Squirrel 101s theater thread - Blu-ray Forum

squirrel101 · 04-27-2009, 03:32 AM

thought i might as well do one of these as well who knows i may be of some use to somebody , theater is still not 100% completed but is 100% functioning just need to finish some decor

but now i'm out of money til' i sell some more of my racing assets, then i can build a lobby entrance reaching from the house to the HT the finishing touches are in the mail and when done i'll probably create a new gallery with hopefully some better pics of the finalized look: the screen frame is built with oak and wrapped in triple black velvet and i used Seymour acoustically transparent screen material and achieved a 51"x122" viewing surface as it is 2.40:1 scope, i built a stage for my 3 JBL stdio series L890s to stand on which are behind the screen and i have 2 more of the same to the left and right of the riser area of the room and then i used 2 JBL studio seris L830s for the 6th & 7th channels, all speakers are bi-amped i am using one receiver (Pioneer Elite 84TXSi) as simply a 7-channel amp for the low side of the speakers and the Pioneer Elite 94TXH as the main receiver/pre for the highs for the LFE portion of the audio i have 2 Polk Audio PSW1000 subs positioned slightly out front of the stage one in front of each of theleft and right fronts, the blu-ray is coming from a Pioneer Elite BDP-95fd bitstreaming to the 94TXH and DVD comes from a Pioneer Elite DV F07 changer , and then there's the crwn jewel of the theater the JVC HD-350 projector which is my first PJ and coming from a Samsung 5884 plasma i was not left wanting for picture quality at all as a matter of fact i think my black levels may be better, the only part of this room that i didn't do was the actual room construction and the carpet laying, everything else was DIY the front row of Berkline Reno seats are padded from head to toe and were well worth getting, i have a Monster remote which i believe was made by Harmony but i haven't got it going yet and the lights are controlled with a Lutron remote dimmer, before this website i had never been in an actual home theater or even known anyone with one so you guys gave me upgraditis and this is the result, thanks to all who have contributed their knowledge ie BrainSturgeon, Betaman are 2 that come to mind.

Blu Titan · 04-27-2009, 03:35 AM

Wow dude, that was a lot of work. Great stuff!

GunZenBomZ · 04-27-2009, 07:18 AM

Indeed, well planned out & executed i pursume as it's a lovely large room. How big is the screen/image?

PS3+HDDVD OWNER · 04-27-2009, 01:27 PM

Very nice work! Well done~!

Tru2theBlu · 04-27-2009, 01:55 PM

Simply. Bad-A$$! For lack of better words. Great work man. I hope you enjoy it. You must be smiling uncontrollably, I would be.

Scooby Blu · 04-27-2009, 01:59 PM

Outstanding job man !!

squirrel101 · 04-27-2009, 02:33 PM

it is 52x122, and thanks for the comments.

squirrel101 · 04-30-2009, 05:55 AM

Put up neew photo gallery of my "completed" theatre only thing to add are maybe a few more of the nice movie-art posters on the back wall.

crazyBLUE · 04-30-2009, 10:25 AM

Excellent job on the theater room ! looks real nice .

Aerodude73 · 04-30-2009, 12:35 PM

10 of 10 rating

- Love that theater set-up, the carpet, the curtains, the 7.1 (or 7.2, depending on how one wants to call it) JBL speaker set-up looks like it can seriously Crank -- Especially the 2 Massive Polk PSW1000 Subs!

-- The Only thing left to do is to decide on how much Admission will be.

Fors* · 04-30-2009, 12:39 PM

It is truly amazing to see how far that room has come in a little over 2 months. Good thing you have the before and after pics or I wouldn't believe you! Taking care of the finer details is what seperates a lot of dedicated HT's, and yours is a 10+! Excellent job.

igotcabada · 04-30-2009, 01:58 PM

great job, i'm pretty jealous

Crypter · 04-30-2009, 02:45 PM

Excellent job! one day I would love to create a dedicated theatre room like that from scratch and give it all the attention to detail it deserves.

Your room is excellent but I think I would have looked into fibre optic lighting in the ceiling. A friend of mine did his theater with Fibre optic lights in the ceiling and he even added a shooting star effect in the ceiling that just gives the room an AMAZING feel when you first walk in!

but Bravo!, the room looks fantastic!

P@t_Mtl · 04-30-2009, 02:56 PM

Totayl impress, you HT is wonderful, great job!

Aerodude73 · 04-30-2009, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crypter

Excellent job! one day I would love to create a dedicated theatre room like that from scratch and give it all the attention to detail it deserves.

Your room is excellent but I think I would have looked into fibre optic lighting in the ceiling. A friend of mine did his theater with Fibre optic lights in the ceiling and he even added a shooting star effect in the ceiling that just gives the room an AMAZING feel when you first walk in!

but Bravo!, the room looks fantastic!

Sounds cool -- any pics of that for us?

Crypter · 04-30-2009, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aerodude73

Sounds cool -- any pics of that for us?

I wish I had pictures. I did not have a camera with me when I was over there. He is more of an acquaintance than a close friend but the next time I talk to him I will ask if he has some pictures he can send me. I am sure he has taken a fair share of pics of his project since he spent so much time doing it.

Fors* · 04-30-2009, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crypter

I wish I had pictures. I did not have a camera with me when I was over there. He is more of an acquaintance than a close friend but the next time I talk to him I will ask if he has some pictures he can send me. I am sure he has taken a fair share of pics of his project since he spent so much time doing it.

There is a thread on this topic here.....

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=optic+ceiling

Don't mean to hijack your thread OP.

squirrel101 · 04-30-2009, 05:59 PM

You guys are making me feel pretty good

about my efforts and yes this thing will hurt your ears the subs are so smooth and can only be turned a touch over half way before they become too much for the room

thanks for all the input everyone has contributed, and your positive comments; a starfield is not out of the question but will have to come much later as i don't have any money for further expansion @ this time, for i am a stay @home dad

and have been for the past 7 months

Fors* · 04-30-2009, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel101

You guys are making me feel pretty good

about my efforts and yes this thing will hurt your ears the subs are so smooth and can only be turned a touch over half way before they become too much for the room

thanks for all the input everyone has contributed, and your positive comments; a starfield is not out of the question but will have to come much later as i don't have any money for further expansion @ this time, for i am a stay @home dad

and have been for the past 7 months

Well that explains how you did this in just 2 months....I was (still am) quite impressed.

Nevertheless, nice job!

squirrel101 · 05-20-2009, 04:29 AM

i was actually only able to work on it late at night and Saturdays but i would hit it hard

being home during the day did give time for the planning and measuring which is why it went so quickly i guess as soon as the carpet was laid it was like a puzzle i carried all of the chairs and equipment in by myself the 1st night starting around 11pm and quitting around 4am. i must admit my lil boy would sleep in with me til about 10am alot .

04-27-2009, 03:32 AM	#1
squirrel101 Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:se , TN Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:337	Squirrel 101s theater thread thought i might as well do one of these as well who knows i may be of some use to somebody , theater is still not 100% completed but is 100% functioning just need to finish some decor but now i'm out of money til' i sell some more of my racing assets, then i can build a lobby entrance reaching from the house to the HT the finishing touches are in the mail and when done i'll probably create a new gallery with hopefully some better pics of the finalized look: the screen frame is built with oak and wrapped in triple black velvet and i used Seymour acoustically transparent screen material and achieved a 51"x122" viewing surface as it is 2.40:1 scope, i built a stage for my 3 JBL stdio series L890s to stand on which are behind the screen and i have 2 more of the same to the left and right of the riser area of the room and then i used 2 JBL studio seris L830s for the 6th & 7th channels, all speakers are bi-amped i am using one receiver (Pioneer Elite 84TXSi) as simply a 7-channel amp for the low side of the speakers and the Pioneer Elite 94TXH as the main receiver/pre for the highs for the LFE portion of the audio i have 2 Polk Audio PSW1000 subs positioned slightly out front of the stage one in front of each of theleft and right fronts, the blu-ray is coming from a Pioneer Elite BDP-95fd bitstreaming to the 94TXH and DVD comes from a Pioneer Elite DV F07 changer , and then there's the crwn jewel of the theater the JVC HD-350 projector which is my first PJ and coming from a Samsung 5884 plasma i was not left wanting for picture quality at all as a matter of fact i think my black levels may be better, the only part of this room that i didn't do was the actual room construction and the carpet laying, everything else was DIY the front row of Berkline Reno seats are padded from head to toe and were well worth getting, i have a Monster remote which i believe was made by Harmony but i haven't got it going yet and the lights are controlled with a Lutron remote dimmer, before this website i had never been in an actual home theater or even known anyone with one so you guys gave me upgraditis and this is the result, thanks to all who have contributed their knowledge ie BrainSturgeon, Betaman are 2 that come to mind. Last edited by squirrel101; 04-27-2009 at 04:02 AM.

04-30-2009, 12:35 PM	#10
Aerodude73 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Middletown, RI (MEMBER OF THE "ECPP")™ Home Theater Gallery:134 4K collection:423 Blu-ray collection:2493 DVD collection:7 Digital collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:31	Incredible HT ! 10 of 10 rating - Love that theater set-up, the carpet, the curtains, the 7.1 (or 7.2, depending on how one wants to call it) JBL speaker set-up looks like it can seriously Crank -- Especially the 2 Massive Polk PSW1000 Subs! -- The Only thing left to do is to decide on how much Admission will be.

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04-27-2009, 03:35 AM	#2
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	Wow dude, that was a lot of work. Great stuff!

04-27-2009, 07:18 AM	#3
GunZenBomZ Senior Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Warwickshire, UK Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:156	Indeed, well planned out & executed i pursume as it's a lovely large room. How big is the screen/image?

04-27-2009, 01:27 PM	#4
PS3+HDDVD OWNER Special Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Chicago Trading Score:12	Very nice work! Well done~!

04-27-2009, 01:55 PM	#5
Tru2theBlu Senior Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Portland, OR Blu-ray collection:54 Trading Score:10	Simply. Bad-A$$! For lack of better words. Great work man. I hope you enjoy it. You must be smiling uncontrollably, I would be.

04-27-2009, 01:59 PM	#6
Scooby Blu Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Apr 2008 Home Theater Gallery:7	Outstanding job man !!

04-27-2009, 02:33 PM	#7
squirrel101 Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:se , TN Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:337	it is 52x122, and thanks for the comments.

04-30-2009, 05:55 AM	#8
squirrel101 Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:se , TN Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:337	Put up neew photo gallery of my "completed" theatre only thing to add are maybe a few more of the nice movie-art posters on the back wall.

04-30-2009, 10:25 AM	#9
crazyBLUE Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Pacific Northwest Home Theater Gallery:89 Blu-ray collection:479 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 38 Trading Score:30	Excellent job on the theater room ! looks real nice .

04-30-2009, 12:39 PM	#11
Fors* Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Pottstown, PA Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:11	It is truly amazing to see how far that room has come in a little over 2 months. Good thing you have the before and after pics or I wouldn't believe you! Taking care of the finer details is what seperates a lot of dedicated HT's, and yours is a 10+! Excellent job.

04-30-2009, 01:58 PM	#12
igotcabada Special Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2009 Location:NC Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:37	great job, i'm pretty jealous

04-30-2009, 02:45 PM	#13
Crypter Member Member since:Apr 2009 Home Theater Gallery:20 Blu-ray collection:93	Excellent job! one day I would love to create a dedicated theatre room like that from scratch and give it all the attention to detail it deserves. Your room is excellent but I think I would have looked into fibre optic lighting in the ceiling. A friend of mine did his theater with Fibre optic lights in the ceiling and he even added a shooting star effect in the ceiling that just gives the room an AMAZING feel when you first walk in! but Bravo!, the room looks fantastic!

04-30-2009, 02:56 PM	#14
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	Totayl impress, you HT is wonderful, great job!

04-30-2009, 05:59 PM	#18
squirrel101 Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:se , TN Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:337	You guys are making me feel pretty good about my efforts and yes this thing will hurt your ears the subs are so smooth and can only be turned a touch over half way before they become too much for the room thanks for all the input everyone has contributed, and your positive comments; a starfield is not out of the question but will have to come much later as i don't have any money for further expansion @ this time, for i am a stay @home dad and have been for the past 7 months

05-20-2009, 04:29 AM	#20
squirrel101 Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:se , TN Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:337	i was actually only able to work on it late at night and Saturdays but i would hit it hard being home during the day did give time for the planning and measuring which is why it went so quickly i guess as soon as the carpet was laid it was like a puzzle i carried all of the chairs and equipment in by myself the 1st night starting around 11pm and quitting around 4am. i must admit my lil boy would sleep in with me til about 10am alot .

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