Mike2001
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I retired last year and one of the things I’ve wanted to do was upgrade my home theater equipment. I’d been researching my upgrades since last August and I placed my orders in January just before things went south. I’ve had contractors in and out of my house installing things.
First round was a large crew for pre-wiring at the end of February, setting up for Atmos speakers in my living room and family room. This entailed running new electrical circuits, poking lots of holes in the walls to run cabling and then dry wall repair and repainting.
Round 2 was the A/V installer two weeks later installing my equipment upgrades in the living room - new pre/pro, new amps and new speakers.
Round 3 was this past week, putting a retractable 100” ALR screen and a new UST projector in my family room. The old sound system from my living room moved over to the family room to support that setup.
One more day left next week to finish setting up the surround speakers in the family room, the subwoofers in both rooms and do the finishing sound tuneup to the rooms, plus some cable management/cleanup in the family room. It’s been a little nerve wracking having the contractor in the house, but honestly this has been the only thing exciting to look forward to since this whole crap started. And it’s shaping up really well.
Final thing will be in mid-May when a pair of home theater seats arrive (if they can hold their schedule with the pandemic pressures) for the family room. They will be nice leather recliners with sound shakers built-in.
My dream room has always been the library room from Beauty and the Beast but with home theater equipment built in. I think these two rooms are as close as I’ll get.
Living Room:
Family Room:
First round was a large crew for pre-wiring at the end of February, setting up for Atmos speakers in my living room and family room. This entailed running new electrical circuits, poking lots of holes in the walls to run cabling and then dry wall repair and repainting.
Round 2 was the A/V installer two weeks later installing my equipment upgrades in the living room - new pre/pro, new amps and new speakers.
Round 3 was this past week, putting a retractable 100” ALR screen and a new UST projector in my family room. The old sound system from my living room moved over to the family room to support that setup.
One more day left next week to finish setting up the surround speakers in the family room, the subwoofers in both rooms and do the finishing sound tuneup to the rooms, plus some cable management/cleanup in the family room. It’s been a little nerve wracking having the contractor in the house, but honestly this has been the only thing exciting to look forward to since this whole crap started. And it’s shaping up really well.
Final thing will be in mid-May when a pair of home theater seats arrive (if they can hold their schedule with the pandemic pressures) for the family room. They will be nice leather recliners with sound shakers built-in.
My dream room has always been the library room from Beauty and the Beast but with home theater equipment built in. I think these two rooms are as close as I’ll get.
Living Room:
Family Room:
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