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Long time lurker (and gawker) and a huge fan of the builds and craftsmanship on this site. I am finally in a place in my life where I can build a dedicated home theater.
I have been tossing ideas around and learning from other's "printed"/"admitted" mistakes. I am working with a 22'x11' room in basement of a split level home. Unless I want to relocate the water heater and furnace plus figure what to do with the support pillars, aesthetically, I am stuck with the size limitations. The other caveat of this room is that my fiancé has Misophonia, so this will be quite the challenge. I have to be really cognizant of sounds going through house. Mind you, I need to keep the budget down as much as possible. I do understand equipment changes later in the process. I am more concerned with the building and materials cost.
Since this a basement, I have 3 of the 4 walls with concrete and 3 windows. The other interior wall is to envelope the support pillars. My plan is to build a room within a room with double doors. I would like to apply some sort of covering over the windows to seal out as much as I can. Any recommendations on how to "seal" the windows up? The windows still have to look and be functional from the outside world. I am thinking a want a short hallway to the front entrance of the theater to adjust eyes for the lack of light.
I will be adding one riser for seating behind the first row and due to the width of the room, I am limited to seating six, comfortably, in the theater. I am undecided about a stage and false wall as we are tossing the ideas of whether we want a projector or an 85" TV (potential wedding gift).
Current equipment:
65" Samsung TV
Onkyo TX-NR1030 9.2 Atmos
3 sets of Polk Audio T15s
Polk S35 Center
1 set of Polk TSi500s
Harmony Elite
Polk PSW505 12 inch Sub
Polk PSW110 10 inch Sub
42U rack with assorted media devices
I would love to have any thoughts or ideas that might help me either radically change my thinking or help in setup process. I also have some questions about Atmos if anyone has had any experience with dealing with it.
Attached is a sketchup screenshot of existing walls and where my thought process is. The furniture placement is not to scale just for visual purposes.
I have been tossing ideas around and learning from other's "printed"/"admitted" mistakes. I am working with a 22'x11' room in basement of a split level home. Unless I want to relocate the water heater and furnace plus figure what to do with the support pillars, aesthetically, I am stuck with the size limitations. The other caveat of this room is that my fiancé has Misophonia, so this will be quite the challenge. I have to be really cognizant of sounds going through house. Mind you, I need to keep the budget down as much as possible. I do understand equipment changes later in the process. I am more concerned with the building and materials cost.
Since this a basement, I have 3 of the 4 walls with concrete and 3 windows. The other interior wall is to envelope the support pillars. My plan is to build a room within a room with double doors. I would like to apply some sort of covering over the windows to seal out as much as I can. Any recommendations on how to "seal" the windows up? The windows still have to look and be functional from the outside world. I am thinking a want a short hallway to the front entrance of the theater to adjust eyes for the lack of light.
I will be adding one riser for seating behind the first row and due to the width of the room, I am limited to seating six, comfortably, in the theater. I am undecided about a stage and false wall as we are tossing the ideas of whether we want a projector or an 85" TV (potential wedding gift).
Current equipment:
65" Samsung TV
Onkyo TX-NR1030 9.2 Atmos
3 sets of Polk Audio T15s
Polk S35 Center
1 set of Polk TSi500s
Harmony Elite
Polk PSW505 12 inch Sub
Polk PSW110 10 inch Sub
42U rack with assorted media devices
I would love to have any thoughts or ideas that might help me either radically change my thinking or help in setup process. I also have some questions about Atmos if anyone has had any experience with dealing with it.
Attached is a sketchup screenshot of existing walls and where my thought process is. The furniture placement is not to scale just for visual purposes.
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