Flatnate's Theater Build

[Flatnate]

Hey everyone.

Maybe I'm jumping the gun posting here but my offer was accepted on our first home. We were pre-approved and if all goes to plan with the inspection, and the bank, we should be in by the end of March. I looked for a house that had a basement that worked well for a front projection set up. It isn't a completely separate dedicated room but that is ok for me. I actually wish it was unfinished, but with some effort should work well. The listing shows the room as 14 x 32 but I'll take some exact measurements later this week. Hopefully, running cabling isn't a nightmare.







There is enough space at the front of the room to build a small stage, and a acoustically transparent screen wall two feet out from the main wall and then hide my speakers and sub. I would really love to do that with a 2.35:1 scope dimension acoustically transparent screen. I would also like to build a riser for a second row of seating. Ideally any riser and/or stage would all be the same carpet. Problem is I'm on a major budget now and the existing carpet in the room... isn't bad. Tough to justify tearing it up right away for that kind of upgrade. I could still build the screen wall without a stage.

"Plan B" for the near term would be something like a low to the floor Ikea Besta series cabinet in which my Mackie HR824's can sit on and remain below almost any fixed frame screen (hopefully I can make it work with a 120 inch model). If I don't go with a constant image height acoustically transparent screen, I was thinking of possibly the Monoprice "multi-format" constant image width masking screen with a traditional material.

Eager to hear any thoughts, ideas, experience working with existing finished rooms. I really don't want to pull it completely apart right away. Pretty stoked though, it is a long time coming.

[rpatt]

Congratulations on the new house. Looking forward to your progress. How is the room setup for electrical outlets?

[Flatnate]

Originally Posted by rpatt

Congratulations on the new house. Looking forward to your progress. How is the room setup for electrical outlets?

Looking pretty good so far. The Mackies are self powered and each one needs an AC outlet. No problem left, center, right as of now. However I have two 624's for the rears... they may be more of a challenge to power. That said, I do need to figure out how many outlets are on what size breaker(s) for the room. I may install some larger dedicated circuits at some point. I need to run AC to my projector installation in the ceiling as well, along with HDMI from wherever I make a rack location. I'd like to cut and install the rack under the stairway (that could be tougher to wire and I'm unsure of the clearances inside the closet), otherwise the rear right corner.

[Mr.Twinks]

Congrats on the home and I will be looking forward to seeing what you do with that space!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Mr.Twinks

Congrats on the home and I will be looking forward to seeing what you do with that space!

Me too. Keep us informed please?

[BluBrown]

Looks like a nice space man, congrats!

My room was finished when I bought the house as well. It was a bit of a process but I was able to fish all my wiring inside the walls, although I did put a few small holes in the drywall to gain access along the way but they're all patched up now.