I finally took some pictures of the new theater. There are not of very good quality. COlors are not very accurate either , but it gives the general idea. I would like to thnak AVS forum, where I learnt a lot and was able to design and build the theater in my new home. The walls are much darker olive color than what they seem in the pictures. Ceiling is pure black with fiber optic strands terminated at different lengths from the ceiling giving a 3D starfield effect in dark, and they are much smaller and lighter than what came out in the picture ( I think because of prolonged exposure time in the dark with some obvious motion of the hand)
Size 27' deep, 20'2" wide and 12' high at the deepest point- height of course varied with risers etc.
The gear:
ADA machIV Balanced
Sim2 Lumis HOST
ISCOIIIL with cineslide
Oppo 93
Oppo 980H and Algolith Mosquito HDMI for regular DVD's
Still configuring Mac Mini and will use with Wavelink USB to SPDIF converter fed into ADA for music server to be controlled by IPAD app
Screen - 170" wide Screen excellence AT screen - 2.37:1( with 4K fabric ) bought from Chris at Seymour AV- absolutely astonishing fabric- no one has been able to guess it is AT screen even after touching the fabric and seeing from 1' away.
Dish
I have custom built isolation transformer with new reference ground generated with 24 breaker panel - (240Volts , 100 amps, directly fed from city ) for theater equipment room. I got it done from Art Klems at Ground One- best person in US or probably whole world to get the pure and unlimited power designed I think.
- two DTS 10 subs powered by two QSC 4050 's ( bridged mono for each sub), two HSU ULS 15's in rear back corners not hooked up yet and Veldyne SMS1 to do initial sweeps and then will use ADA parametric equalizers for subwoofer to get a desired subwoofer response and take out SMS1 from the chain
- Seaton Catalysts 12c's for LCR ( i have 2 feet of dead space behind the entire front wall where the back of the LCR speakers are accessible for wiring or any service work etc) which is acoustically sealed and the LCR's are framed in the wall (all in vertically oriented behind the screen) so there baffle is flush with front wall and acoustically sealed from the rear dead space and the screen mounted on the front wall as shown . I have access to dead space through a small door and that space vents into equipment room for heat dissipation .
- Surrounds and Backs are Seaton catalysts 8c's framed in the columns with custom made grills .
- I currently have control 4 , but am configuring irule for my theater- see my post on irule thread here on 20K forum for the pictures - If any one needs ADA specific irule buttons that I have created please let me know
- I have covered DTS 10's with Black velvet and they are standing on each side of the screen on the stage , You cant even see them with lights off in the theater.
- I made base traps for front corners with OC 703's - 8" thick and 10 feet high again covered in black fabric - almost invisible on the stage. Rest of the acoustic panels are 2 in thick OC 703 , mounted 2" away from the wall surface- faux painted as seen in the pics.
- Cables- except for perfect path HDMI cables , pretty musch everything else is balanced cable- I bought 650 ft roll of Mogami star quad balanced cable and Neutrik connectors and terminated the cables to desired length and soldered myself. All the conduits from equipment room were installed during the framing stage of the house. There are conduits going in all speaker locations to run balanced cables from ADA to each speaker and also in 4 subwoofer locations and in projector area. There are 12 deidcated 20 amp circuits emanating from the Ground One Isolation transformer going to different locations - prettyy musch wherever the powered mointors and subwoofers are and the equipment room
- Equipment room is on lft front corner of the theater ( on left of stage ) with sliding wood backed acoustic panel to insert DVD's and access front panels, with main door from outside the theater which holds the theaetr gear and whole house automation , distribution gear , networking and routers/switches etc.
- The entry door to the theater is covered by acoustic panel ( far right corner in the last picture) from inside so while seated in the theater, you cant really see the door and theater looks more uniform.
I heard the catalysts without the screen and with the screen installed , I couldnt tell any difference in sound quality with this tightly weaved screen , in case anyone is considering AT screen.
I would like to thank Chris at Seymour AV, Mark at Seaton sound, Richard at ADA, for their support and excellent service and communication, and of course all the AVS forum members who contribute here.
Size 27' deep, 20'2" wide and 12' high at the deepest point- height of course varied with risers etc.
The gear:
ADA machIV Balanced
Sim2 Lumis HOST
ISCOIIIL with cineslide
Oppo 93
Oppo 980H and Algolith Mosquito HDMI for regular DVD's
Still configuring Mac Mini and will use with Wavelink USB to SPDIF converter fed into ADA for music server to be controlled by IPAD app
Screen - 170" wide Screen excellence AT screen - 2.37:1( with 4K fabric ) bought from Chris at Seymour AV- absolutely astonishing fabric- no one has been able to guess it is AT screen even after touching the fabric and seeing from 1' away.
Dish
I have custom built isolation transformer with new reference ground generated with 24 breaker panel - (240Volts , 100 amps, directly fed from city ) for theater equipment room. I got it done from Art Klems at Ground One- best person in US or probably whole world to get the pure and unlimited power designed I think.
- two DTS 10 subs powered by two QSC 4050 's ( bridged mono for each sub), two HSU ULS 15's in rear back corners not hooked up yet and Veldyne SMS1 to do initial sweeps and then will use ADA parametric equalizers for subwoofer to get a desired subwoofer response and take out SMS1 from the chain
- Seaton Catalysts 12c's for LCR ( i have 2 feet of dead space behind the entire front wall where the back of the LCR speakers are accessible for wiring or any service work etc) which is acoustically sealed and the LCR's are framed in the wall (all in vertically oriented behind the screen) so there baffle is flush with front wall and acoustically sealed from the rear dead space and the screen mounted on the front wall as shown . I have access to dead space through a small door and that space vents into equipment room for heat dissipation .
- Surrounds and Backs are Seaton catalysts 8c's framed in the columns with custom made grills .
- I currently have control 4 , but am configuring irule for my theater- see my post on irule thread here on 20K forum for the pictures - If any one needs ADA specific irule buttons that I have created please let me know
- I have covered DTS 10's with Black velvet and they are standing on each side of the screen on the stage , You cant even see them with lights off in the theater.
- I made base traps for front corners with OC 703's - 8" thick and 10 feet high again covered in black fabric - almost invisible on the stage. Rest of the acoustic panels are 2 in thick OC 703 , mounted 2" away from the wall surface- faux painted as seen in the pics.
- Cables- except for perfect path HDMI cables , pretty musch everything else is balanced cable- I bought 650 ft roll of Mogami star quad balanced cable and Neutrik connectors and terminated the cables to desired length and soldered myself. All the conduits from equipment room were installed during the framing stage of the house. There are conduits going in all speaker locations to run balanced cables from ADA to each speaker and also in 4 subwoofer locations and in projector area. There are 12 deidcated 20 amp circuits emanating from the Ground One Isolation transformer going to different locations - prettyy musch wherever the powered mointors and subwoofers are and the equipment room
- Equipment room is on lft front corner of the theater ( on left of stage ) with sliding wood backed acoustic panel to insert DVD's and access front panels, with main door from outside the theater which holds the theaetr gear and whole house automation , distribution gear , networking and routers/switches etc.
- The entry door to the theater is covered by acoustic panel ( far right corner in the last picture) from inside so while seated in the theater, you cant really see the door and theater looks more uniform.
I heard the catalysts without the screen and with the screen installed , I couldnt tell any difference in sound quality with this tightly weaved screen , in case anyone is considering AT screen.
I would like to thank Chris at Seymour AV, Mark at Seaton sound, Richard at ADA, for their support and excellent service and communication, and of course all the AVS forum members who contribute here.
