This should be fine - just stick to flat paint on all surfaces.I am planning on painting the ceiling and the wall the screen will be mounted on in the darkest flattest black that Lowes sells. But I was thinking of painting the side walls a royal or Duke blue (we are big Duke fans) Does anyone think that would cause any issues?
That's what I did. Eventually we will get carpet, but not until the rest of the basement is finished. A decent throw rug might help control highs bouncing off the floor - Thoughts, Bryan?The floors, at least initially, will be a stained concrete. Is that going to be tolerable short term?
LED's are still VERY expensive and take a very long time to pay back which is difficult for a room that is not getting much usage. Assuming that you are not using this room very often (relatively speaking) and will have the lights dimmed or off when in use, I would go with incandescents and use lighting budget to put LED's in other rooms that will be used for hours every day (living room, bedrooms, kitchen).For lighting the room will have a dozen or so canned lights. If budget allows it, we'll get some LEDs, if not, we'll use CFLs.
I installed 2 HDMI's (in case #1 gets damaged) and 2 Cat6 (just in case future PJ will be firmware upgradeable). A 2" conduit with pullstring is good for future proofing, too.Am I on my way to having a nice home theater room? Is there anything I've overlooking or should change? Any suggestions for the ceiling projector mount and all the cables I'll need?
Don't the RB's have wall-mounting backplates?I guess I'll also want to get stands for the 2 back speakers right?
Would you put one in the front and one in the back, or have both up front (or in back) but just spread out the full length of the wall?Go for it. One may not be enough anyway. But two will really help even response in the room. Getting my second sub made a bigger difference than any speaker/amp upgrade I've made.
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A good place to start would be to locate each sub on the front wall on either side of the center speaker (between center and L/R speakers). However, placement depends on the room - might be along front, one each side, or one in front and one in back. Corners are not a great location despite what we thought back in college. Some think placement symmetry is critical while others say that intentionally locating them asymmetrically will give better results. If you want ultimate flexibility to tweak locations, you might put RCA jacks on each wall and two up front. I'd have each wired separately to the AVR since your next AVR may support 2 sub channels.Would you put one in the front and one in the back, or have both up front (or in back) but just spread out the full length of the wall?
