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RogerB, What did you find difficult about the recessed light fixtures? I am doing a drop ceiling and recessed lights also. The ceiling will be about the last thing installed. Since I have to run conduit for electricl, I put a junction box at each approximate location and will pig tail with...

3d Home Architect? OK, I will give it a shot since I am doing the same thing in about half the space. You can see mine here. I would put the TV/screen on the West wall by the stairs. In my opinion that would be the best for sound. If your seating is 13' from the wall you will have 16' for...

Very nice. Really like the couch. What kind is it? How wide is it? Was there different sectional layouts? Does it have any recliners? Would like something like this but don't know a thing about couches. Rick

Based on the couple of responses here and other peoples HT design threads, it looks like space (and maybe money) is the largest consideration. If/when we ever move, the next home will have space for a dedicated theater, plus space for a large rec area that includes a nice big TV. Right now it...

This is very, very nice. Working on mine which features bar, pool table, and HT. Like the green walls in the pool table area. We are thinking about green walls with cherry trim. Rick

Steve, I have not ruled out front projection. That beam is a nice place to mount a projector and getting a dedicated circuit to it would also not be a problem. My stairwell is 4' wide which is wider than most stairwells. the double door at the bottom will be 56" wide. A 55incher won't be a...

Mike, The only thing I was doing for sound would be to insulate the interior walls. I was also considering insulating the ceiling. How much do these sound channels go for? Also, are you just doing your interior walls? I would guess they wouldn't buy me much on the exterior walls because of...

Retyping post after IE crashed. :angry: Based on some comments in another thread, I thought it would be a good idea to start a new one. Tried to search for similar topics but couldn't narrow down the search. So my apologies if this has already been beat to death. The topic is dedicated...

I think Mike has a good point. In Jason's setup he has mixed the bar with the HT and the pool table in a different room. I would go either dedicated and move bar to pool room or open it up all the way. You will have to analyze your lifestyle and make whatever choice with which you are...

Kerry, Thanks for the feedback. Not having to play with a short stick on the table is important to me. (That sounds a little funny :D ) In my neighbors setup, you have to get the short stick out too often. Without the bar in the picture there is enough room all around for an 8' table...

Jason, I just posted my design for a non-dedicated basement HT/pool room/bar. (link) Maybe you could get some ideas from that. I have a neighbor with a similar layout with just a TV and it is a cool place to hang out. The other half of my basement (not shown) is a bathroom, workshop, utilites...

Thanks to all of the great information here I have finally started my basement this winter after 6 years of thinking about it. I have finished framing and running conduit for the electrical in just two months time working mostly by myself and only on weekends. Plan to complete in August due to...

Dzung, Thanks for the link. Couldn't find that link when I was writing the initial post. That is where I found the pink noise tones and I found it after I already built and edited the bass sine waves. If you have a fast link, (I don't, still living with dial-up) it would be faster to...

I have just started to build a home theater in my basement and have already received lots of tips by just reading the forum. So before I start asking a lot of questions I thought I would share a couple of tips on burning your own test tone CD quickly and removing those annoying "pops" at the...