The Zen Garden HT - Page 11

It's actually the other way around...Lucas acknowledged that his study of Zen Buddhism is the basis for "the Jedi way" and "the force".

Find yourself an authentic Zen Master and origins of Yoda speak you will find.

I finally picked up the JPL Acoustic Duct at the plant. The Central Sales Manager took me back into the warehouse with him to find the product. Apparently it is isn't a big mover due to its very specialized use. They pulled a pallet from the top shelf and unwrapped it to get my four boxes. He confirmed that is it manufactured exactly like the FlexMaster product.

I hope to get the final little pieces of framing done this weekend so I can finally move on to electrical. I'll quote myself for a little humor.

On November 8th I must have been hallucinating:

On November 23rd I replied to Big with this message:


It is now six months later and I'm still talking about finishing the framing.

At least my dog has my back...all is not lost.

No pics to post (finishing up little bits of framing). But I have revised my rear wall.

• The TV will be covered with an acoustic panel during movie watching.
• When tracking in the room the TV will be hooked up to the control room via a cam for two way visual communication.
• When hosting parties for sporting events I'll probably turn it on along with the PJ.
• I hope to be able to setup the rear surrounds as fronts for TV watching - ideas?

I've ditched the sink for now (subject to change).

I also plan to have an interchangeable mounting system where I can hang OC703 based panels in between the columns.

I need to kick it into gear. My son's band just started gigging.



And I just realized that my thread is in the Dedicated room...but clearly this isn't going to be dedicated to only HT activities. Oops.

And my updated right wall view.

Thanks - I'll check that out.

And the left wall. This one has two 4x4 windows that I plan to plug. In the front I'll probably do a fairly permanent plug, put fabric on the wall, then have the acoustic panels. Towards the back of the room I'd like the plug to be on hinges similar to shutters. I have some thinking to do (and plenty of time before I get to that point.

And the screen wall.

And behind the screen wall.

Um, does that stuff really exist anymore? Maybe in the afterlife, but probably not in my Underverse.


Goatee thank you.



The drummer has plenty of cowbells. But maybe I'll bring that Marshall stack we talked about before.

Grasshopper...snatch this:

Well, since I can't blow mine in out in my new theater yet (the one I thought would be done by now), I went ahead and picked up some new wireless cans with "Kleer" uncompressed digital signals - the Sennheiser RS-170.



I'm loving them! No hiss, I can walk all over the house/yard, and they come close to my Sony MDR-7506 studio cans for fidelity.



I can plug them into my AVR, my desktop computer speakers, my mixing board, my DAW interface, etc. One day I'll get to the basement, but the summer is just not convincing me it should be any time soon.

Hey, my dad just found two checks written to me from my paper route dated 30 years ago. One was for $2.00 and the other was for $10.00. Who has more checks now? (I guess that depends on whether the bank would honor them.)



Here's a hint, keep an eye on THAT thread for now.

Football season is starting, so I'm not sure how much time I'll be spending down there. Granted, I do now have two more checks so perhaps I'll find some of that cheap labor I was talking about.

You could always get one of these for posterity....

I think I'll have to break down and hire an HVAC company to setup a zoning system. Our 2nd floor and 1st floor are never the same temp. Plus, with fully sealed up rooms in the basement I think it is wise to bite the bullet. I know these questions will be answered by a HVAC contractor, but of course I want to tap into the AVS wisdom.

I checked out our current furnace, the Bryant 310AAV066135AAJA. There are two, three, four, and eight zone systems identified in the specs as compatible. At a minimum I'd like to go with three zones (one per floor). However, I'd prefer to have eight unless it doubles the cost.

Specs:
Input Btuh - 132,000
Output Btuh - 107,000
AFUE - 80.0
Certified Temperature Rise Range 40-70
Certified External Static Pressure (Heat/Cool) - 0.20/0.50
Airflow CFM (Heating/Cooling) - 1850/2110
Blower Direct-Drive Motor HP (PSC) - 3/4

My eight zone example...

2nd floor
Zone 1 - kids bedrooms, bathroom
Zone 2 - bonus room, guest bedroom
Zone 3 - master/bath/closet

1st floor
Zone 4 - kitchen/nook, family room, dining room, living room, bathroom, hall
Zone 5 - office

Basement
Zone 6 - theater
Zone 7 - studio/control room
Zone 8 - hall, bathroom

Questions:

1) Does it look like my furnace will be able handle an additional ~1,000 sqft on top of the current ~3100 sqft?

2) Is my desire for eight zones a little bit ridiculous? Would a zone for each floor be acceptable for most people?