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Hello; That sounds like a nice setup. My room is 13'6" X 20'. I have 1 row of 4 Berkline recliners at about 13' and a back row of 3 real theater rocker seats. The front row has about 1.5' on each side. As you can see, my setup is very similar to yours and it works fine. I find that the two...

Hi; I am not an electrician but I spent many hours reading forums like this and this is what I ended up with. 2 - 20 amp circuits just for the av rack and projector. I use regular plugs because I don't have any amps that require the full 20 amps. You have to think in terms of what...

Are the cables withing 2 feet of regular electrical runs? If they are and they run parallel for any length this could be introducing the noise you are experiencing. Other than that, the cable could be the issue. Good luck, Paul.

This is the support page. http://www.oppodigital.com/opdv971h_support.html Tells you how to update the firmware and what the latest verions is and what was changed. Paul.

Make sure you have the latest firmware update for the DVD player. I know they put one out not long ago. Good luck. Paul.

Hello Eric; You have a real problem with a square box. If the walls haven't been finished yet you might want to consider changing the dimensions of the room to get away from the box problems. Other than that, Absorption on the top half of the room and diffusion on the bottom half is a...

Mine is (Drywall is finally primed) almost 14' by 20'. First row seats 4 and second row seats 3. I have about 6 inches to the back wall. I used real theater seats for the back row. Good luck. Paul.

I just finished insulating my HT with this product. I used 9 bundles of this in my ceiling and one wall. It was easier to use than fiberglass insulation. It is not as itchy. :D I would highly recommend that you use a mask of some sort when you install any type of insulation. My only issue...

Hi; I just finished insulating my HT with "Safe and Sound" Roxul. I am also betting that this is what the contractor meant. Good luck. Paul.

If you have the space to do a room within a room thats great. If you don't then do a staggered stud wall. You still get separation of the room and there is only a physical connection at the top and bottom plates. Instead of using two sheets of drywall on the theater side of the wall use 5/8"...

In-wall rated speaker wire willl have an extra jacket around it. This jacket is fire rated so that the speaker wire will not act like a fuse in case of a fire. The larger hardware stores should have a fairly inexpensive in-wall speaker wire. The place I got mine had the same price as the...

I was lucky enought to have a hallway behind my cabinet so I put in a door. It allows great access to the back of the cabinet and I don't have to move gear in and out to check on wiring. Paul.

Having an ethernet port near your receiver is a great idea. You never know when your multimedia server will be setup. :) FYI. Low voltage wire should never run parallel to regular electrical runs unless it is about 2' away. If you HAVE to run a low voltage line parallel to a regular line and...

I used Belden 1695A instead of the 1694A. It almost the same but is much cheaper. At least it was where I am located. Good luck. Paul.

I built a 155L Shiva with the same PE250 W plate amp and have the same problem. I replaced the sub with a PSB Subsonic 7 and didn't hear any voices. It's too bad I had to give my brother his Subsonic back. After reading the responses to the initial question I believe Thomas is right, in that...

Great advice so far. I guess I can throw in my .02 cents. Make sure you use electrical conduit. It has a softer corner so that cable does not bind. Using real PVC will give you a 90 degree corner that cable will get stuck in. Do as much pre-wire as you can and then run the conduit. It is...

The other thing you can do is to install conduit from the approximate location of the projector to your equipment area. This would be on top of any cabling you install. In other words, don't let the electrician use it for any cables he is installing. :D Make sure it is at least 2". I also ran...

Hi; I tried the link to see some pictures and I get the page not found error. I have tried a couple of times over the last few days. If you can't get the link to work then email them to me. Thanx. Paul.

I would think that having soft walls would introduce problems as it would absorb certain frequencies but you wouldn't know which ones. IMHO, hard walls are better. Build the room and then treat problematic frequencies. That's just my .02 which isn't a lot these days. :D Paul.

Here are some general guidlines: 1) If you have to cross an electrical line then do it at 90 degrees. 2) There is no harm in running speaker/video/telephone cable in the same run. 3) Try and stay at 1' away from electrical runs if you can. I am not sure on the distance it might have...

Very nice additions. Love the floating seats. You have a very cool theater. :D Paul

Xantech is one manufacturer of IR equipment. Here are a couple of sites that have information about IR equipment. http://www.hometech.com/infrared/index.html http://www.worthdist.com/ Good luck Paul.

When the conduit is installed just make sure that they bring it to the center of the room and then straight to the back or front of the room. This way, you have a long straight run down the center of the room so that no matter where your projector sits you can just cut a hole in the ceiling and...

Derek; Please let us know if you purchase (or even just go and look at them) any of these seats and what kind of shape they are in. Also, dimensions would be great. Thanx. Paul.

Patrick; I was in the same dilema about 6 months ago. Our new home was completed in Dec 2002. Here is what I did. 1) Placed all components in one stereo cabinet in the future dedicated home theater(basement). I ran all required speaker wire for an ht in the living room with in ceiling...

I am not a cable expert but Jon seems to know what he is talking about. This is his website. http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/index2.htm Paul.

Jason; I was going to order the required tools and connectors when I saw your post. Could you email me the prices you were quoted or Rob's email address so I can get prices. I think a group buy would be great. Thanx. Paul.

As stated, the digital one is great for subwoofer calibration because of the averaging ability. The analog meter has 10th's of a db whereas the digital one rounds to the nearest db. This means that the analog meter is more accurate than the digital meter. I purchased the analog meter for two...

Yup; You can use digital IC's for analog but not recommended the other way around. The reason is that analog IC's do not typically use 75 ohm cable. Good luck. Paul.

Brian; Very sweet looking speakers. I have worked with "Old Dad's" finish on a number of projects and it is fantastic stuff. Even I can make woodwork look professional. The problem is that the supplier here closed up a while back. Pn the good side, "Old Dad's" have indicated that they...