The Basics:
My room is 5 m*3.8m*2.7m (16.4 ft*12.5ft*8.85ft) That is about 1800 cuft. Listening position is about 2 ft from the backwall (Bryan might not agree with that
) and watching is along the room axial dimension. Room has brickwalls and a carpeted wood floor.
My subs are around 650 L each (22 cu ft) and are located along the Front wall. Being about 1 m (3ft+) high it is not appropriate to place a screen on the wall behind them. and thus I chose the more elegante route of a false wall to have the height of the screen I want, speakers close to screen and above all a nice looking theater.
One thing important to note is that my subs are about 70 cm wide, and the false wall will be around 80-90 cm from the room front wall.
This reduces the viewing distance to be around 3.4 m (11.15 ft).
Here are some photos: (the TV and rack will be removed upon starting building the false wall)
Projector and screen
I had a deal with Epson Egypt to have the new EMP-TW2000 for 3480 USD. That is an excellent deal as the Mits for ex are sold way more expensive here (HC 6000 is 6000+ USD). This is a 1080p projector and is sold in the US as the Powerlite Cinema 1080 UB for about 4000 USD (but it has an extra buld and a stand are added to the package). As statde It has 50K CR with Iris.
Regarding the screen I chose the Carada Ctriterion 102" BW screen. This makes about 36.8 angle degrees.
Although I am not an expert and this will be my first FP system, I will post a review of them (as best as I can) exclusively to HTS when they are available
In the photos you can see the front stage, a sub and rear of my CRT (where the false wall will be built) as well as the couch and rear speakers between which the projector will be located. To do that I will have to install a DVD rack/bookshelf just below the speakers and just above the couch. The projector will be above the rack. Expected dimensions is roughly 2 ft tall and 4 ft wide.
My next post will address construction details and acoustics...so hold on!!