Something Old, Something New... a Modest Basement HT

[bugsnest]

This is still a work in progress and I have been dragging my feet for the finishing touches (I hate painting!!) but this is a labor of love and I am proud of it !!

So over the years, I purchased many kinds of audio and HT gear on great bargains... some old (Craigslist/Ebay) Some new... but never had a dedicated space to set it up. The family room was setup with a 60" plasma and some good speakers which sufficed ....before the itch for a dedicated viewing area, with a bigger screen, kept coming up

Well, finally this summer, I decided to finish my basement and setup this spot in the corner for my HT and 2 channel audio pleasure. It's heaven and I am glad I did it! 120 inches makes viewing Blurays an entirely new experience!!!

Just thought of sharing the excitement with the folks here...

Speakers
Fronts - Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v3
Center – Paradigm CC-470 v3
Rear – Monoprice Kevlar 8-inch 2 Way In-wall Speakers
Sub – NXG 12” 500 Watt Powered Sub

Projector
Sony VPL HW40 ES 1080p SXRD – worthy every penny!!

Screen –
Silver Ticket STR-169120 120” Diagonal 16:9 HDTV
(area around scren and ceiling painted black for minimal reflection)

Gear-
Denon AVR-4311CI
Sony PS3 Slim
Onkyo C-7030 CD Player
Rotel 980BX 2 Channel Power Amp
Technics SL1200 Mk 5

[Clark Kent]

It's a nice, clean look for a home theater. It needs a movie poster or something on the wall.

[bugsnest]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

It's a nice, clean look for a home theater. It needs a movie poster or something on the wall.

It's still a work in progress ... but personally I like the clean look

[bguzman]

That's a really nice setup you put together sir, very nice job indeed. The equipment rack is especially sweet and I like the stereo gear sprinkled in for extra old school flavor.

[mrbrat_Boy]

Great setup Bugnest! I love the design and colours. Your gear is really awesome as well. Keep it up!

[rpatt]

Very nice.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Very nicely done and welcome to our HT Galleries section! I really like the overall design of the room and colour combination of the walls and trim. What are the dimensions of the room?

[pesta]

Great theater bugsnest! congrats.
Your screen looks exactly the same size (and ratio) as mine.
Have you ever considered the 2.35:1 screen route?

[bugsnest]

Thanks guys for the kind words and the welcome!! I still have some work left to do but I decided to stop and enjoy this before I get back to it

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

What are the dimensions of the room?

So this room is a part of an "L" shaped open area and the HT room is at the shorter end of the "L". The back of the room opens up to a bar and a long family room. I am planning to separate the 2 areas with curtains, to be used when watching movies.
That's a long winded answer but the section of the room I would like to call my Home Theater would technically be 12ft wide x 20 ft long.

Originally Posted by pesta

Your screen looks exactly the same size (and ratio) as mine.
Have you ever considered the 2.35:1 screen route?

I decided against the 2.35:1 due to space. As you can see, a 120", 16x9 ratio made this screen a good fit but if I were to go with a 2.35:1, I would have preferred a 150" which would make the screen space tight (considering the ceiling height is barely 8 ft and the floor standing speakers I use would block the viewing area). I also did not want to mess around with masking the screen when viewing 16:9 content, if that makes sense.

[lolwut]

Great pics, great setup!

[Mahatma]

Very nice.Am envious of your record player.Always wanted a technics with that light arrangement which shows the proper speed when I was young.Only thing which seems odd to me is that couch on the left side which seems like not the ideal place to watch the movies from,but guess it's from space restrictions...You should do levels!

You must be very happy with the results A+++

[DangeRuss]

Originally Posted by bugsnest

This is still a work in progress and I have been dragging my feet for the finishing touches (I hate painting!!) but this is a labor of love and I am proud of it !!

So over the years, I purchased many kinds of audio and HT gear on great bargains... some old (Craigslist/Ebay) Some new... but never had a dedicated space to set it up. The family room was setup with a 60" plasma and some good speakers which sufficed ....before the itch for a dedicated viewing area, with a bigger screen, kept coming up

Well, finally this summer, I decided to finish my basement and setup this spot in the corner for my HT and 2 channel audio pleasure. It's heaven and I am glad I did it! 120 inches makes viewing Blurays an entirely new experience!!!

Just thought of sharing the excitement with the folks here...

Speakers
Fronts - Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v3
Center – Paradigm CC-470 v3
Rear – Monoprice Kevlar 8-inch 2 Way In-wall Speakers
Sub – NXG 12” 500 Watt Powered Sub

Projector
Sony VPL HW40 ES 1080p SXRD – worthy every penny!!

Screen –
Silver Ticket STR-169120 120” Diagonal 16:9 HDTV
(area around scren and ceiling painted black for minimal reflection)

Gear-
Denon AVR-4311CI
Sony PS3 Slim
Onkyo C-7030 CD Player
Rotel 980BX 2 Channel Power Amp
Technics SL1200 Mk 5

[Show spoiler]

That's an absolutely stunning system you've put together ........... Kudos my friend

Would you mind if I asked you a question / made a suggestion ?