Here Are Some Pictures Of My Home Theater Construction (1 Viewer)

[Ted White]

many pics of the replacement of my steel support beam.
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Feel free to e-mail with any questions.
Ted

 

[Wes]

Looks good, Sure is a lot of work is'nt it!
Wes

 

[Ted White]

Yes indeed. But it's fun.
Ted

 

[Jens Raethel]

Its gonna be a great theater!
Keep us updated!

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[Bill Catherall]

So why did you set the studs at 12" OC? Is it for acoustic reasons? structure? I can't see any structural reason for it. If it's part of the acoustical treatment, please educate.
Thanks.
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Bill

 

[Ted White]

Hey Bill,
The thinking is that stiff walls, or really stiff surfaces in general are less apt to be a potential bass absorber. For example, it's possible for a wall with Resilient Channel to act as a bass absorber. The slightly flexible wall can act as a diaphram. I say CAN.
So I was contemplating that the inner walls, because they're not attached to the original joists above, would be inherently "softer". The 12" on center construction was a precaution. I figured the cost difference wans't significant enough to worry about it, and the insulation was available in 12" widths.
Ted

 

[Scott-C]

Ted,
Looks great! Please continue to post pictures so we can observe the project.
In the near future I'd like to build a dedicated HT room and would be most curious to hear how you acquired the knowledge of how to prepare a room for a HT (i.e. using floating joists, building the radius & stage, etc.). Did you acquire all of this information from experience, a book, HT designers, hometheaterforum, etc.?
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Scott

 

[Ted White]

Dennis Erskine for the design and acoustic background. He's THE man. The rest is just trial and error. I networked a lot and asked silly question two and three times.
Ted

 

[Jay Mitchosky]

Looking good. I like the isolation touches such as the spot light boxes. Nice attention to detail.
What exactly is "play sand"?
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