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Since I can basically do whatever I want in the basement because my wife rocks, I'm not really holding back on sound treatment to get everything right. I have an area that meets the following criteria: Dimensions7' tall ceilings x 32' long x 12.5' wide Room TypeIt's a fully in-ground basement...

Hi All, I am purchasing a home and will be finishing the basement mainly to build a dedicated theater room. This room will mainly be for movies or sports, very little music. I am working on a basic cad design to figure out where best to put the room. The issue is that it's a 8ft tall basement...

Wanted to share some pics of my HT. Polk TSI200 Mains Polk CS10 Center Polk PSW505 Sub Polk RM7 Surround Pioneer VSX-522 Receiver Emerson 55" Flat Panel Lenovo Notebook using as HTPC

Hello fellow home theater enthusiasts, My wife & I are working on remodeling the basement and are at the budgetary phase. My wish to is to add another pair in the house of Sonos PlayBar & Sub. The room will primarily used by teens (not us - we want to have some peace & quiet!) and if we can't...

Hello everyone. First time poster here. first of all, i must say, reading some of these threads, i'm very impressed by your civility! lol definitely not what i'm used to seeing being on forums in general. Ok, so here's what i've got: a basement that's about 30ft long by 17 ft wide (roughly)...

I am having an issue with one of my basement Windows rattling from my subs. Has anybody had this issue and if so what did you do? It's a standard basement window and I was wondering can I use something to help mitigate it.

Just bought a home and not really too experienced with projector screens (have a 65 inch flat screen in home now) Best Buy Magnolia came over today to take a look and they did not recommend it due to the fact the ceilings were so low but recommended an 80 inch TV. Reason being is that if...

My basement is 24.5x39ft with a 39ft, 6x10 beam down the middle. A dedicated HT is going into one end of the space (18.5ft wide and 24.5 deep). The ceilings are 8ft with 2"x8" floor joists. The 6"x10" beam is supported at the middle of the space by a floor jack. I hope to make a soft wall...

I am building a dedicated theater in a 18x24x8ft portion of a 24x39ft basement. So far the audio equipment is seven KRK 10-3, four Dayton ULM18-22 in 4.4ft^3 sealed boxes with two Crown XTi 1002 amps. These are fed with an AV preamp having XLR outputs. The disk player is a cheap one. The...

Hello, So I have 2 HSU VTF-15H MK1 subs and an MWF15 sandwiched between then right behind my couch on my unfinished basement which has mostly opened space. The theater is not centered but if you imagine the whole basement split on two sides, I am centered on one half of that space and I sit...

Hello all. For a while now I've been picking away at my new theatre. It's not really dedicated, but the main purpose of the room will be for movies and games. The dimensions are 11' x 22' x <8' . The area by the "screen" is 4' wider. I might put a shelf or counter along that wall where the...

Hello everyone. I am hoping to get some assistance with my basement home theater idea/project. I recently bought a house with a basement, part of which I'd like to use as a home theater. Honestly, I'm a bit overwhelmed at the amount of information, suggestions, and options. For a while I was...

I don't know anything about projectors, screens, etc., but my wife and I are interested in setting up a very basic "home theater" in our basement. I have a lot to learn but fortunately have a lot to work with too - the basement is unfinished at the moment so our options are pretty wide open. The...

Hello, I started this conversation on the REW forums and was advised to take this conversation to the acoustics forum. We just moved into a new townhome (which we're renting, so no renovations are doable), and I'm left with the concrete basement to turn into my mixing control room. On the plus...

As I upgrade my living room HT, the old and still working equipment is slowly making its way down to the basement. When I bought this house, one of the first things I looked for (not the only thing - just high on the list) was enough room in the basement for a decent HT - this I got. So my...

Hey everyone, Im new around these parts and just purchased my first home earlier this year. The first project to tackle is the basement. I dubbed it the Ronald Mcdonald House for the abundance of red and gold. Anyway, I have been reading through this board for some time now and decided on a 5.1...

Hi guys, I'm currently building a basement cinema room and am struggling with some ideas on the wall finish of the cinema room. My builder has suggested he renders the walls but I'm thinking of putting up wall panels and attach these onto the wall similar to this picture I have attached...

Have attached a drawing of my basement so everyone knows what I'm dealing with. As you can see I have a beam that I need to deal with when mounting my projector. I will be purchasing the Epson Home Cinema 3500 which has lens shift. I really don't completely I understand how much shift I have...

Hello everyone! I'm new to this website/forum having a site like this is fantastic for people to keen on keeping updated with their home theater set ups! I'm currently in the process of building a 92sqm basement- approx 11mtres x 8 metres. I'm thinking of splitting the room in two by which I...