Pimp My Garage - Page 28

Oops, didn't see this post, sorry - the center is a CHT SHO-10, the L&R (and all surrounds) are CHT PRO-10s. The subs came out really well, I'm very happy with them (well, except when I have to move them around - getting the second one in place was interesting!).


I'll have to measure when I get home, I don't remember off the top of my head.


Thanks Tony - so far so good with XBMC, although its a pain to get everything "just right". I had a frame dropping problem, which I figured out how to fix; the fix caused a tearing problem, which I figured out how to fix; I seem to have a color space mismatch problem somewhere (0-255 vs. 15-240 or whatever it is - crushed blacks), haven't sorted that yet; and my Harmony remote programming for the HTPC stopped working somehow, haven't fixed that yet. Never ending!

I started building a pair of TLAHs for fun - not sure whether I'll use them in the living room or home office or what, just knew I felt like building some speakers. I'll post some pictures soon.

Thanks Steve! Sadly, its back to work now.


I have been extremely lazy/indecisive about actually installing the treatments since the projector went up. The downside of having removable panels is that I was able to put them up and make the room useable, and put off taking care of the treatments (well, other than bass trapping). The indecisive part is due to the fact that I only allowed for 1.5" depth, and second guessing based on dialog discussing necessity of deeper treatments. Don't really feel like reworking all the furring strips, etc. though, so I'm planning on using the depth that I have.

I've heard 4" + 2" air space - but I'm not going to sacrifice a foot of width in the room, and I imagine most people wouldn't want to either.

The best way really is to measure the room with REW, and do before and after spot treatment to verify that it does what you want it to do. That's what I plan on doing - after I watch just one more movie. Or two. And play some MW3 in the theater. Oh, and after our friends come over this weekend. Well maybe after I finish the TLAHs I'm building. Yeah then definitely.

Yeah, the ethernet to the HT is all sorted out now, have played in there a couple times - sometimes I'm lazy though and play in the living room, if I don't feel like being totally sequestered - and so the family can enjoy my cussing out campers, etc. When I see you online, I usually check to see if I can join the session, but the lobby is usually full. I need to add more AVSers to my friends list, I only have you, Husker, and a couple others on my list.


Sweet, hopefully we can share notes.

Friend request sent - will you be my friend? No, not creepy at all. What are you wearing? Never mind, I can see you through the window.


I don't have it yet - have BF2 (son bought it), but never got into it - too snipey for me it seemed at the time, I want instant gratification / mutilation.

That's right!!!


Thanks JMan, I'll add you.


I'm actually on XBox 360, not PS3 - in my case I bought a separate console for the HT - the HT is connected to a detached garage, not the house, so wiring to the house would likely cost more and be more hassle than just getting a separate console (bought the Slim when it was on sale before Christmas). Sounds like Tony has more experience related to what you want to do.

Yeah, subs are more or less under control - the real test for me was getting the two subs dialed in to the point that I could deal with the THX "Amazing Life" demo (I think that's what its called - the one with the fat mushroom animation that hits real deep and hard) without digital distortion, when playing back at my usual listening level and a bit above (I usually listen at -13 to -10, so if I can play back anything at -8 or so, its mission accomplished for me).

I could still do some work on the crossover region though, have a bit of a dip there to fix.

I keep seeing amazing deals on projectors and speakers, and get tempted too - have to tell myself that putting a projector, drop down screen, and line arrays in the bathroom probably isn't a good use of resources. Especially since I already have 3 speaker building projects already in the pipeline.


I don't remember if I wrote down the names of the other samples unfortunately, but I'll do some more digging in case I did.

Shameful isn't it. Well, I'm on vacation this coming week, first half out of town, but the second half I should hopefully have some time to work on some things and resurrect the thread from "you hung the projector and all work will cease" purgatory.