Basement home theater setup

[CptGreedle]

good point.
if power goes off... all hell breaks loose!
I hope the next place I find is not prone to floods... and has a good place for a home theater :P

Someday I will have a theme to my home theater... but right now it is just movies and games.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

good point.
if power goes off... all hell breaks loose!
I hope the next place I find is not prone to floods... and has a good place for a home theater :P

Someday I will have a theme to my home theater... but right now it is just movies and games.

I'm still working on closing our new house...... it has more than one suitable room for a theater...... the decisions will be tough... I'll probably post pics, and let everyone vote on "what room should I sell my soul for"

[kingofgrills]

It's a nice looking setup so far. Mapping things out ahead of time is always well worth it. My only suggestion would be on the receiver. I would recommend auditioning Yamaha's RX-V863 receiver along with the Onkyo TX-SR805. They're both good receivers, with fairly similar feature sets, but the Yamaha adds 1080p upscaling from all video inputs as well. It retails for $999, but it can be found online for around $659.

[Woody]

I like it.

Is your gear going under your TV?

Where are you placing the sub?

Recommendation another poster said. Accoustic panels.

A canvas painting won't be nearly absorbtive enough to help. But if that is what you want to put there, I would just do it. Lots of times it is not easy to make accoustic treatments "pretty" without spending a ton of money.

You can cloth wrap accoustic panels to match room decor for not much money, but obviously that is a far cry from an actual piece of art. The most important accoustic treatments you can add are at the first point of reflection.

Your speaker layout is solid (within the recommended "cone" for your main 3 channels).

To answer your question about rear speaker placement (channels #6 and #7), it gets to the point (especially with dipoles) that human hearing can barely discern the location of sounds behind you. Everything about our hearing faces forward.

A funny test is having someone move around with 1 speaker behind you and trying to guess where they are standing. It is amazing how hard it is for us to pick up directionality of sound when it comes from behind us.

Long story short, your chosen location is just as good as the above recommended location for your surround back channels.

I also recommend if you have a local custom install shop nearby, have them do an accoustical analysys of your room to help with sub placement.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Woody

A canvas painting won't be nearly absorbtive enough to help. .

Sorry... I can't resist......





EDIT:...

Absorptive is right (hadn't heard that one actually.... usually stick with absorbent )

[Woody]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Sorry... I can't resist......





EDIT:...

Absorptive is right (hadn't heard that one actually.... usually stick with absorbent )

What is really funny is that I knew it was the correct application, but wasnt 100% on absorPtive or absorBtive. And of course I didn't bother looking for the correct spelling.

It is in fact absorptive.

Correct application, incorrect spelling.

So THERE!!!!!

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Woody

What is really funny is that I knew it was the correct application, but wasnt 100% on absorPtive or absorBtive. And of course I didn't bother looking for the correct spelling.

It is in fact absorptive.

Correct application, incorrect spelling.

So THERE!!!!!

I have to give you Kudos though, because when I saw "Absorptive" listed, I thought.... "Damn, that is a word" Learn something new every day

It went from a "Don King word of the week" to a simple typo!!!!

[Johk]

Originally Posted by Woody

Is your gear going under your TV?

Yes, it will. I spent a couple of hours checking the recommended clearance for all the components and I will probably build the AV stand myself.

Originally Posted by Woody

Where are you placing the sub?

I don't know yet, I'll have to wait until everything is set up to determine that. I plan on trying the test to put the sub at my listening position and crawl around the room to find the best spot. But I admit that an acoustical analysis would be much simpler. I'll have to experiment a bit with this!

Originally Posted by kingofgrills

I would recommend auditioning Yamaha's RX-V863 receiver along with the Onkyo TX-SR805. They're both good receivers, with fairly similar feature sets, but the Yamaha adds 1080p upscaling from all video inputs as well.

The Yamaha looks nice and I like the one I currently own. The added sub possibility is also interesting. The Onkyo TX-SR805 has THX and Audissey... It seems to be a tough choice and I'm not sure that I will be able to audition them properly in my area...

[Johk]

Finally the time has come to set this up... Here are a few pics of the process. The layout has changed a bit (a bit wider, which is really nice) and I still haven't received my new couch that I ordered 2 months ago...

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[Beta Man]

You did a great job on the floors.... I've never considered installing hard-wood floors myself (have refinished some before)


So.... when will you be getting your projector

[Johk]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

You did a great job on the floors.... I've never considered installing hard-wood floors myself (have refinished some before)


So.... when will you be getting your projector

Hard-wood floors are pretty easy to install. It took one day to install with the help of my father (and his tools). The tricky parts are the beginning and end (and if you have lots of irregularities).

As for the projector part... Definitely not right now. Maybe in 5-6 years when I buy a new home...

[Beowulf85]

Love the design! very modern and minimalist. Great Job

[theprophecy247]

looking good so far dude, see u got batman begins on blu over there also thats good stuff.

[fburton]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

But one word of advice....

Sump-pump.
My basement has flooded twice this year!

Originally Posted by Beta Man

invest in a whole-house generator..... may cost $10K or so... but when the power goes out, the sump-pump stops working

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

good point.
if power goes off... all hell breaks loose!

"$10K or so" is a hefty investment and a whole-house generator seems like overkill to solve the problem of running your sump-pump in times of despair. Consider installing a backup water-powered sump-pump instead.

by the way, the basement turned out great so far!! excellent job.

[Devildog151]

I guess we're not gonna get that cable diy guide.

[Johk]

Originally Posted by Devildog151

I guess we're not gonna get that cable diy guide.

Yes it's already done check it out: Speaker cable sleeving DIY

[Rovic]

i'm wondering in your pics i see the cylinder shape, is that a subwoofer from svsound?....i was wondering because i'm anxiously awaiting for mine...if so which one did you get and how is performing?

[MacDaddyOJack]

Originally Posted by Rovic

i'm wondering in your pics i see the cylinder shape, is that a subwoofer from svsound?....i was wondering because i'm anxiously awaiting for mine...if so which one did you get and how is performing?

Dude, look about 3 posts higher up.

If you have one of those on order then you are in for a real treat, I love mine and apparently JohnK does too!

[Riff Magnum]

That's awesome that one of your walls is completely brick. Great for low end absorption.

[Rovic]

Originally Posted by MacDaddyOJack

Dude, look about 3 posts higher up.

If you have one of those on order then you are in for a real treat, I love mine and apparently JohnK does too!

Oh thats great...can't wait...i got the 25-31pc+