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Hey guys, I am looking to convert a rather large room in my house from one large room into two smaller rooms, with one room being a dedicated theater room, and the other room being a dedicated dining room. I am on a tight budget, and could use some advise.
First off, I have some options as to the size of the theater room and was wondering if there are any "ideal" dimensions, or, "rules of thumb" for a dedicated theater room? Just so you know, I would like to build this room a bit smaller than what might be common in these types of threads as I do not want to have to buy more subwoofers and upgrade my speakers in order to fill a large room. I will post some measurements of the length and width of the total volume of this large room that I will be sectioning off into two rooms. I believe that the total length is 34' and the width is 14' with the hight being 8'. I will measure in just a bit with the exact actual hight-width-depth in just a bit. Any suggestions on the best possible room dimensions, or "ideal" dimensions would be much appreciated.
I will have seating on one row only, and would like to build a riser anyway because the floor is slab concrete, and the walls of the house are all cinder block. So I am assuming that if I build a riser for my seats then I would get a better tactical sensation from my subs. I will be using a 4 person seating arrangement, but, now that I think about this the more I am starting to consider doing two rows with two seats in the front and two seats behind with both on a riser platform. My question here is: how should the riser platform be constructed, and how tall should I make it? Would it be best to frame it with 2 by 4's making it 4" tall with some basic plywood or OSB on the top?
I am not planning on doing a baffle wall or projector setup at this time, but, I do so in the future. For right now I will be using my Mitsubishi 70" DLP TV for the video side of this. Yes, it is cheap and of somewhat poor quality, but, right now things are tight financially, so I will have to wait on buying a projector. Any other suggestions on how I can make the front LCR and TV look nice would be appreciated as well!
First off, I have some options as to the size of the theater room and was wondering if there are any "ideal" dimensions, or, "rules of thumb" for a dedicated theater room? Just so you know, I would like to build this room a bit smaller than what might be common in these types of threads as I do not want to have to buy more subwoofers and upgrade my speakers in order to fill a large room. I will post some measurements of the length and width of the total volume of this large room that I will be sectioning off into two rooms. I believe that the total length is 34' and the width is 14' with the hight being 8'. I will measure in just a bit with the exact actual hight-width-depth in just a bit. Any suggestions on the best possible room dimensions, or "ideal" dimensions would be much appreciated.
I will have seating on one row only, and would like to build a riser anyway because the floor is slab concrete, and the walls of the house are all cinder block. So I am assuming that if I build a riser for my seats then I would get a better tactical sensation from my subs. I will be using a 4 person seating arrangement, but, now that I think about this the more I am starting to consider doing two rows with two seats in the front and two seats behind with both on a riser platform. My question here is: how should the riser platform be constructed, and how tall should I make it? Would it be best to frame it with 2 by 4's making it 4" tall with some basic plywood or OSB on the top?
I am not planning on doing a baffle wall or projector setup at this time, but, I do so in the future. For right now I will be using my Mitsubishi 70" DLP TV for the video side of this. Yes, it is cheap and of somewhat poor quality, but, right now things are tight financially, so I will have to wait on buying a projector. Any other suggestions on how I can make the front LCR and TV look nice would be appreciated as well!