MrFattBill's Garage Theater

[MrFattBill]

Made some changes to the system. Replaced the front sound stage including the sub. I had a Sony speaker set up with a Yamaha HTiB sub They sounded fine but it was time for a change.

New setup
Definitive Tech Mythos Eight - Center
Definitive Tech Mythos One's - Front L & R
Martin Logan Dynamo Sub (Yes out of the gold box/lightning deal a few weeks back)

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/ga...&folderid=2814

ALL speakers have been balanced with an SPL meter as well. Time to take a break for a while....it's almost baby time

Bill

[MrFattBill]

Finally got around to hanging the TV and cleaned up the spaghetti mess of wires that weren't really doing anything Moved the center channel down below the TV, added 2 more speakers to complete the 7.1 and I also added another set of Dioder lights.

Updated pics in gallery.

Bill

[Hammie]

Very clean looking. Nice job with it. My only comment is the towers on those stands. Have you played around with different heights to get to that height? I would think you want the tweeters to be at ear level. I would guess they are above ear level and if they were closer to the floor, the center and tower tweeters may be closer so you may have a more even front sound stage.

[CallingMrBenzo]

very nice layout and set up, im sure you love each and every upgrade as you must wait for them...

and i agree with lou's post about the speaker height...


no matter what great set up... and what speakers are you looking at in the future?

[Beta Man]

The speakers on the risers/stands baffles me..... other than that, looks great.

[MrFattBill]

The speakers were originally higher up on those "stands" due to the second shelf being used for components. Since moving some things to the basement I just removed the tops and put the speakers on the lower sections. Based on Lou's and Beta's suggestions I will move them to the floor and see how I like them.

As far a future speaker upgrades go I am leaning towards Definitive Tech, I just need to find a local place to test drive the Mytho's One.

Bill

[Tcan21]

very impressive setup!

[MrFattBill]

I said something to the wife today about a possible move to our side garage for movie watching. She told me as long as she had a TV in the living room she didn't care what I did.

So I was bored tonight/this morning and decided to see how feasible this would be. The overall size of the space is (11'3"w X 30'8"l X ~9'h). We have a 2 car attached garage and this one just currently houses my tools and I could easily ad a wall to keep the front half usable as a work area (13' deep) while using the remaining space for a theater. Light would be non existent as in with the lights off and the door closed now you can't see your hand directly in front of your face As far as audio goes this would also allow more volume as night as I would not be near the sleeping baby (but would still have the monitor for my nightly duties )

The biggest I can go in between the speakers in a 2.35:1 setup would be this current picture. I could go as large as 128" 2:35:1 screen if I moved it up above the speaker height.

Here is a picture I took after going a little crazy with painters tape, this layout would have me building the homemade anamorphic lense to fill the screen:


The garage is finished and insulated but does not contain HVAC, although it's normally pretty comfortable in their regardless of the time of year...and the door is 10ft from sliding door to the kitchen.

Someone tell me I haven't totally lost my mind on this

Bill

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

I said something to the wife today about a possible move to our side garage for movie watching. She told me as long as she had a TV in the living room she didn't care what I did.

So I was bored tonight/this morning and decided to see how feasible this would be. The overall size of the space is (11'3"w X 30'8"l X ~9'h). We have a 2 car attached garage and this one just currently houses my tools and I could easily ad a wall to keep the front half usable as a work area (13' deep) while using the remaining space for a theater. Light would be non existent as in with the lights off and the door closed now you can't see your hand directly in front of your face As far as audio goes this would also allow more volume as night as I would not be near the sleeping baby (but would still have the monitor for my nightly duties )

The biggest I can go in between the speakers in a 2.35:1 setup would be this current picture. I could go as large as 128" 2:35:1 screen if I moved it up above the speaker height.

Here is a picture I took after going a little crazy with painters tape, this layout would have me building the homemade anamorphic lense to fill the screen:


The garage is finished and insulated but does not contain HVAC, although it's normally pretty comfortable in their regardless of the time of year...and the door is 10ft from sliding door to the kitchen.

Someone tell me I haven't totally lost my mind on this

Bill

So, how do you feel about the acoustics in there, with the garage doors?

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Fors*

So, how do you feel about the acoustics in there, with the garage doors?

That would also be my concern. Picture-wise, everything should be spectacular, but "garage acoustics" could be an issue.

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

I could easily ad a wall to keep the front half usable as a work area (13' deep) while using the remaining space for a theater.

This would basically create 2 separate rooms, the theater being accessible via the side door off the patio and the work area being accessible via the garage door. The possibility also exists to add a door in between them if needed.

As far as the actual acoustics go I can add sound treatments where necessary....also the entire thing already has carpet on the floor as well, lol, granted its carpet on concrete but carpet all the same . This would be a much easier space to control the acoustics as opposed to where everything currently is, which is a nightmare and must meet the WAF, what little she actually cares. Also If I was to do this in the basement I would have to build the entire room from scratch vs one wall and the ceiling would also be about 18" lower down there.

Just curious but other then the garage door how would the acoustics be different from any other room?

Bill

[erict]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

This would basically create 2 separate rooms, the theater being accessible via the side door off the patio and the work area being accessible via the garage door. The possibility also exists to add a door in between them if needed.

As far as the actual acoustics go I can add sound treatments where necessary....also the entire thing already has carpet on the floor as well, lol, granted its carpet on concrete but carpet all the same . This would be a much easier space to control the acoustics as opposed to where everything currently is, which is a nightmare and must meet the WAF, what little she actually cares. Also If I was to do this in the basement I would have to build the entire room from scratch vs one wall and the ceiling would also be about 18" lower down there.

Just curious but other then the garage door how would the acoustics be different from any other room?

Bill

One possibility is to omit the garage door and build a wall in it's place. On the outside of the wall you could make it look like a false garage door.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by erict

One possibility is to omit the garage door and build a wall in it's place. On the outside of the wall you could make it look like a false garage door.

which would be fine...so long as he never has to park his cars in there again!

[kdo]

then again, maybe it will be fine...perhaps he doesn't park in there to begin with...

[NorCo_1806]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

I said something to the wife today about a possible move to our side garage for movie watching. She told me as long as she had a TV in the living room she didn't care what I did.

Bill

I didn't see any comment yet on the MOST IMPORTANT piece to your post. Congrats on having a wife that gives you that much room to do what you want.

Tho I suppose it is your understanding of the conversation at hand, and the application of your use of her given "power" for this situation only that keeps the relationship happy.


Good luck, we can't wait for pictures. I only wish I had that much space to create something new.

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by NorCo_1806

I didn't see any comment yet on the MOST IMPORTANT piece to your post. Congrats on having a wife that gives you that much room to do what you want.

Tho I suppose it is your understanding of the conversation at hand, and the application of your use of her given "power" for this situation only that keeps the relationship happy.


Good luck, we can't wait for pictures. I only wish I had that much space to create something new.

Thanks, we have been to together for a long time (16 years). I can honestly say that in relation to things I wish to do the word "No" only comes out of her mouth when a monthly payment on something would equal an average mortgage payment, lol.

Bill

[NorCo_1806]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

Thanks, we have been to together for a long time (16 years). I can honestly say that in relation to things I wish to do the word "No" only comes out of her mouth when a monthly payment on something would equal an average mortgage payment, lol.

Bill

Sometimes I wish I had someone to tell me NO....I spend too much, but hopefully I'm happy with what I get, right??

Anyway, again, looking forward to pictures, though they're probably a little while off.

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by NorCo_1806

Sometimes I wish I had someone to tell me NO....I spend too much, but hopefully I'm happy with what I get, right??

Anyway, again, looking forward to pictures, though they're probably a little while off.

No needs to be said sometimes, at least as a temporary check on the spending

I'm going out to start cleaning as soon as I post this, it's a mess from various winter projects so I needed to clean anyway.

Bill

[firehazard51]

So you live in Ohio and your garage isn't attached to the house so basically the garage has no heat or AC? Man that seems like it would get a bit warm in the Summer and a bit chilly in the Winter. I'm from Cincinnati and my parent's have a garage that is actually in the basement (cut in a hill) and it gets noticeable warm in the Summer and can cold in the Winter. Might want to re-think adding a heat pump to the garage or something along those lines.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

I said something to the wife today about a possible move to our side garage for movie watching. She told me as long as she had a TV in the living room she didn't care what I did.

So I was bored tonight/this morning and decided to see how feasible this would be. The overall size of the space is (11'3"w X 30'8"l X ~9'h). We have a 2 car attached garage and this one just currently houses my tools and I could easily ad a wall to keep the front half usable as a work area (13' deep) while using the remaining space for a theater. Light would be non existent as in with the lights off and the door closed now you can't see your hand directly in front of your face As far as audio goes this would also allow more volume as night as I would not be near the sleeping baby (but would still have the monitor for my nightly duties )

The biggest I can go in between the speakers in a 2.35:1 setup would be this current picture. I could go as large as 128" 2:35:1 screen if I moved it up above the speaker height.

Here is a picture I took after going a little crazy with painters tape, this layout would have me building the homemade anamorphic lense to fill the screen:


The garage is finished and insulated but does not contain HVAC, although it's normally pretty comfortable in their regardless of the time of year...and the door is 10ft from sliding door to the kitchen.

Someone tell me I haven't totally lost my mind on this

Bill

bet your wife said you lost your mind / couldn't you do that in spare bedroom?

all the car fumes and stuff yuck