GeorgeO
Well-Known Member
After a long and stressful journety( reminds me of the hit song by the Hollies in the 1960's-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother-it starts with the line
"Its a long long road, with many a winding turn, that takes us to, who knows where, who knows where"!
Anyway, when I started, I built my speakers(D'Appollito Audax HT speakers-there is an interesting thread on a similar build in AVS forum), and got a Panasonic PT 100 AE from the US for $1700, and an Onkyo entry level AVR.The problem was I had no space to install all of this, and no screen. I put everything into cold storage and then built a new house, with a basement as a den/lounge as well as for HT-this is not a dedicated HT room. As all of you know, a basement can only be built if planned in advance and my architect and I had long discussions before it became a reality, 16 X 12 1/2 ft.
Once this was done, I had a whole host of things to do to complete the house and along the way picked up an Emotive LMC1 prepro, built a Hypex 5 channel amp, got hold of an Optoma HD 20 HD projector( thanks Santhosh), and an Optoma screen-this is being upgraded with a new Dalite screen which is yet to be unpacked. I also got a Popcorn Hour B -200, and deployed one of my 12 inch powered subs in this room. I have a dedicated APC pure sine wave online UPS for this room.
Initially I plan to listen with 3 channels and will get my rear surround speakers a bit later. The power and speaker wiring is almost completed, and carpeting has been done for the room, along with wall panels using Anutone boards for acoustic absorption. The projector is ceiling mounted. I will plan to invest in the furniture as I go along.
I will post photographs over the weekend, since I am going out of town for a couple of days.
Initially tests are encouraging, the sound easily exceeds my expectations., watching BR movies on a a big screen is definitely light years better than my old 37 inch flat panel HD TV. I have to get the new screen mounted, get all the channels working, maybe do a bass trap or two etc, etc- its a long long road!!
"Its a long long road, with many a winding turn, that takes us to, who knows where, who knows where"!
Anyway, when I started, I built my speakers(D'Appollito Audax HT speakers-there is an interesting thread on a similar build in AVS forum), and got a Panasonic PT 100 AE from the US for $1700, and an Onkyo entry level AVR.The problem was I had no space to install all of this, and no screen. I put everything into cold storage and then built a new house, with a basement as a den/lounge as well as for HT-this is not a dedicated HT room. As all of you know, a basement can only be built if planned in advance and my architect and I had long discussions before it became a reality, 16 X 12 1/2 ft.
Once this was done, I had a whole host of things to do to complete the house and along the way picked up an Emotive LMC1 prepro, built a Hypex 5 channel amp, got hold of an Optoma HD 20 HD projector( thanks Santhosh), and an Optoma screen-this is being upgraded with a new Dalite screen which is yet to be unpacked. I also got a Popcorn Hour B -200, and deployed one of my 12 inch powered subs in this room. I have a dedicated APC pure sine wave online UPS for this room.
Initially I plan to listen with 3 channels and will get my rear surround speakers a bit later. The power and speaker wiring is almost completed, and carpeting has been done for the room, along with wall panels using Anutone boards for acoustic absorption. The projector is ceiling mounted. I will plan to invest in the furniture as I go along.
I will post photographs over the weekend, since I am going out of town for a couple of days.
Initially tests are encouraging, the sound easily exceeds my expectations., watching BR movies on a a big screen is definitely light years better than my old 37 inch flat panel HD TV. I have to get the new screen mounted, get all the channels working, maybe do a bass trap or two etc, etc- its a long long road!!
