Recent content by Highplainsdakota

Material of choice for the fabric?

I figured that was the protocol. I just wrote my builder an e-mail regarding it. This is completely off topic, but we talked about this in another thread (Sorry for cross-threading). You touted the benefits of AT screens and a false wall to hide any speakers I wanted to hook up. How exactly...

Which UPS do you use if I may ask?

So this may be a silly question, but how do you know the power goes out if your whole house is on a UPS? Is it hooked up to your alarm system?

Thanks Phil and Sam, Another question: Is running a 20A circuit with 10-2 romex direct to a 1 gang receptacle enough, or should a separate cable be run from the meter to a separate breaker box? I guess the question is "Would there be any difference between the two options". What about the...

Is everyone using a power conditioner these days? Ideally everything would plug into that, but then that would plug into just one outlet. I just want to run enough current to that outlet. So I can just run a dedicated 20A circuit to a 4 gang outlet and I should be set if I use a conditioner...

Hi Guys! I've received so much valuable information from this forum that I've decided to dive in again. This may be an easy question to answer... Since I'm currently building a house, it will soon come time to place outlets where I want them. Here's my home theater hardware (Integra 50.1...

Great advice.

Thanks again. That's probably what I'll do. I have an "ideal" now written down, and I'll buy the parts as I see fit. One last topic we haven't touched on, I don't have a rack for all my components. I'm not going to have room on my walls to flush mount anything, even though I have a storage...

Hmm, that's where I'm going to have to just "do it wrong" I think. I totally get what you're saying now, especially with multiple rows of seats, the front center (middle room) seat being the best. In order for me to put a large screen in I can only sit so close (12' for a 135" diagonal nets me...

Interesting thought. I guess I stopped by my local AV store and they sell McIntosh amps and prices were off putting. I'll look elsewhere as you suggested. Again, big thanks to you, Robert, and Sam for the info. I wouldn't have tackled this otherwise, and I'm going to end up with a much...

John, thanks for the info and reply. I'm really getting it narrowed down at this point. Just looked for amps and some are quite pricey in the $5-6K range. Seems like a long run for a short slide. I won't be "Looking" for the clip point, but I don't want to reach it accidentally either. From...

To explain my obsession over the power issue: I bought my Integra 50.1 amp 4 years ago thinking I wouldn't ever need more power than that. Now with all the wireless additions, HDMI 2, and 4K rolling out right when I'm finally designing a theater area, it's looking like I may need to get a...

Ok, that sounds great. I'll use the 3000 in that case. That makes a lot of sense after my rigorous lessons from Sam. That completely answers my sub power/setup questions. I think I've got it figured out as close as I can at this stage without the house being built. Also, I really don't...

Oh I get it. Build a circle room. Or perhaps a hexagonal room like the drawings? That'll fit nicely in my circle house