I'm brand new to this forum and thought I'd toss my project out and see what I can learn. We built our house about 6 years ago and left this room unfinished and planned to complete it later. Well, its later.....
The setup: Dedicated basement room, mostly finished out - 18W X 20L X 9.5H. No windows, so it completely blacks out. Entry to the room is via a double door in the rear left of the room. I have a separate closet in the rear right of the room under the stairs that will house the components. This closet is accessible to the room via a 4.5' tall door (for the front of the equipment) and thru another door in the landing for rear access. We're currently finishing up painting and will lay carpet shortly.
I prewired for 7.1 when we built. I also pre-ran a 2" conduit from the equipment closet to the rear center of the ceiling where I also have an AC outlet, for the projector. Also, AC for all this is on its own separate circuit. Oh yeah, I also had a small conduit placed in the floor to about the center of the room back to the equipment closet.
As for finish, the basic vision is to have a 120" screen, and circle the walls in heavy drapes. I feel this will be a reasonable sound solution and the crown I put in will allow me to run additional wiring easily. This drape/crown combo will allow me to hide those sins. As a footnote, I plan to have 2 sconces on each side sticking thru the drapes for the theatery feel. As for the ceiling, I'll probably start with it as it and plan to add some sort of panels to it for sound reasons.
As far as seating, this is one of the areas I am looking for advice. My intention is to use the recliner type chairs, but I'd also like to put a couch in the back row to make the seating flexible. My current thoughts with regards to seating is, 2 rows: 1 row in the back on a riser, approximately 6'x14', cheated about 2 feet forward of the back wall, and a row in front of that on the floor. This would leave an open area in front of the front row. I am definitely looking for guidance here, but would like to maximize seating for events, while not totally crowding the room.
Next comes all the electronics. This is really a blank slate for me. I've done some mild research into projector reviews. It's been educational, but most of the stuff I've read is dated a year or so. I realize newer, better stuff comes out all the time, so I'm wondering if there's a reliable, continually updating source for information on this?
As far as the receivers and speakers, I'm starting from scratch. As with all the electronics, I'd like to maximize the jam, while minimizing the cash. For speakers, I wouldn't mind some large floor standing front speakers, since I never had those as a kid, but the rest of the speakers can be wall mounted to get out of the way. During my research, I've just stumbled on the butt-thumper thingys. Looks interesting, but this is the kind of stuff I'm just now becoming aware of.
Anyway, that's pretty much it. I'm sure I've left out some details that may be helpful, but please ask and I'll respond as quickly as I can. Also, to anyone that may offer some advise and opinions, I appreciate all of it in advance.
Viny
The setup: Dedicated basement room, mostly finished out - 18W X 20L X 9.5H. No windows, so it completely blacks out. Entry to the room is via a double door in the rear left of the room. I have a separate closet in the rear right of the room under the stairs that will house the components. This closet is accessible to the room via a 4.5' tall door (for the front of the equipment) and thru another door in the landing for rear access. We're currently finishing up painting and will lay carpet shortly.
I prewired for 7.1 when we built. I also pre-ran a 2" conduit from the equipment closet to the rear center of the ceiling where I also have an AC outlet, for the projector. Also, AC for all this is on its own separate circuit. Oh yeah, I also had a small conduit placed in the floor to about the center of the room back to the equipment closet.
As for finish, the basic vision is to have a 120" screen, and circle the walls in heavy drapes. I feel this will be a reasonable sound solution and the crown I put in will allow me to run additional wiring easily. This drape/crown combo will allow me to hide those sins. As a footnote, I plan to have 2 sconces on each side sticking thru the drapes for the theatery feel. As for the ceiling, I'll probably start with it as it and plan to add some sort of panels to it for sound reasons.
As far as seating, this is one of the areas I am looking for advice. My intention is to use the recliner type chairs, but I'd also like to put a couch in the back row to make the seating flexible. My current thoughts with regards to seating is, 2 rows: 1 row in the back on a riser, approximately 6'x14', cheated about 2 feet forward of the back wall, and a row in front of that on the floor. This would leave an open area in front of the front row. I am definitely looking for guidance here, but would like to maximize seating for events, while not totally crowding the room.
Next comes all the electronics. This is really a blank slate for me. I've done some mild research into projector reviews. It's been educational, but most of the stuff I've read is dated a year or so. I realize newer, better stuff comes out all the time, so I'm wondering if there's a reliable, continually updating source for information on this?
As far as the receivers and speakers, I'm starting from scratch. As with all the electronics, I'd like to maximize the jam, while minimizing the cash. For speakers, I wouldn't mind some large floor standing front speakers, since I never had those as a kid, but the rest of the speakers can be wall mounted to get out of the way. During my research, I've just stumbled on the butt-thumper thingys. Looks interesting, but this is the kind of stuff I'm just now becoming aware of.
Anyway, that's pretty much it. I'm sure I've left out some details that may be helpful, but please ask and I'll respond as quickly as I can. Also, to anyone that may offer some advise and opinions, I appreciate all of it in advance.
Viny
