and it would be hidden under second riser.
The distance is really short to the screen, position is terrible.
But they are kids. they do not care about quality of it. they just want have some fun.
So adults would sit in the two rows and kids would rely in the Drawer/seat/lounge.
Screen and False Wall
Still wondering Size 110 to 140) and aspect (16:9 or 2.35)
But I was planning to have all the speakers and also the equipment below the screen.
Since it is not perforated screen, Speakers are positioned in a way I can use a normal screen material.
if the speakers are in a too low position, I might consider in an a acoustic screen and put the front and central speakers just below the screen.
But idea is to have normal screen and raise the fronts of needed. Central would still be under the screen (pointing to viewers)
Stage
Do I really need one or it is only for aesthetics?
Columns/Pillars in side walls.
I am planning to put the surrounds hidden in the columns and maybe some lights (sconces) on the side walls.
But do I need them for any acoustic reasons?
Or it is just the same thing for acoustics. With or without columns
Floor
Carpet all over the floor.
That's Ok. But do I need something between the brick/cement and the carpet?
Sidewalls
Should I use any material in the sidewalls?
Covering whole walls with any material and/or fabrics? Like Half Duct Liner and half polly/cotton batting everything covered with some fabric?
Remember the whole room is built in brick+cement.
And can I do it directly in the wall using glue or something similar or for cement/brick I will also have to go with the framing route?
Front Wall
Should I cover whole wall with 1"duct liner as well or should I consider something thicker or even a different material?
Back Wall
Same as side walls?
Ceiling
I could notice that almost all the dedicated ceilings shown in AVS have the ceiling with a "square dome"( don't know how to say that).
Instead of having plain ceiling, people make a ceiling in two levels.
Is this anything to do with acoustics or pure aesthetics?
And the material? Should i use anything but painting?
Lighting
Still did not decided if using Grafik Eye or not with 3 or 4 circuits/zones
Overall
These are the preliminary info and of course I have forgotten to inform important details.
They will pop up along the thread.
.
