Cant wait till its finishied so I can come over and demo the setup.

elroy

I was reviewing your last posts and IMO you are using lesser screws that i think you would. I'm talking about vibrations, reverberations and resonances between all the materials you're using on the walls and also in the ceiling.
I'd like to know your opinion about this. Tanx.

Yeah, I have also thought about that. It is only the top layer that has fewer screws. Things just seemed so solid at that point. I have also worried if it might create vibration issues. What I am thinking at this point is that before I start finishing the walls I will run the subs by themselves with some bassy music and listen for vibrations. I can then add more screws as necessary. Then again I might just add more screws and be done with it. Better safe than sorry.

Great idea!

you could do like we do on aircraft putting them in wet. you dip the screw in rtv thus you have cusion on the screw and metal. also the rtv acts as a locking mechanism so that the screw stays in place.

What happened to pictures? I can't see anything except "User posted image"!

The pix pulled or link lost?

Please explain.

dunno Gino, they show up fine for me.

Like Gino, I can´t see any pics, and I´m truly sorry, for this is one heck of a project.

Jorge

weird, must be some setting with your browser.

So it is finally time that I post an update on the status of my listening room/home theater. Late last year I was asked to coach a USVBA Jr. Olympic girls volleyball team, which has dominated all of my free time, and caused my LR/HT project to just barely creep along. However, this past weekend the project took a big leap forward as my brother-in-law was in town to begin putting up all of the moldings. However, before I get to that lets talk electronics...

I had slowly been collecting the gear for the home theater audio/video system as I was working on the room. I knew early on that while I would love to go with seperates, my budget would not allow for them, so a search for the right receiver began. I quickly narrowed the decision to either Marantz or Rotel, as I had read about both in a receiver shootout in "The Perfect Vision". While it was noted that they lagged a bit in the "feature war" that other vendors were fighting, they both received high marks for audio quality. Ultimately I decided to go with Marantz because I was able to find the best deals on the pieces that met my needs. Currently the system is composed of...

Receiver: Marantz SR-7001 (THX Select 2)
DVD Player: Marantz DV-4001
Projector: Marantz VP-4001
Screen: Elite Screens 100"
Front: B&W DM 602
Center: B&W LCR 6 S2
Surround: B&W DM 602
Subwoofer: (x2) Polk Audio PSW1000

I still need two more B&W DM 602 speakers for rear surround duty.

Once I had all of the drywall in, I hooked up the system to try things out. Although the unfinished and untreated room echoed too much to sound good with music, it was actually quite impressive on movies, and so far I am VERY happy with it.

We continued to use the room to watch movies for a few months in this partially finished state. Finally spring break provided the opportunity to take another big step forward. So all of the equipment was removed so that my brother-in-law could get to work on the moldings.

The idea behind the rooms design is to create the sensation that you are at a stage production, not necessarily a cinema. The artists on stage will be the A/V equipment as opposed to actresses and actors. The moldings at the front of the room (and later the color scheme) are intended to create this illusion, which also allows the soffit created around the air conditioning duct at the front of the room to be completely integrated into the design. Intentions are one thing, execution a different beast altogether. Fortunately my brother-in-law is a perfectionist when it comes to these kinds of things (BTW, he is purchasing/logistics guy, this is just his hobby). He pulled off the desired effect perfectly! The pictures can't even do it justice.

I still need to finish off some of the cabling to the projector, close up the ceiling, and finish the equipment rack for the theater gear in the rear of the room. After that the molding can be completed in the rear and all of it stained (cherry, in case you were wondering). Following that will be acoustical treatments (which are also part of the decoration for the walls and ceiling), and carpet and furniture will need to be bought. Oh yeah... and doors. I am sure I am forgetting something else as well.

Anyway, the project is moving forward. While things are slow, I remain encouraged as I can slowly see the project becoming eveything I hoped it would be.

Rob

NOTE: I will upload pics in some additional posts below.

This is the equipment setup temporarily in the very raw space.

Here is one of the Marantz VP4001 projector. I am really impressed with this piece, especially for what I paid for it.

Here are the outlets at the front, i.e. "the stage". Those are 4 individual 20 amp circuits for the 2-ch audio system, as well as the speaker terminals for the center channel.

All of the speaker cable in the walls is Monster Cable Z2 Reference.

Here is look at the molding which creates the stage effect in the area under the soffit at the front of the room.