Gorilla83's Humble Basement Hangout - Page 2

That was the idea. I hung them late yesterday evening and even the wife commented - "Wow, you barely even notice them! They just look like big speakers. "

Mike - the screen is 120" in 16:9 ratio.

It was/is a huge upgrade from the 65" DLP that used to reside in it's place.

Thanks Mike. The traps are pretty well secured via 90 degree bracket and screws, but apparently I'm going to need to add an extra bracket at the top of each front trap for some extra strength.

Side wall traps to come shortly.

You're not kidding. They should be good now, but I guess I'll have to run that sine wave again just to be sure?

OK - few updates, although not as many as I would have liked since we've been without power since Monday.

Side treatments: First reflection points covered, and another pair of side treatments built and waiting to be hung.

Front bass traps secured (in addition to brackets) with velcro - just for you Jim. I guess the next goal is to build something to knock them down again, LOL.

Update:

Took down all 6 cans lights in the theater area and did as best as I could to insulate the trim and housing from vibrating including duct tape and silicone. My initial tests have shown a HUGE improvement in dampening of vibrations. I'd estimate more than half of the unwanted room noises have gone away.

Two wall treatments to be hung tonight or tomorrow morning!

More to come guys.

Mine are also stacked in that area, lol. Should be good now though.

Side wall treatments hung today! Looks and sounds great. Need to re eq now. Room is much more dead now.

You will be happy to know they passed the test today. this industrial Velcro is good stuff.

Rear side treatments have been hung. Both subs are running center under screen. Made speaker stands for the SHO-10s. Re-ran Audyssey and WOW! I'm 'almost' content! Popped in my 25th anniversary Rock and Roll hall of fame Bluray and it sounds amazing.

Some pictures - PS my camera and camera skills are weak.




Rear traps

Mike - The ceiling will be the last piece to be done. I'm planning on covering the whole ceiling above the tiles with 1 foot thick R-38. Should be VERY dead afterward.

Correct, no panels on top of the ceiling tiles. I went back and forth with Ethan W. on here and he made that suggestion for a drop ceiling.

For those who have not been following my thread in the DIY section, I've since built a couple new subs to try out in the theater. 2 x Dual opposed Dayton HO's, still driven by my Crown for now. I'm in the process of building a two more of these and have an LG FP14K clone on the way. This combination should result in some punishing LFE.

FR shown with no EQ or smoothing applied. EQ to come later.

Duals 18's in each box, 2500 watts to each currently. They pound pretty hard, especially in the midrange. No slouch in the lower stuff too as you can see.

It will be some time before they are all up and running and calibrated, but I should have them done by the GTG next year for sure.