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very nice. Talk to me about that ceiling. Is it a nail-up panel, or a drop-into t-bar, or embossed wallpaper? It looks amazing. What's the price like (if you don't mind)? Excellent work all around. Thanks for sharing.

Ok, so I finally got a pic of my TV in the wall. I still have to install some of the equipment in the shelves, and mount the speakers. But this gives a decent idea anyway. It's not nearly as perpendicular to that sidewall as it looks. Hope this helps. I know, it's kinda far back. I'll try to...

My speakers are pretty unobtrusive. The CC is mounted to the wall just above the TV, and the front L & R are (going to be, once things get finished) on stands. The stands are pretty simple: a base of MDF, and a piece of pipe about 30" long. Wire goes through the pipe, connects to a wall-place at...

I'm just in the finishing stages of doing about the same project. A year ago I cut a hole in the wall the size of my TZ, and built a shelf to suit. But now we've done some major renovations, and it's given me the chance to do it again, only better. Sorry I don't have pics to share, but yes, it...

thanks for the ideas Wayne. I'll give that a whirl if I can't make it work via coax.

Never thought about the coax. In truth, said computer (and soundcard) is at this point merely hypothetical. But soon it will exist, and when it does, there'll be a line between it and the receiver. Thanks guys.

I'd like to run a stereo line from the output on my soundcard over to where my receiver is. In my equipment rack, I've got a 6-port Keystone plate , which already holds connects for satelleite, 2 subwoofer lines, phone, and ethernet. That leaves one blank space. I thought I'd just attach an...

somebody make this thread a sticky. :emoji_thumbsup:

you CAN wrap them in any acoustically transparent fabric, dyed to match (or compliment) your wall colors. Doesn't have to be grille-cloth, just anything that you can easily breathe through. Take a walk through your local fabric store and pick out something you can both live with...bring a...

Actually, it's a 615. I picked one up, so we'll see how it works. Sure, it's not latest and greatest, but it ought to do the job for now. When the theater becomes more of a reality, I'll grab a higher-end machine with better DACs and a chip and a buffer and more formats. So we'll see how this...

There's a local shop here selling some refurbs of the Toshiba SD-K625 for $60 CAD. It looks like a decent machine for my needs, from what reviews I've been able to dig up. Any other comments on this beast? One thing I'd like someone to confirm, is if it's progressive or not. It doesn't say so on...

Now, I was also told that the laser in a DVD player burns much hotter than one in a CD player, and therefore it would burn out" sooner. According to this "oh-so-knowledgeable" sales guy, playing CDs on a DVD player will greatly reduce the lifespan (well, for movies anyway). He says that since...

My wife (I'm keeping her, so no, you can't have her!) bought me a receiver for my birthday a couple weeks ago. It's a Kenwwod VR707. Sure, not top of the line, but better than none. It's rated at 100w/channel (one driven). I'm very seriously looking at some Axioms: M22ti for my mains, and...

Can anyone please comment on the expected lifespan of a DVD player? I was told to "be lucky to live through the warranty period" on the cheap grocery-store variety of player, to get probably 18 months to 2 years on the $150 class of machine, and probably 5 years on the $800-$1000 units. My...

yep. Discs are all in good shape, and the player has had no PB&J stuffed into it ;) Is there such a contraption as a lens cleaner I can get for it?

For Christmas 2002 my wife bought me a GE dvd player...our first. It was kinda pricey at the time, at about $180 CAD. A week later I had to exchange it, because it kept freezing on a frame, at random. A week or so ago we went to play a movie, and even after putting in the disc, the screen kept...

A narrow -- say quarter-inch -- strip of wood, bowed from two end-points makes a nice & easy traceable line (as long as you have 4 hands and long arms).

Ok, so I've got 2 screenshots from my home architect "software": (sorry, I'm still ramping up my post-count before I can add a pic...you know the drill) option one: h t t p://w w w.drumcharacter.com/imgs/cushbasement1.gif option two: h t t p://w w...

Has anyone considered using the paint that's used on the center-lines of roads? It's got little glass beads in it. If you happened to know someone who works in your city's traffic department, could ya just bring a primed sheet of plywood down to the city garage one Saturday, and get them to...

At the company I used to work at, the boardroom there had big glass doors. On the doors was an accordian-style blackout blind that ran from the top to the bottom in some sort of a channel on each side of the window. The channels were lined with brushes. These were manual units, operated with a...

Thanks Bob. All I have right now is graph-paper sketches done on the john :crazy: I just haven't had a second to either drop them in to my "home architect" software, or even scan them. But it's sitting here staring at me, so I'll try to get that taken care of today. Thanks again.

I'm in the phase that includes basic room layout & sell the whole "HT Necessity Concept" to the wife phase of my basement reno. So pretty early in the whole process -- the basement is nearly totally unfinished. The way things are looking right now, places my equipment rack pretty much...

Stuff the joist cavities with R20 fibreglass, or ROXUL if you can get it. Put RC (resilient channel) at 90* to the joists 16" OC. Add 2 layers of 5/8" drywall with off-set seams, careful not to screw through the RC & into the joists. Put a single coat of crackfill on the first layer of drywall...

Nice, except they want $33USD to FedEx it to me! I think I'll look around and buy locally, or from someone who can just send it USPS... Cool find though!

I'd put a quarter-round at the base, or just a regular base-board. At the top, they make a moulding meant for trimming out the top of wainscoting -- it looks like a chair rail, but has a rabbet along the bottom back edge to sit over the paneling (or carpet, in your case).