My home theater project

[tonyvdb]

Hi everyone, I just bought a house and started setting up my home theater in the basement.
I decided that going the paint on screen was my best option and that way I could get the 96" diagonal size I wanted without breaking the bank. Buying the exspencive screen paint was a no go so I did some research including looking at the info on this site and found it to be great. I went with the Bahr "silver screen" paint option. and am thrilled with the results.
This is how it looked at the beginning of the project just after moving in. I built a wall at the back for the projection screen that I would paint on.

Half way done.

Almost finished.

The ceiling is made up of 40 4'x4' "tectum" panels that are used to prevent sound transfer and the right wall is drywall on the lower half and carpet underlay on the top half with insulation behind the entire wall. The basement theater is 15' wide and 35' long and has a 9' ceiling.
I set up my Audio control 3rd octave eq's and ran a pink noise test signal using a 3rd octave spectrum annaliser with mic. and found the room to be very flat in response with just some very minor dips an peaks in the eq's after setting them up properly to flatten the rooms sound.

[salvasol]

Nice room

What are you planning to do with the doorway in the left side of the screen??? ...

I had the same in my room, but what I did is to paint it black so it match with the front wall and the light won't distract ....

Good luck .... hopefully you will start enjoying your HT soon ....

[tonyvdb]

salvasol wrote:

Nice room

What are you planning to do with the doorway in the left side of the screen???

Thanks,
It will be a door that when closed will be flush with the wall and wont be noticeable.

[salvasol]

tonyvdb wrote:

..It will be a door that when closed will be flush with the wall and wont be noticeable.

Nice !!!

What kind of carpet are you using??? .... something special???

I have something similar to your room ... but in my case, the accoustic carpet is at the bottom and drywall on the top ... I'm also using four 2' x 2' panels ...

I think the sound is good ... I'm planning someday to use REW to measure it ....but .. .. when ....

[tonyvdb]

I'm using low pile carpet with two layers of underlay on the floor so its good and soft. On the wall I'm using black foam underlay available at The Home Depot, its a bit pricy at $35 for a 10' roll but looks really good as you can see in the photo.

[salvasol]

tonyvdb wrote:

.... On the wall I'm using black foam underlay available at The Home Depot, its a bit pricy at $35 for a 10' roll but looks really good as you can see in the photo.

Did you purchased the carpet already???? .... if not, take a look in this place

http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/p...nt_fabrics.asp

this is what I got for my HT ... is not cheap, but I liked because is not like the regular carpet ..

[tonyvdb]

Yes, I have already bought it but the link you sent looks like nice stuff. May have to get some later down the road. Thanks.

[Fred33]

Very good size room. Looks like you have done a lot of work. I like the double TV setup, one for gaming and the other screen for movies. Very cool.

[Scuba Diver]

It looks like it is coming along really well. Have you made anymore progress?
Do post more pictures when you complete your room.

[tonyvdb]

Well after a little break from renovating I have gotten my theater room to this point.



I still need to install some new track lighting and some recesed lighting as well as build a pony wall behind the two sofas but it sounds and looks farly good in my opinion.

The area behind the listening position is where we have the computers and play area for the kids.
There is a area the same size on the other side of the left wall that has been split up into a storage room, bedroom, full bathroom and laundry room.

No I can relax for the Christmas season

[Scuba Diver]

It looks like its movie time! The painted door definitely helps. Enjoy.