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Will do.. have another 3 weeks till the build is finished, but needed to validate the general setup so I could get something into the wall to mount on. Thanks all for the tips. Pete

Awesome.. Thanks again Wayne. Mine will be mounted using likely an omnimount 30lb mount, tapped into the side of the speaker (effectively making these permanent side mounted monitors ;-) P

Hi, I'm wondering if its normal, or if there is anything wrong with mounting a standard monitor on its side? I'm thinking its fine. I might have to do this for my surrounds in my 5.1 which will be mounted behind the listener. If you did this, I'm thinking the tweaters on the outside to...

Thanks much Wayne. Pete

Unfortunately this is the only spot for these speakers. I was more or less just curious how common driving screws into decent speakers was, and if damage was done to the accoustics of the box when you did so. The shorter question would be "is this a bad thing to do?" Thanks Pete

I hear ya Chris ;-) My reno includes one criteria from my Wife, and that is a Fireplace. They do actually generate a little heat, and are visually pleasing. Unfortunately, there is only one place to put it in my design. What I am going to do is install a low height (29") Fireplace, put...

Hi, I believe I am going to mount a couple of my surrounds to my ceiling. These are 20+ lb speakers, in beautiful black ash cabinets (Kinima HIG1's) I see companies like Omnimount sell decent looking mounting brackets for this, but I notice the process involves driving screws into the back...

Hi All, Can't find any decent info anywhere and figured someone here might know given the awesome body of knowledge lurking (to which I contribute little ;-) My HT project was hijacked by the architect and wife, and my room is not dedicated. I have worked out all the kinks save one. The...

I'm a canadian who has been listening/watching stern for years. Used to get E! on directtv about a decade ago, Q107 for a bit in toronto, then 93.7 out of buffalo for the last couple years which reaches canada. I have 3 Sirius recievers, two US and one CDN now. The CDN one doesn't get use...

I have an A4 and the lighter power stays on when the car is off. If I forget to unplug or turn off my sirius one, it will drain away. It has drained my battery once so far. Annoying ;-) P

Hi, I have a new room (14x18x7.5) where the rear of the room doubles as a hallway, and a smallish side room is fully attached. It is something of an inverted T shape, save for one side of the T is larger than the other. The net impact is I can't put my surrounds on the wall beside the...

Thanks All, Found the Roxul page and thought I replied to my own post, but it must have not worked. Best, P

Hi All, I am contracting out the finishing of my basement and a certain contractor mentioned that they use a drywall called "safe and sound". I can't seem to goggle anything up on this and am curious if anyone knows about it and can give me a link, or tell me if it is decent stuff. I don't...

I am just doing the final budgetting with the builder on the basement finish, and expect I'm into 30k or so anyway, so an extra 3-4 on a decent low end projector makes a lot of sense. Have to ease the wife into this type of thinking though ;-) Lets her keep the Samsung pedestal in the living...

Looking for some ideas. At present, I have 56" Samsung DLP which I will likely swap for a projector when my room is finished, but for now am modelling around it (not sure if I will have any cash left ;-) My room is 17 deep. Assuming I put in some chairs which recline, I'm expecting I'll need...

Nice Job Robert! I am just in the process of laying out my theatre and trying to get the dimensions right. Can I ask what the dimensions of your room are (length and width is ok) How close is your first row to the screen? Really sweet though.. did I already mention that? ;-) P

Hi All, Due to various limitations, my prosective home theatre room in my basement will be nearly square, coming out very close to 15x15. I understand that this is clearly not optimal for accoustics, but was wondering if there was anything I could do to improve sound, or strategies for...