Hey guys and gals,
Here's some information and pictures on my home theater room. We decided to convert a rarely used front/sitting room in our house to a dedicated home theater room a couple years ago. We went from a very open airy room to what you see here. The room was painted eggshell and all the furnishings were very light colors and whitewashed wood. We even had sheer curtains and zero electronics in the room. The back wall in this room was originally a half wall with a planter built into the top that opened into the foyer.
Here's how it looks now.
As you can see, I have limited placement issues for pretty much everything in the room. I can move the mains a little but not much. The two subs you see in the pictures will be replaced soon with an eD A5 - 350 so the placement options I have with the sub(s) will soon be restricted to the corner you see them in. I would love to move my sofa forward and get away from the rear wall but the windows on the right wall pretty much dictate it sits where it is...unless I want to sit right in front of the TV.
Here's the equipment list:
Speakers (all Paradigm):
- Mains: Monitor 7
- Center: CC-370
- Surrounds:4x ADP-370
- Subs: 2x PW-2100 (One in left front corner and one in right rear corner)
Receiver:[*]Yamaha RX-V2500
Sources:
- Oppo Oppo DV-970HD (I was using an Oppo OPDV971H for movies and a Yamaha DVD-S1500 for SACD and DVD-A but my TV suffers from the macroblocking enhance bug associated with the Faroudja processor so I swapped both out for the 970HD.)
- TW SA Explorer 8300 HD (HD Cable + PVR)
Other Electronics:
- ButtKicker BKA1000-4A power amplifier
- 2x ButtKicker LFE transducers - mounted to the floor joists directly in front of the sofa and evenly spaced across the floor
- Behringer FBQ2496
The room is acoustically treated with Auralex acoustic panels and bass traps.
- DST-112 panels on the front wall (the one behind all of the equipment, main speakers, and center channel speaker.
- DST-114 Studiofoam panels on the side walls for early/first reflection points.
- DST LENRD Bass Traps in the corners of the front/side walls
I plan on adding more panels to completely deaden the front wall and additional/other treatment to the room. I'm not sure what else I should do so I will be posting some graphs and other information in the Home Audio Acoustics forum seeking advice on the best approach from the experts.