The Cinemar Home Theater Construction Thread - Page 84

I finally got around to moving the HSU VTF-15H into my right front corner.

But before doing so, I made a 1:1 sized reproduction of the back panel graphic. I knew I'd have to reach over the top from time to time and make some adjustments. The graphic allows me to feel my way around and make some quick adjustments.

I've included the printable graphic for anyone else who has the same sub. I just set it on the top of the back of the sub.




First impressions of this sub are really good. It does dig deep. There are lots of settings that you can tweak to vary your results. And the balance with the two subs in each front corner seems to work good. There's a note in the beginning of Tron that I never even new existed!

I've found my M&K 350 sub can also go very deep when you take it out of THX mode settings. One thing I've noticed with both of these subs digging so low is that my sound proofing may have needed more. If I go to near reference levels, the floor above does vibrate.

Perhaps another layer of drywall may have solved the problem...but not sure. It's still magical that I can listen at the levels I can without disturbing the family upstairs.

I've been tweaking the speakers in the room as well and tinkering with some of the Onkyo settings based on THX settings to see how things sound. Chris from M&K was nice enough to spend two hours with me on the phone last week going over everything within the Onkyo to prep me for using REW.

I've angled my front LCR's down just a bit to target the primary listening position and verified that the wides are also at the same level as the fronts. I moved my LR speakers out to the very edge of the inside of the projection screen.
I also configured my M&K SS-150's for Heights and Wides to be in Direct Radiating mode instead of Tripole mode. The sound in the room is continually improving.

My next thing I'd like to do is get some insulation in at least the bottom half of all the speaker columns to prevent any resonance that may be happening. I think I've asked this before and not got an answer, but is there any benefit using OC703 instead of fluffy insulation in the speaker columns?

allybuck64,

It's actually somewhat of an oval rather than a circle. I had to cheat it a bit to make things work for the room. My goal was to closely match the curve in my seating...all curves were pretty much based off the seats. I imported a top down view of my seats from the Berkline website and made an oval to match the backs of the seats.

Then, I plotted points (measuring out then in) from the 3D software onto the wood when it came time to make the first curve.

Thanks so much SITheater.

I'm dreading working with the insulation again...so I've been putting off getting them into the columns.

After doing my entire basement and so much of it in the theater, It's left a bad taste in my mouth...literally.

I bought a nice mask with filters at Home Depot that I started making good use of. Cement board is even worse than MDF because it is so fine. From what I've heard it's dangerous too. I know I had sinus issues for a couple months after dealing with cutting cement boards.

Anybody try one of these in their theaters: Laser Stars Indoor Light Show
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VBNIP2/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M2T1_ST1_3p_dp_1

I bought one a couple months back and never got around to posting my results. My sister saw it in a commercial building and asked what it was.

I think it's very cool and the blue blobs create a really cool effect. Not so sure I liked the green stars since they started to look repetitive.

The major downside with this device though is it's impossible at least in my room to hide it and project it without getting in the viewers eyes.

The fan is a bit too loud as well. Great for a kids room though in my opinion.

I know the GOM Fabric I used is pretty popular. And I'm sure alot of you also have black seats. So I'm hoping someone has already found some good throw blankets and pillows for their theater that match the GOM Claret Accent Red:


Ideally I can also pull out the gold in my carpet.

Here's a room image for reference.


I found this red plaid throw at sears:
http://www.sears.com/cozy-nights-by-cannon-fleece-throw-plaid/p-096VA52240012P?prdNo=3&blockNo=3&blockType=G3

Hi Larry,

We used pine 1x's to do the front bending arc.



More pics in this thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1208912/the-cinemar-home-theater-construction-thread/720#post_21093428

Given that I had it drop-shipped to me anyways, I don't really think it matters if you find it locally.

I bought it through http://www.vyron.com/ (Brookfield, Wi Branch) - ask for Tim Barham.

Hope that helps.

I converted an old HP touchsmart PC into a MegaTouch gaming station at the bar outside the theater.

Much less expensive going this route. I can also turn it into a jukebox and run MainLobby on it as well.

It's been working out really well and adds a nice gaming element to the bar area.

I designed the bar using cabinetry from Lowe's. I used cabinet doors to create the front panel looking design on the face of the bar.

If you look back earlier in my thread, you'll find more detailed designs of the bar. I used a variety of mouldings to create the finished look.

Sorry. My post may have been misleading. It's still a standard Windows PC running Windows software...I'm just using it to emulate a MegaTouch type gaming system.

I'm using games from PopCap. I'm planning to eliminate the windows look and feel using MainLobby.

I can set it up to list all the various games available on the system, they click the icon to launch the game. When they exit that game, it will bring them back to the same graphical menu listing all the available games.

Check out www.popcap.com - they've got some nice games. Bejeweled 2 is a fan favorite.

Tim is right. You don't want to go beyond 1 1/4".

Mine was 3.5" wide with a 1 1/8" overhang. That left room to mount the LED strips as well.

This post here has some pretty good photos and details about how I attached the bull nose:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1208912/the-cinemar-home-theater-construction-thread/1470#post_21827098

Picture from post above: