drfs' theatre/studio

[drf]

my home theatre which is going to double as a recording studio (although somewhat basic).
Has taken over a year to get to this stage as I am doing it all on a shoestring budget.

This room has been specifically built for the purpose from the groundup. The walls are all double braced and insulated to provide a certain sound insulation.

screen wall:




bench with equipment rack and overhead cupboards
all speaker cabling terminates in the rack and is wired for 4 mains, sub, centre, left/right surround and left/right rear (is 10 channels enough?):



ceiling with appropriate bits for projector (s-vid, component and vga) I intend running it all from a dedicated pc so I haven't done HDMI yet.



and windows to comply with council regulations but they will be boarded over as soon as i get the final sinpection .



Nearly all the electronics I am designing or building myself so this will be avery slow build up.

[Sonnie]

So council requires you have windows?

Is this an add-on to your home?

[drf]

yes, I have built on extra rooms. Council requires that every room have at minimum 10% of its floor space as windows/skylights.

[Steve Williamson]

[quote=drf;19440] (is 10 channels enough?):

As sonny helped me out, have you allowed for multiple sub locations? two front and at least one rear.

ceiling with appropriate bits for projector (s-vid, component and vga) I intend running it all from a dedicated pc so I haven't done HDMI yet.

Why no HDMI, I run DVI to HDMI converter, then HDMI to projector. Far out classes VGA for output.

I wish you all the best on your adventure

[drf]

Because this room will double as a studio/listening room I have allowed for the possibility of 2 subs as part of the 4 mains and have put the centre channel to one side and the sub to the other. so I can effectively plug a single sub in at either side and use the other for the centre channel.

It would appear I haven't thought far enought ahead as I don't currently have a card with DVI so I didn't even consider it as a possibility in the near future . fortunatley As I built the walls I left enought room in the wiring cutouts to easily pull more cable through without having to re-plaster, I can easily add HDMI and extra audio channels .

I wish you all the best on your adventure

Thanks

[drf]

update:

finally got around to taking some recent photos'.

Here it is with carpet:



lookng back at the rack and overhead cupboards, I was going to have curtain under the bench but I think I will put doors there also.






You'll have to excuse the mess, The carpet was strung up over the windows tempo so as to block out the light while we had friends stay and use it as a nursery .

[JCD]

Looking good!

What do you have planned for the near future?
And do you have a sketch of what you want the final product to look like?

JCD

[drf]

next I am going to concentrate on my speakes and amps, Once i have them finished I can start testing the room for accoustic treatment which will dictate how it looks in the end. I am not verygood with software so i have no real sketches or designs. I am guestimating that 60% of the walls will be curtain and the rest will be accoustic panels/traps and or something else? . because I intend to do some recording I want the room to tend on the dead side.