Hi there
i am currently designing a dedicated home theatre room, for a 7.1 home theatre system with a 100 inch 16:9 projector system which will pull down over a 65 inch plasma, sitting on top of two subs and a centre speaker, or sitting on top of a table, with centre speaker and plasma stand on top of centre speaker. It will mainly be used for 2 people.
In order to get this room I will need to remove a wall between a small office and a bedroom. This would give me a new room with a ceiling height of 8.3 feet, length of 17.5 feet and a width of 11.5 feet. Room is carpeted, double brick concrete slab and plaster ceiling. I am planning on adding 16 mm firechk plaster on internal double brick walls.
My exisiting room is a combined family room, TV, movie area, meals area. Using my existing room I have measured out a similar area to the planned new HT room and placed all of the equipment in this area and find it is too narrow to have floor mounted side surround speakers.
Advice sought on options for planned new room
Option 1 is to stick with 5.1 system?
Option 2 is to add a set of BW DS3 wall mounted side surrounds and keep 7.1 system and be happy with current planned room size
Option 3 is to remove the internal double brick side wall (about 15.4 feet long) and increase the room width. To keep things neat my builder has recommended a plaster and stud wall placed to line up with ceiling rafters so it would mean a new width of either 12.5 feet or up to 16.73 feet, except for the last 2 feet of the original double brick wall side wall which supports a main roof laminated beam and cannot be easily shifted, so that end would stay at 11. 5 feet, probably turn this into a cupboard for storage of HT equipment and contol with Ir extender.
Re option 3 and a width of 16.73 feet this would mean room width is outside of all so called ideal ratios, and 12.5 feet it seem like a lot of money to spend for a 1 feet increase in width. Room size then appears to be almost square which I have read is one of the worst possible shapes. I can move wall any distance up to 16.7 feet but would not be as neat if it did not line up with exisiting exposed rafters and the adjoining room that has a cathedral ceiling. Any suggestions as to what would be the optimum width?
Option 4
Remove wall between office and bedroom to create original space of 11.5 wide, do the minimum necessary to set up HT, trial room with side surround speakers and then assess whether to increase room width?
Advice sought on any of my current options or welcome any other ideas you may have
Thanks for any input
Edited by warek - 6/14/12 at 11:14pm
i am currently designing a dedicated home theatre room, for a 7.1 home theatre system with a 100 inch 16:9 projector system which will pull down over a 65 inch plasma, sitting on top of two subs and a centre speaker, or sitting on top of a table, with centre speaker and plasma stand on top of centre speaker. It will mainly be used for 2 people.
In order to get this room I will need to remove a wall between a small office and a bedroom. This would give me a new room with a ceiling height of 8.3 feet, length of 17.5 feet and a width of 11.5 feet. Room is carpeted, double brick concrete slab and plaster ceiling. I am planning on adding 16 mm firechk plaster on internal double brick walls.
My exisiting room is a combined family room, TV, movie area, meals area. Using my existing room I have measured out a similar area to the planned new HT room and placed all of the equipment in this area and find it is too narrow to have floor mounted side surround speakers.
Advice sought on options for planned new room
Option 1 is to stick with 5.1 system?
Option 2 is to add a set of BW DS3 wall mounted side surrounds and keep 7.1 system and be happy with current planned room size
Option 3 is to remove the internal double brick side wall (about 15.4 feet long) and increase the room width. To keep things neat my builder has recommended a plaster and stud wall placed to line up with ceiling rafters so it would mean a new width of either 12.5 feet or up to 16.73 feet, except for the last 2 feet of the original double brick wall side wall which supports a main roof laminated beam and cannot be easily shifted, so that end would stay at 11. 5 feet, probably turn this into a cupboard for storage of HT equipment and contol with Ir extender.
Re option 3 and a width of 16.73 feet this would mean room width is outside of all so called ideal ratios, and 12.5 feet it seem like a lot of money to spend for a 1 feet increase in width. Room size then appears to be almost square which I have read is one of the worst possible shapes. I can move wall any distance up to 16.7 feet but would not be as neat if it did not line up with exisiting exposed rafters and the adjoining room that has a cathedral ceiling. Any suggestions as to what would be the optimum width?
Option 4
Remove wall between office and bedroom to create original space of 11.5 wide, do the minimum necessary to set up HT, trial room with side surround speakers and then assess whether to increase room width?
Advice sought on any of my current options or welcome any other ideas you may have
Thanks for any input
Edited by warek - 6/14/12 at 11:14pm
