Hello all!
Lurked for a while and now I'm really looking to build a home theater in my existing basement space. Hopefully some of the experts can lend some advice / recommendations! I know that this isn't the ideal room as it isn't fully enclosed, but truthfully we are looking to have a general purpose theater for watching movies, playing occasional games, netflix, etc.. Here is a couple shots of the current proposed space.

This image shows where I believe the ideal spot for the theater screen will go. As I mentioned above the spot isn't enclosed so the left is actually an open area that leads to our bar area. (I just moved that desk off the wall for the shot.) Against the wall I actually have 2 floor standing Athena AS-F1 speakers that I was hoping to re-use as part of an initial speaker setup.
This next image of me is standing against the top wall and facing backwards.

At the end there is another open entrance. The space is 10' 7" wide and 31' long. We plan to have the seating for the theater in front of the door you see on the right and then since we have easy access to the backside of that wall (furnace room) we wanted to build an in the wall A/V rack for the equipment. Hoping to do a 3.1 or 5.1 system to start since I think that is all we will really need. I also plan to ceiling mount the projector with a low profile mount to allow for the drop necessary for the image. The ceiling is just shy of 8 feet.
Proposed Equipment as of now
120" Fixed Elite Screens (Cinewhite, 1.1 gain)
Optoma 25-LV
Sony DN1040 Receiver
Use the existing 2 Athena Floor speakers (AS-F1)
What I still need to find yet.
Subwoofer
Center Channel that will match with the Athenas well
Possibly 2 rear speakers that will mount on the ceiling behind the seating area.
For seating we plan to actually make it more of a laid back lounge something like floor pillow type seating vs dedicated home theater recliners. There are a few images of it floating around the forums.
So with all that said, I'm looking to see what you guys think of this plan, the current equipment and then also any recommendations on the space / equipment I still need outlined above. Also maybe there is some other creative ideas you guys have that I could better utilize the space.
Thanks again, truly appreciate the help!
Hello all!
Lurked for a while and now I'm really looking to build a home theater in my existing basement space. Hopefully some of the experts can lend some advice / recommendations! I know that this isn't the ideal room as it isn't fully enclosed, but truthfully we are looking to have a general purpose theater for watching movies, playing occasional games, netflix, etc.. Here is a couple shots of the current proposed space.
This image shows where I believe the ideal spot for the theater screen will go. As I mentioned above the spot isn't enclosed so the left is actually an open area that leads to our bar area. (I just moved that desk off the wall for the shot.) Against the wall I actually have 2 floor standing Athena AS-F1 speakers that I was hoping to re-use as part of an initial speaker setup.
This next image of me is standing against the top wall and facing backwards.
At the end there is another open entrance. The space is 10' 7" wide and 31' long. We plan to have the seating for the theater in front of the door you see on the right and then since we have easy access to the backside of that wall (furnace room) we wanted to build an in the wall A/V rack for the equipment. Hoping to do a 3.1 or 5.1 system to start since I think that is all we will really need. I also plan to ceiling mount the projector with a low profile mount to allow for the drop necessary for the image. The ceiling is just shy of 8 feet.
Proposed Equipment as of now
120" Fixed Elite Screens (Cinewhite, 1.1 gain)
Optoma 25-LV
Sony DN1040 Receiver
Use the existing 2 Athena Floor speakers (AS-F1)
What I still need to find yet.
Subwoofer
Center Channel that will match with the Athenas well
Possibly 2 rear speakers that will mount on the ceiling behind the seating area.
For seating we plan to actually make it more of a laid back lounge something like floor pillow type seating vs dedicated home theater recliners. There are a few images of it floating around the forums.
So with all that said, I'm looking to see what you guys think of this plan, the current equipment and then also any recommendations on the space / equipment I still need outlined above. Also maybe there is some other creative ideas you guys have that I could better utilize the space.
Thanks again, truly appreciate the help!