My "Home" with "Theater"

[johnny p]

Not much progress..... but the room is cleaned up, and the wires are hidden (more or less so far)




Here is my wire-management......

The Wires run into the crawl space, then holes are drilled, and they run around the room, out of view..... you can see them running into the crawl space (for now) but this is a picture taken with a flash...... when the lights are off, you can barely tell there are speakers there

I still can't find my stand for my center speaker...... I fear it may be "missing" permanently anic:




This is the riser..... carpet completed on the top/sides..... just waiting for some new theater seats!!!!!!! (gonna get four, and get rid of the stadium seats )




Need to finish the front still




More wiring management issues to take care of




As soon as I get curtains to cover up the temporary ones, It'll look a LOT better..... I'm going to get full-length velvet..... should look "CLASSY"

[audio amateur]

Brilliant work mate It's good to see the 686's are looking healthy too, nice stands!

[johnny p]

This isn't part of the "Theater" but I got a new Entertainment stand for our living room television.....

I got this one.... (The "napa entertainment unit" ) was debating on just getting just the "T.V. Stand" but I liked the storage this one offered......

http://shop.arhaus.com/carty/?r=0&c=...GE_COLLECTIONS


The best part....... I got a floor-model that was missing the doors, so they sold it to me for $340 AFTER TAX..... Nothing like the power of negotiation

YEP!!! about $3,000 off

It breaks down into four parts.... and I have to borrow a truck to pick it up (why pay for delivery ) and it may take me two trips (it's over 8 1/2 feet wide when assembled!) but it's gonna be worth it.... I didn't like the doors that came on it anyways.... (they slide back and forth.... kinda dumb in my opinion)


It's going to be a big upgrade for the new house (since we never did buy an entertainment unit, because we couldn't justify the expense)


I'll get pictures when I get it, and put it back together! (my little 37" t.v. is going to look REALLY small in it.... may have to upgrade )

[pixelthis]

NCE looking stand, but I wouldnt sink 3,000 into the auxilary veiwing
system.
Trust me, with that nice HT, you wont be looking at it much, except to check the news or weather.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Did you miss the part where he said "$340 AFTER TAX" pix?

[pixelthis]

Did you miss the part where he said "$340 AFTER TAX" pix?

Yeah, need to lay offof the crack.
On the one hand it seems fair because its the DOORS that make this unit so distinctive.
On teh other hand I wouldn't buy anything reduced three grand,
although my Lovan stand was half price for 250$.

[johnny p]

Well.... the doors just slide back and forth to allow access to the shelves.... Personally I didn't care for the doors. The unit itself is Mahogony, with some veneer strips on the bottom (and the doors were all veneer I believe)

It's also important to note, our t.v. is currently sitting on a coffee table!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The store would have gladly sold me a "complete" one..... but like pix stated earlier..... no sense in sinking $3,000 into my secondary setup


I have some SD vs BD screen shots (just checking out resolutions etc. trying to setup the projector) Still don't live in the house yet, so I haven't had much time with it....

Here are the SD vs HD comparison shots with the projector..... I don't know much about the camera, but I took the pictures from 8' away from the 106" screen..... 2.1 zoom for all shots.... (I think)

THE LAST WALTZ


SD



HD




SD




HD





Then here are some random SD shots....... I use the titles at the beginning etc... to check the focus of the projector to make sure there aren't any blurry lines (this IS SD though......)








my camera, and skills aren't so great! They look better in person

[pixelthis]

SO you don't "live" in this house full of toys yet?
Just where would this "house" of yours located?
Hmmm?

[Rich-n-Texas]

Pix, he'd see you coming from 5 miles away.

[pixelthis]

Pix, he'd see you coming from 5 miles away.

EH, what are you implying Rich?
JUST curious is all, nothing happening here!

[Rich-n-Texas]

EH, what are you implying Rich?
JUST curious is all, nothing happening here!

Implying that he'd hear your big mouth from 5 miles away. Just like we do here.

[johnny p]

I thought I'd make the steps going into the theater room a little safer.... (o.k. I was just having fun....)

I need to clean it up more so it's "Even" and not so sloppy, but here is what I have so far......




Here's the riser, "Bright White" it gives a glow.... this makes it look brighter than it is....



O.K..... it's hard to follow these, but I'll try to explain them all....... (Blurry as hell, but that's the only way I could get them to come out right)


LOOKING DOWN THE STAIRS (need to tighten up the slack on the right)



TURNING THE CORNER GOING DOWN THE STEPS.... (more slack I need to take care of )



LOOKING DOWN THE STEPS AT THE DOOR (the exit door)



LOOKING BACK UP THE STEPS





That's it..... need to "Tweak" it still, but it was a quick job.... I'm going to get some straps to secure them down better, so it's in the corners etc. with a cleaner look.

[pixelthis]

You need to get some lights that are a more organic color, like gold or brown.
Those blue ones look like a whorehouse in a bad part of town.
Make good christmas tree lights tho!

[johnny p]

Those blue ones look like a whorehouse in a bad part of town.

Mission Accomplished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I still need to put up molding so only a slight "glow" of light comes through.

[winston]

boy am i glad that i trans by this thread (JOHNNY P) that is a labour of love man, nice everything (you deserve this word or words from a forty yo movie ...............................(supercalifraglisti cexpialidcious) respect man great job good luck all the way.

[johnny p]

$3,000 off........ no doors, but it will serve the purpose I suppose......

Maybe I'll even put some books in it so people think I'm smart

[topspeed]

Nice room! If you're still looking for a cc stand, you might consider having Noel at Skylan make one for you. Just give him the dimensions of your cc and he'll custom make it. I did this for my bedroom speaks and was duly impressed by the quality and attention to detail like non-resonant ceramic pucks and how he front bias' the top-plate so the speaker's center of gravity is aligned on the stand (most speakers are heavier in the back because of the magnets). Plus, they're cheap.
http://skylanstands.com/stands.htm

If you want to go really cheap, you could use Auralex MoPads. They usually come with additional shims so you can really angle that sucker up if you need to.
http://www.auralex.com/sound_isolati...tion_mopad.asp

Nicely done on the HT and entertainment center. A good deal is always rewarding.

[johnny p]

Thanks for the links! I am intrigued by the Skylan stands, but for the money, I'll probably pick up the B&W stand I "had" that I lost.... not sure where it is, but I'm pretty bummed out about it!

[johnny p]

FINALLY moving into the house tomorrow.... despite multiple set-backs, 7-months later, we're ready to make the move....... Hopefully this will give me more time to work on the theater (downside is, the house sucked up all of my "Play" money so I won't be getting the Thiels I wanted for quite some time)

Expect updates

[audio amateur]

Expect updates

Keep 'em coming, my friend

[westcott]

Wow! What a transformation.

So how did you solve your light control problem?

It is never a cheap solution.

Happpy Holidays and enjoy your HT and home. It is beautiful.

[johnny p]

sorry.... Been a LONG time....

UPDATES:

Lighting is controlled.... black velvet curtains all around, 120" curtains for the stair-landing, and shorter ones for the front windows behind the screen.

I got a futon "lounger" it was expensive, but the wife wanted something we could enjoy together, and not actual theater seats, and I wanted something I could actually fit up the steps......

The center speaker is currently on a milk-crate...... I think my stand may be lost forever

Anyways, here's another taste "I'm your momma, I'm your daddy, I'm the shadow in the alley, I'm the Pusher-Man!!!!"





http://share.shutterfly.com/share/re...76141d224b0f78

(couldn't figure out how to use my new laptop for those, to imbed the pictures sorry)

[johnny p]

[f0rge]

first time i've seen this, sweet setup and nice house

[johnny p]

first time i've seen this, sweet setup and nice house

Thanks!

I took some "Updated" pictures..... sorry for my poor camera skills, and confusing pictures... but here it is... ALSO... this may sound odd.... but I'm looking for "Creative" suggestions for a paint scheme for the bathroom in my home-theater room.... anyways....

The first couple are the "Living Room" which is an addition that was built onto the house.....






This is the "Play Room" off of the living room..... I was going to do some cartoon characters etc, but decided I didn't have the ability to paint all of that detail, so I made some "bubbles" and did a Word-Search with my son's name, and other stuff like "Cookie" "Mom" "Dad" all of the colors, Lion/Puppy/Bird/Fish etc..... ( A LOT of time for me to make this look nice so sorry for so many pictures of it!!!)

So when he's old enough to read, maybe he can figure it out