Recent content by Conrad Ebel

I made my riser 11" high. This provides enough clearance for the second row. I wouldn't want any lower than that.

If you have the room, try for 2x screen width. My room is 16' 4" long and 12" wide, and I have two rows of seating, with the back row against the back wall of the room. My couches are 37" long and I have about 20" between the couches for "leg room", which is plenty comfortable. I just barely fit...

Sounds like a cool room you are building there Don. Here is my crack at your questions... 1. I, personally, would go with something darker, but also has some personality when the lights are up. Ideally, you want no outside light, or reflections off of any bright surfaces during a movie. Make...

My room is fairly small (12x16) and I carpeted the lower half of the walls with indoor/outdoor carpet from Home Depot. It turned out great and really helped to deaden the room acoustically. The couches also seem to absorb lots of sound. The Sanyo may work, you'll need something with a pretty...

Yes, it's a SP4805. It's a great projector for the $, and has amazing picture quality with DVD. It was a tough choice for me, but my wife and I demoed the SP4805 at a local B&M store and we both really liked it. I really considered a LCD PJ, but I, personally, need great contrast to really enjoy...

Yes, I made sure to sink some screws through the sheetrock into the boxes before they did the mudding/texturing on the ceiling. The sheetrock does fine, not even any rattling! I also used silicone to seal the sheetrock in between the box and the ceiling so no air flows from the attic to the...

Making the wiring look pretty is going to be a challenge for me. My EQ rack is out the the open, so I really have to make it look good. At least yours is hidden!

I just got my seating in last night. I can't wait till I can sit down and enjoy my first movie in my theater. Sounds like you are thoroughly enjoying yours! U-571 probably sounds great! It will probably have to wait till Friday night because we are going out for my wife's birthday tonight...

Last night I did some touching up on the painting. I also installed the bass shakers in the couches and dragged them upstairs. I still need to get an amp and wire in the bass shakers though. I have wiring going through the riser over to the equipment rack, so it will be easy to do, I just need...

Heh... not quite and IB, the subs are in sealed boxs. Check the pics again. The first album has a few pics of the sub boxes being mounted. And, yes, I like my bass. But my neighbor doesn't...

Thanks for the input. I mounted the projector last weekend, and mounted the screen last night. Still have lots of work to do [mostly painting], but here are some updated pics: painted ceiling in back of theater painted ceiling front of theater subs with amps mounted in wall sub...

They are Adire Tempest 15" drivers. I had to build custom boxes that would fit between the rafters like that. The ceiling is painted black now, so they don't stand out as much anymore, you can sure feel them though! I got a pair of Apex Sr plate amps to power them from apexjr.com. I mounted the...

I am hoping to have my screen up in my HT so I can watch next week's MNF in HD. HD really shines in pro sports broadcasts. Your theater looks great, by the way. Those seats look comfortable! Great job!

Well, after lurking on these boards for over a year now, I finally was able to put some of the great ideas I've learned to use. I got the keys to my new house in July and have been working on my HT nearly every day since then. The HT is located in the "bonus" room. Since I was there since the...

Also, it is dependent on your projector. Usually you can sit closer to an LCD projector (1.5x), than you can a DLP projector (usually around 2x, although some say a little less is fine), without losing picture quality. Do your research on the projector you want and there will be good...