Oak Knoll Cinema Construction w/pics ! - Page 6

It was $1100 for the Mohawk carpet and 6lb 1/2" pad and $410 for install.

Total - $1510

They did a great job. I actually used the carpet estimator from Lowes by taking his card and then calling him direct once I found the carpet I wanted [not from Lowes].

Does it really ever get finished? Several reasons to explain why I haven't really done ANY work on the theater since the carpet install.

1. new baby
2. already functional
3. really lazy
4. like to be able to tell people...it is a work in progress
5. really lazy

Well here is how it sits today. I really want to finish up the entrance wall and get the back all painted up. I also have all the materials to finish up the paneling and chair rail type trim.







Maybe over the holidays I can get the back of the room done! Hah, I will be traveling, darn.

Thanks for the encouragement!

I seriously want to get done, but I have 0 motivation once I get home and on the weekends we have been out of town so much recently.

What I need to do is get task oriented!

-Finish drywall mud and paint of entrance door wall
-Finish touchup paint of added back area
-Put door trim up on the inside and outside of entrance door
-Install chair rail trim
-Finish fabric on screen wall

There...that should last me at least 6 months. Hopefully I can post pictures of each step in this process...

Busting my balls guys. The only update I have is very minor. A xmas present from my wife gets the ugly couch out of there!

Of course it is still in there it just isn't ugly anymore. Sure enough, she got me a slip cover that is black microfiber. I have never been more happy to get something so lame!



For a slight moment, I did feel like finishing the door but my laziness and tiredness made me sit down for long enough so that I didn't have enough time to even start it.

I am guilty as you can see in the picture of using my room before it is finished! Gasp! My goal is to get to it before it gets nice out again!

Ok so they are small updates but progress nonetheless...

Inside door trim cut and installed.


Door frame gap filled with foam (why I decided sound isolation was critical here and nowhere else is beyond me at this point).


I placed the chair rail trim in place to get an idea of how it would look. I like it. I will need more though.



And here is the keypadlinc for those that have never seen these. I still need to come up with some creative button covers. Pretty nice and easy for the wife to figure out.

Bought a few a500 amps. Lots of power. Pretty good sound if you ask me. Seems dialogue is easier to hear without making the movie too loud, if that makes sense.



Put the cover back on the projector since it is recommended for hushbox use evidently.




Helping my dad renovated his kitchen completely, so the theater is taking a back seat for now...he needs to come up here and help me finish this thing after!

Update on the kitchen project....



On to my theater a little bit...having finished up most of the back wall and painted the exposed part. Finished up installing the door casing.

Rearranged the rack with additional components and raised it up a bit for better viewing.

Pictures to follow of the theater tomorrow.

Rack looks much better now. Maybe I won't sell it off. I like the appearance now.

They are Behringer A500 amps. Gives me 500W for each of the front three speakers.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ier?sku=480780


It is a rack mountable light but I decided to just set it up top as I didn't like its appearnce in the rack.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...tem?sku=183714



I am liking the rack more and more...it is just all of my non-rack mountable equipment that gets under my skin. Those clamping shelves are expensivo!

Just for the front three! The surrounds (rears only now) will only be getting 55W from the H/K.

Need a Tim the Toolman Taylor grunt here for 500W!

One small addition to the HT. No build progress though. Too fun watching movies.

Cold weather is just around the corner though...

Had a bunch of my wife's coworkers and husbands over last night and had a good time. Ended up in the theater for about three hours. I was surprised that we were able to hang out in there and talk, about 8 of us, even with the risers. I always thought the room wouldn't support that type of gathering, but it did awesome.

We left the lights on but dimmed a little and had a few music BR's playing in the background while everyone sat and chatted.

This is of course after we watched about 15 trailers I had on the PS3 and had several compliments. These people weren't A/V enthusiasts, so take that for what it's worth. A nice guy I met ended up telling me about his Bose lifestyle system. He actually told me that he wasn't that impressed with it once he got it home. I tried not to grin or laugh and just listened.

Anyway, I ended up sprucing up the room a bit for people coming over. Added some wall panels (no acoustic benefits yet, just decoration) and almost finished up the side trim. Just need to paint the door and trim and then get my cabinets/countertop in place.

Sorry for the poor pictures, was in a hurry.

I am running them using switched outlets. I have my Harman AVR plugged into an always on outlet and when the receiver turns on it signals my power center (Belkin PF60) to turn on the switched outlets. All of the amps are plugged into the switched outlets and always have their power button in the "on" position.

Hope that answers the question.

Yes and no...

I got those Insignias when they were on sale but I never really had any intention of using them in the theater. I was trying out 7.1 but don't really need it.

Want the speakers?

Some big changes coming...

Never really tightened it up once I got to 85-90%. Got bored and sold my entire speaker set.

Going ATS and some DIY fronts and sub.

Should keep me busy. Will keep the thread updated with room changes. Getting super pumped!

Sold:
AV123 RSC200
AV123 MFW-15 x2
AV123 RS150 x2

Ordered:
Speaker Parts from Parts Express (EconoWave Deluxe's)
Foam Factory Acoustic Foam (for treating behind ATS)

Need to order:
SeymourAV DIY Screen Material
More speaker parts for sub (Most likely a THT behind ATS or two!)

I think I was before the sketchup crowd...


Admire the work.

Really the foam is for more appearance. I will leave my 1" linacoustic on the wall and put the 2" foam over top so it looks cool behind screen with lights on.

I would think 3" of absorbent should be adequate?

I am copying this:



Will probably end up with an almost identical look.