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post #1081 of 1098
1/2/13 at 1:04pm
One word....


SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
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post #1082 of 1098
1/2/13 at 2:26pm
Room looks great sm2k! Love the lighting, especially within the columns - and the panels on the soffits look great too, very nice design.
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post #1083 of 1098
1/4/13 at 4:32am
I can remember when you were doing research and going through all of the builds. At that time I was finishing up my theater which has been about a year and a half ago. You did a very nice job that I am sure you are very proud of. Congrats!wink.gif
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post #1084 of 1098
1/4/13 at 10:45am
Very, very, ... nice.


+1 on the bass trapping commentary, ....never enough. A well trapped room strips away the acoustic distortions that plague the LF. Unless one has experienced it at home, or been in a good studio, mastering room etc, hard to explain.


Love the room, pics, PBN's, IB, ceiling,...just monumental, good lookin' out.

One of my all time faves.
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post #1085 of 1098
1/4/13 at 3:58pm
Fantastic, enjoy!
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post #1086 of 1098
2/3/13 at 3:13am
Great!
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post #1087 of 1098
2/3/13 at 9:39am
Fantastic room, great photography too! I love this one...Star Trek lens flare.

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post #1088 of 1098
2/26/13 at 6:21am
Simply Divine! The theater looks amazing.
Great Work, Stockmonkey2000, very inspiring smile.gif
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post #1089 of 1098
2/26/13 at 3:06pm
Looks great! Congrats.

Bud
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post #1090 of 1098
2/26/13 at 5:28pm
How did I miss all of your awesome new photos???!!! Everything looks really nice SM2K. Definitely have that Desert Sunset thing going on! Congratulations on an awesome theater!
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post #1091 of 1098
5/8/13 at 9:40pm
I haven't checked your page in almost 6 months! WOW...

Not only did time fly, but you seem to be living a dream of sorts. How do you find the theatre now, and any tweaks you are doing? Last time we talked you pointed out that being finished was a good thing.
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...While I am enjoying the actual building I am really looking forward to being able to actually use the theater. I'll probably feel somewhat the same way though when it starts to come to an end. I just finished hanging the drywall and have always hated doing drywall in the past. This time I actually enjoyed it simply for the fact that it was part of my theater.

In the end, I still did way more than I could have dreamed I would. Might I presume you will too? wink.gif
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post #1092 of 1098
5/9/13 at 1:18pm
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I thought my theater thread had faded into oblivion - thanks for bringing it back from the dead. I have been enjoying the theater and have still been working on a few tweaks to make it better. I got rid of the surround speakers sitting on the stands and mounted them in the wall - They are a fairly deep speaker so this meant widening the thickness of the back wall - the wall is now 10" deep to accommodate the rear speakers. The other side of the theater was still unfinished so it was not difficult to expand the depth of the wall. The speakers stick out about 4 inches but I'm planning on a 4" thick panel on the back wall that will hide the speakers and also give some more absorption on the back wall. I still need to put in some side surround speakers - I wired for 7.1 but only did a 5.1 setup. 7.1 will make a big difference because it is hard to hear the surround speakers in the front row. I wish I would have just planned the 7.1 from the beginning but I already had all the speakers and equipment for 5.1.
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post #1093 of 1098
5/9/13 at 4:41pm
Hey Stock, what going on? How's your IB treating you?
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post #1094 of 1098
5/10/13 at 7:51am
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Hey Stock, what going on? How's your IB treating you?

I'm really enjoying the IB. Overall I'm very happy with it, but I do wish I had a little better ULF extension. The subs do naturally start to roll off in my room at about 18hz or so - I have been able to extend that down to 16hz or so with the BFD, but I really wish I had a lower hinge point on my EQ to boost lower. I still do get a lot of ULF response (the kind that shakes your hair and such) but I know that I still have more headroom down around 10hz and below, but just cant boost that with a 20hz filter. Ive thought of buying a Symmetrix 551 EQ that has a 10hz hinge point to try and get some boost at 10hz.

I have wondered if maybe my dayton omnimic response is not accurate down low and the roll off is not as bad as it is, because sometimes it seems the response is there, but it does not measure that way. I have the early omnimic and need to send it back to have it recalibrated down to 5hz. I do know that on the "Irene" scene from Blackhawk Down, I do not feel much of anything of the 6hz signal (the higher harmonics are there) I did expect more room gain below 20hz, but that being said, the sub is still awesome and a lot of fun. The beauty of it is that it is so invisible that it is surprising (and sometimes shocking) when it comes to life. Had some people over that had not experienced the subs yet come over and they wanted to watch Hunger Games. Most of the movie is pretty light on the bass, but when the ship flies over or the cannon went off they were blown away and wondering where it came from.
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post #1095 of 1098
5/10/13 at 8:26am
Very interesting. You have eq'd, and in control of your chain more than I. It is still on my list to do but I just don't feel an overwhelming need as I am very happy with ulf in my room. May be the cement walls? There are no rattles in the room except for my chairs and riser so I either get the chairs rumbling somewhere around 20-25hz, and lower. Or for the lower scenes (according to other peoples graphs, you know the ones that have done the work I am too lazy to do. smile.gif ) The chairs will convulse more violently, almost twisting and my hair will seem to move. Not a midbase or air movement thing but the ulf makes my hair vibrate to where it feels like it curls. Weird thing to explain. tongue.gif

I really should tweak it like you have as I am sure there are nulls in there, but something else always seems to get my money and time. Right now I am acumaulating funds to replace my 4 year old RS10 and have enough now to get the RS4810 or lesser. Just waitng for the right time to jump. cool.gif
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post #1096 of 1098
5/10/13 at 11:36am
I followed your build so now it is good to read some of your thoughts after living with the "completed" theater for awhile.
I know you put a lot of effort into soundproofing. Difficult to block all those low frequencies coming from the IB setup but in general are you happy with the results?
Do you find the star ceiling was worth the pain and suffering? Do you typically leave it on during movies? I imagine guests seeing it for the first time are totally amazed.
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post #1097 of 1098
5/10/13 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by DavidK442 View Post

I followed your build so now it is good to read some of your thoughts after living with the "completed" theater for awhile.
I know you put a lot of effort into soundproofing. Difficult to block all those low frequencies coming from the IB setup but in general are you happy with the results?
Do you find the star ceiling was worth the pain and suffering? Do you typically leave it on during movies? I imagine guests seeing it for the first time are totally amazed.

I'm very happy with the soundproofing. It is easily the best money I spent regarding the theater - It allows me to use the theater at any time of day without fear of waking the kids. At insane levels inside the theater, you can hear the bass on the main floor in the family room and kitchen right above the theater and it can be felt through the floor, but upstairs where the bedrooms are, it is totally quiet. The best benefit though is the low noise floor inside the theater. I used to always miss dialog in my old theater and often had to constantly fiddle with the volume to hear the quiet parts and not get blasted out of the room on the loud parts. Now I can set it at one volume and not have to worry about it anymore - You hear everything from the quietest whispers to explosions that make you feel like the walls are going to come down. I really cannot recommend soundproofing enough - Anyone wondering whether it is worth the money and additional time, all I can say is just do it. I would sacrifice equipment easily before I would sacrifice the soundproofing. It just makes it so much easier to enjoy the theater.

I do leave the star ceiling on all the time when watching movies - My movie watching setting on the grafik eye dims the stars down and they are not distracting at all - I always ask guests who are watching for the first time if they prefer to have the stars off and nobody has ever wanted them off. It is really cool when you get a starry sky in a movie and it just expands into the ceiling - its a really cool effect and I always get comments when the screen "matches" the ceiling. We watched "Life of Pi" a few weeks ago and the night scenes out in the middle of the ocean were really cool. It is another thing that was well worth the time and money to do in my room. It is the first thing that people comment on when seeing the theater for the first time and really distinguishes the room from a normal run of the mill home theater. The star ceiling really gives the room something special and its nice to have something visible for all the effort unlike soundproofing where most people are not going to see or understand the effort involved.
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post #1098 of 1098
5/10/13 at 1:12pm
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I'm very happy with the soundproofing. It is easily the best money I spent regarding the theater - It allows me to use the theater at any time of day without fear of waking the kids. At insane levels inside the theater, you can hear the bass on the main floor in the family room and kitchen right above the theater and it can be felt through the floor, but upstairs where the bedrooms are, it is totally quiet. The best benefit though is the low noise floor inside the theater. I used to always miss dialog in my old theater and often had to constantly fiddle with the volume to hear the quiet parts and not get blasted out of the room on the loud parts. Now I can set it at one volume and not have to worry about it anymore - You hear everything from the quietest whispers to explosions that make you feel like the walls are going to come down. I really cannot recommend soundproofing enough - Anyone wondering whether it is worth the money and additional time, all I can say is just do it. I would sacrifice equipment easily before I would sacrifice the soundproofing. It just makes it so much easier to enjoy the theater.

I do leave the star ceiling on all the time when watching movies - My movie watching setting on the grafik eye dims the stars down and they are not distracting at all - I always ask guests who are watching for the first time if they prefer to have the stars off and nobody has ever wanted them off. It is really cool when you get a starry sky in a movie and it just expands into the ceiling - its a really cool effect and I always get comments when the screen "matches" the ceiling. We watched "Life of Pi" a few weeks ago and the night scenes out in the middle of the ocean were really cool. It is another thing that was well worth the time and money to do in my room. It is the first thing that people comment on when seeing the theater for the first time and really distinguishes the room from a normal run of the mill home theater. The star ceiling really gives the room something special and its nice to have something visible for all the effort unlike soundproofing where most people are not going to see or understand the effort involved.

That sound lovely. I bet guests have an excellent time enjoying the hard work with such a star ceiling. Life of Pi would have been cool...wish I could have seen that.
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