Making the "Bacon Race" Theater - Page 25

Yeah I know. The VW95 is still my planned purchase. Kraine's full review on it should be in 2 days as well. Not that it matters until I get my phone call anyway. My construction "inside" of the theater should be done today, with carpet coming near the end of next week, so looks like the the release timeline along with shipping could match up very well.

It's about flush with the end of the beveled edge. The panels are 1" thick and the trim/baseboard is 3/4". The panels have diagonal bevels facing the trim and the trim has rounded edges against the panels.

There is a 1/2" gap for the carpet under the baseboard.

As promised, yesterday marked the end of "Construction" on my theater. By that I mean I can finally clean up all of the spare wood and scraps I had been saving for things like furing and spacing. BIG and I worked a long day. Things took longer than we estimated as usual, and so we didn't get to put the SMX screen material on the frame yet. But that can be done in the next week or two since I don't even have a projector yet.

First, we finished the custom panels around the rack area


We also made two custom panels for the strange spaces between the front columns and the stage (Not shown).

Then we completed the remaining baseboard around the rest of the room.

Finally we put up all of the friction-fit screenwall panels and the screen frame.

I thought about it, but by the time we were putting it up I was so tired I didn't want to go upstairs to get my camera. There are 4 panels. The ones above and below the screen are the exact width of the screen frame, and then vertically, they fill the space top to bottom. On the bottom frame, there is still a 1/2" gap for a carpet underneath. The two side panels go floor to ceiling and width wise are from the black side wall panels to the side of the screen frame and other two panels. They are made with the same material as the screen wall uprights you saw earlier, in a simple frame shape with some cross pieces for support. We built/wrapped them just like any of the wall panels, except that there are no beveled edges, different material for the frame, and they do not contain any soundproofing materials.

The rack is a middle atlantic EGR-2428 Rack. (28 rack slots high, 24" wide on the outside). It did not come with either door. I purchased it from B&H Photo/Video as they had the best price I could find at the time as well as having it in stock. The plexi door I found on ebay for under $100, and the back side has a cable entry door which is made of steel and also lockable EGRRDC24. I also purchased this at B&H.



I had considered the ERK-2725-CONFIG rack, since it comes with everything out of the box. But it would be dimensionally a lot smaller than the hole I had originally made, and I wanted a door. The ERK config rack came with your typical home theater black blank front panels for an open design.
http://customavrack.com/Products/130...25-config.aspx

Sometime soon, I will take the time to collect all of the data I can find on my purchases and post them here. I am going to post all of the places I purchased things, what I purchased there, how much they cost. This will include not just things like equipment, cables, switches, but also generic materials like paint and lumber and insulation. I will also include a summary of my hired labor costs to include BIG and the polish guys that helped early on. I would like you all to get an accurate representation of the total cost of this build. You will see right away where the big ticket items are, and how much things like hired assistance might cost.

We aren't sure on this yet. If I have to do it, I will. There is already black gom just sitting on the tops of my L/R speakers and Subs. It's hard to know what the light see-through will be right now since there is no projector. Once it is installed, if I can see anything through the fabric/screen during a movie, then I will do something about it.

Yes I have the EP-500s. I previously had this entire speaker set in my last theater. The speakers themselves sound great. I had an issue with the old center channel, where it was placed too low and/or it wasn't putting out clear enough dialogue for me. Though, I have a new floorstanding speaker which replaces it with this theater. I also had to chain my two subs together (XLR-OUT on sub 1 to XLR-IN on sub 2) with my old Integra 9.8, but I didn't ever work with audessy on it. The subs were so loud that I couldnt turn the volume up more than just a tick above the lowest setting, but I'm assuming that's because I had no clue how to configure them with my Integra. At the time I never researched it.

This brings up one of the big issues I need to figure out in the next week before the carpet comes. So for speakers, Audessy is a pretty easy process. Set up the mic, and let the pre-amp do it's thing. Move the mic, repeat. But on the subs, there are several settings on the back, and I don't know what I should set them to prior to the Audessy configuration.


I just want to make sure I can set the sub at the right levels before I do the Audessy config and let Audessy set the values to their proper cutoffs.

What level should the Audio be at? (Help here)
What crossover setting should it be at? (I've read 150/bypass)
Phase (I'm assuming 0 for both)
Trim (I believe it is Remote, Flat, Half, Full, and I assume -flat- is the setting)

Great, thanks for the info!

I know that technically the theater is not done yet, but with the end of my major "construction" finished, I wanted to take a minute to thank BIGmouthinDC for all of his help.

For all of you out there who are working on or planning on working on a project and are considering hiring help, you couldn't ask for a better consultant/contractor. He has excellent ideas and does outstanding work. He is a bit of a perfectionist and will not settle for "good enough". If you want to make sure the job gets done right, you should hire him to help you. Even if you think you can do it yourself, just think about how much easier an extra set of hands is, or how much sooner your build will take, or how a second opinion or set of eyes can make sure work gets done correctly. All of the work you have seen in this thread happened in 3 months, and most of that work happened on long weekends. My build would have never turned out as well as it did without his help and hard work.

Yeah the coats of paint is directly related to the color, brand, and type of paint you use. It is a judgement call. There was still some areas of discoloration after 2 coats of the new paint over the old paint but I left it at 2 anyway. It looks fine in the lighting the room has.

The great basement cleanup of 2011 begins today. Got a call about carpet delivery. Expected date is Tuesday, Nov 8. Hopefully, if all goes well, I will have the projector installed by then, the chairs in, and the screen in. But who knows. Either that day, or sometime that week, should be my total completion date.

I got my chairs from theaterseatstore.com, but I would buy them from Roman (sales@rtheaters.com here on the forums, but at rtheaters.com) They are Berkline Reno's but are also known as Lane #103. I've sat on them in my garage so far and they are quite comfy.

The screen is an AT (Acoustically Transparent) screen from SMX Cinema Solutions. (Their Cineweave HD material). The whole purpose of this material is for sound to pass through without problems.