Taylor Family Cinemas

[jt1]

I won I won Thanks to the Shack I won the DIY screen kit giveaway.

I have been more of a lurker than poster over the past few months since this all new to me. I am currently building a dedicated HT along with finishing out the rest of the basement. Framing is done, rough electrical done, AV pre-wiring done, rough plumbing done. Contractor is running HVAC duct-work today so I can get Drywall soon. 54 can lights what were we thinking. Now to the HT.
It is 11'4 x 22'4 with both rear and side entries, ceiling is 101 inches under soffit and about 118 in the middle of room. I have framed columns on the screenwall to put front speakers in. There was not any external wall available for equipment so I plan on building a cabinet under the screen. Now to some questions.
1. I plan on powered subs so I am running rg-6, Does this require 1 or 2 wires?
2. How high can you place surrounds? in order to get them slight behind the first row one would need to be mounted above door. If slightly ahead is ok, I could mount it about 5 feet high. rear surrounds will be slightly behind 2nd row. Will add pictures soon.

[Anthony]

First off, congrats.

Second, to answer your questions: You only need one wire per sub, so it really depends on where the subs are. If they are across the front, you can run one wire and split it at the wall jack. If they are spread out, I would run two, one to each location and split the signal at the source. Since you will have the walls open and RG6 is cheap, I'd run two anyways.

High surrounds are fine. Ideally, they should be a little above listening level (like 1 ft), but I've mounted them high before and customers have not noticed anything wrong. In fact most people like the movie surround (overhead) experience better than the behind you surround when the speakers are lower. I wouldn't sweat it.

Keep us posted on your build. My only advice would be to run conduit pipe (flexible orange or blue tube) to all your locations. That way if you need a data line, IR controller, extra speaker, or signal anywhere in the room, it's much easier in the future.

Good luck.

[gullfo]

i'd second that - you can mount the surrounds higher - esp the back ones (in 7.1) - than is normally done with the main program speakers.

[Rett]

not only run additional Pipe, but ALSO feed sometype of heavy string through them (a couple of runs per pipe) This way if you HAVE to pull an additional wire of some type. *tie wire to string at far end, Pull through, done* vice fishing and all that fun again. I'll be runnning atleast 2 if not 3" PVC (yea I know the size IS overkill, but you never know what size the plug ends are going to be in the future) for this purpose

My case is a little different, my ceiling is drywalled and I have a few feet of unfinished space that I have access to the rafters. I'll also be using the PVC pipe, to 'Run' the speakerwire etc all the way across the ceiling with out punching multiple holes in the ceiling (in Theory!

Rett Delaware

[jt1]

I am trying to get ready for drywall. Tongiht I put up some extra blocking where the surrounds will be mounted. Before I finish insulation in the ceiling how do you mount the PJ mount to the ceiling. I have though about mounting a 1/2 inch plywood strip 6 inches wide for about 3 feet long lengthwise to give some future PJ movement. There is a double joist at exactly 14 ft. i could mount to, but I do not want to get stuck with that distance if PJ changes in the future. 1/2 would be pretty flush with the drywall.

[jt1]

Very little progress lately. My mom passed away in May after suffering a massive stroke so nothing has happened lately. I am getting Drywall bids since we are finishing over 1500 sq ft of basement. Hopefully by Mid July drywall will be completed.

[salvasol]

jt1 wrote:

Very little progress lately. My mom passed away in May after suffering a massive stroke so nothing has happened lately. I am getting Drywall bids since we are finishing over 1500 sq ft of basement. Hopefully by Mid July drywall will be completed.

Sorry for your loss ...

You'll have a lot of time to finish your project .