The Arthouse" (fomerly "The Grindhouse") - Planning and Construction Thread - Page 10

Hi Rob,

Like all the others, GREAT BUILD!!! You have saved me from much headache and I have not even begun.

My dimensions are 10.5x17 with 9' ceiling height and in a basement with three concrete walls and and a 2x4 drywall wall. One of the concrete walls has a window that I will be covering. I will attach some pictures.

What did you use for bass traps? I have purchased the Klipsch THX Ultra2 and will have a very serious bass situation. Also, as if you cannot guess, I am going to plagiarize the hell out of your design so consequently I will need to modify the speaker housing in order to accommodate a larger square speaker. Anyone care to chime in here with suggestions?

Would it be a bad idea acoustically to place all the speakers (front) starting left, sub, center, sub, right (read: on the same horizontal plane directly below the screen)? Or aesthetically?

Ben

Bump.

B.

Great article. I think your room is at the top of all the rooms I've seen here. I did have one question. On the birch panels, I assume it is birch plywood. How did you finish the exposed edges?
Again, Gerat build.

Robb,

Congrats on making EH!!
Did they send a photographer for the finished photos, or did you provide all of the photos?

Either way a nice article, your theater turned out great!

One question - could you point me to the details for that acoustic panel on your back wall?

Congrats on the EH article!

Bud

Like everyone else I am drooling over your handiwork!

Is the 108" screen dimension a diagonal or horizontal measurement?

Thanks in advance...

DPN

Amazing theater! I am new to the site and have just started the planning phase. With so many basement theaters on this site, it was nice to see someone else building on the 2nd floor like myself. I have a 19L x 16.5W x 8' H bonus room that will be a dedicated setup. Seems like i will have the room to have a similar setup to yours but with larger columns (Id like the M60 towers). Any pics of how your Center channel is mounted? does anyone hit their head when up on the riser on the side of the room? 10' soffit + 1' riser = 6' ceiling there?

Thanks so much for this thread, as it has given me many ideas!

Cheers,

Mike

Thanks again for the inspiration...Here's mine...


DPN

Awesome looking home theater!

It really turned out great.

-Charles

Hi Rob,

I just finished my theater that copied many of your ides. Check it out if you have a minute.

Ben

What are the dimensions of you soffits for sides, front and back?

Thanks.
Todd

Excuse my late entry, and I am guessing this may never get to you, but could you provide the sketchup file you created? If not, I understand!

AMAZING work!