My Condo Home Theater

[GuitarGuyBMG]

Hey all,

I just put up the first pics of my home theater in my condo. My family purchased a condo near my college for me to live in the next two/three years and for my sister to go to when she goes to school here. It will be either two or three years depending on whether or not my sister goes to a technical school first. It's a two bedroom place and we're renting out the other room to a friend of mine for $400 a month.

The picture is a little bit blurry becuase my digital camera is old and I need to clean the lens. I have my Polk Monitor 60's and 30's coming in tomorrow and hope to order a center speaker and a reciever (Pioneer SC-05) before the end of the month. The pic is a bit darker than real life, and the picture on the television screen isn't nearly as bright/clear as it is in real life obviously.

I ordered the Cherry Polk's, but they aren't going to quite match my entertainment system ( which does have glass doors, it appears to be one color in the picture becuase of the darkness ). Has anyone ever painted their speakers to match their system?

Comments and opinions are appreciated.

[JJ]

College students unite! Let's have a look-see here. Very clean set-up. Nice place.

[GBMidge7]

Very neat... good work so far

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

College students unite! Let's have a look-see here. Very clean set-up. Nice place.

Originally Posted by GBMidge7

Very neat... good work so far

I agree ~ Looks good !!

[Grevlin]

Originally Posted by GuitarGuyBMG

Hey all,

I just put up the first pics of my home theater in my condo. My family purchased a condo near my college for me to live in the next two/three years and for my sister to go to when she goes to school here. It will be either two or three years depending on whether or not my sister goes to a technical school first. It's a two bedroom place and we're renting out the other room to a friend of mine for $400 a month.

The picture is a little bit blurry becuase my digital camera is old and I need to clean the lens. I have my Polk Monitor 60's and 30's coming in tomorrow and hope to order a center speaker and a reciever (Pioneer SC-05) before the end of the month. The pic is a bit darker than real life, and the picture on the television screen isn't nearly as bright/clear as it is in real life obviously.

I ordered the Cherry Polk's, but they aren't going to quite match my entertainment system ( which does have glass doors, it appears to be one color in the picture becuase of the darkness ). Has anyone ever painted their speakers to match their system?

Comments and opinions are appreciated.

Paint the speakers! Not for the weak at heart, very hard to get it to look really good. You might want to match a new console to the speakers (since you got such a great deal on those Polks )

Wait a tic: all the furniture matches, shoot. Maybe you can find some sort of accent piece to put in the room that matches the Polk's finish. Something like a big shelf unit with the exact same finish may be enough to make it all look "on purpose."

Wecome, looks like you have VERY sweet condo/arrangement for a college student. My dorm rooms and apartments were the size of my current bathroom.

[GuitarGuyBMG]

Thanks guys. The Polks came in today and I have them set in their proper places. Hope to have some pictures up soon.

[azncarbos]

Very Nice Set up and place for a student!!! Post pictures when you get those speakers and receiver all plug in!

[tbizzle]

Nice setup dude. As a fellow college student myself, I know how sweet it is to actually have a nice setup like this at our age. As for your speakers, if you still want to change the color, you can just stain them. I was going to stain my Cherry R50's but I ended up finding a nice spot for them in my "smaller" setup and now they match

[GuitarGuyBMG]

I've added a few new images to the gallery. They now include my new reciever (Pioneer SC-25) and my front L/R and back surrounds. My center channel and subwoofer should arrive tomorrow. I'll be sure to update when I get them set up, and again when I get everything hooked up after my banana plugs and speaker wire arrive.

Note: I took the back off the entertainment center to allow more space for the SC-25's depth. I believe this will also help keep things cool as well.

[HAMP]

You asked about painting your speakers before. Have a look at this link he didn't paint, but he put a wood veener on them to match.

CrazyBlue did a fantastic job with his speakers and subs

[talstarone]

Very Nice System You Have Going There.
You will Love the Addition of a Center Speaker to Lock the Dialouge to the TV Screen.

But Excellent Choice with the Pioneer Elite AVR.A First Class Reciever and Incredible Performer.

And ALWAYS an EXCELLENT Choice To Go With Polk Speakers.

Congratulations and Welcome.

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by HAMP

You asked about painting your speakers before. Have a look at this link he didn't paint, but he put a wood veener on them to match.

CrazyBlue did a fantastic job with his speakers and subs

+1. If you have some patience, and a little skill, putting new veneers on that match your cabinets would be more attractive than painting the existing cherry finish. http://www.parts-express sells a variety of wood veneers for speaker building, and they are reasonably priced.

Also, do you normally keep the cloth grills off your speakers as they're shown in the photos? They might appear to match better with the grills in place. The silver faces provide a stark contrast to your TV cabinet, and the grills may help soften that transition to the cherry. Just a suggestion.

Finally, great condo. You're fortunate to have a nice place like that for college. Just don't throw any parties if you like your gear. If word ever gets out, and you have no control over that, you'll have a ton of people you don't know spilling beer from their red plastic cups.

[GuitarGuyBMG]

My center and sub came in. They look great, but the center blocks a bit of my screen. For instance, if watching ESPN I could see the game, but the bottom ticker would be blocked at the bottom.

Anyone have any ideas, besides mounting the TV ( which I'm thinking about ) to fixing this?

[SeanMF]

Originally Posted by GuitarGuyBMG

My center and sub came in. They look great, but the center blocks a bit of my screen. For instance, if watching ESPN I could see the game, but the bottom ticker would be blocked at the bottom.

Anyone have any ideas, besides mounting the TV ( which I'm thinking about ) to fixing this?

Tv stand riser by diy or whatever you can come up with that sits on top of the tv stand cabinet. Wall mount it

[nolfoc]

sick condo man! i wish they have condos like that in LI

[croseiv]

Very cool set-up! Your choice of furniture is a good!

[GuitarGuyBMG]

I've added a new photo of my completed HT. All that's left to do now is to eventually mount the HT and also run the wires above the doorframes.

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by GuitarGuyBMG

I've added a new photo of my completed HT. All that's left to do now is to eventually mount the HT and also run the wires above the doorframes.

Looks nice and clean. Nicely integrated into the living area.

You may want to try experimenting with speaker placement. Move the fronts away from the wall some, try various toe-in positions, and try facing the surrounds more towards the listening area versus straight ahead.

[GuitarGuyBMG]

You can't see them in the newest pic, but I did angle the surrounds about 45 degrees towards the listening area. Thanks for the advice.

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by GuitarGuyBMG

You can't see them in the newest pic, but I did angle the surrounds about 45 degrees towards the listening area. Thanks for the advice.

Cool!