my home theater

In regard to that last post link, given that the house is 14,000 (yes, fourteen thousand!) square feet and working within the budget of multi-millionaires...the only part of the article that I relate to is the "3 1/2 years".  I've been working on my setup for more than a couple and will likely go another 3 1/2 years before I can get a "good" amp / preamp!

Good work on your project, Steven!  It never comes to an end, does it? 

Velocity Motors wrote: Steven Kephart wrote: Velocity Motors wrote: I just went through my CEDIA certification and I learned alot about home theater. I re-did my stuff as best I could but after taking the classes, what I thought was home theater before is not really home theater, rather just a movie room LOVE those chairs !! I'd love to hear what the differences are. Are you talking about the number of surround speakers? The biggest difference was the decoupling of the room ( or at least the walls, and ceiling ) from noises coming into the room and the noises leaving the room. I have a pocket door that I should have gotten rid of in the basement because this door is adjacent to the furnace room that I can hear the furnace kick in when my movie is at 2/3 volume Other things include having my equipment rack out of sight, mounting my speakers at an angle, having my subwoofer in the wrong place ( it was tucked into the corner of the room but the ideal place for a subwoofer ( not in all rooms ) is in the middle of the room ). The room acoustics will will tell you where the sub will be placed best. We learned about room modes and how decoupling and putting up fabrics would change the acoustics of a room. Deadening a room too much can also affect the sound in a negative manner. The most impressive part of the whole course was Sam Cavitt from Paradise THeater in Maui. He was very informative and learned aalot about what a home theater should be. Sam Cavitt

Yeah, it would be awesome to build a purpose-built room like that.  But I don't know if I'd say that just because a room wasn't built for it, it's no longer a home theater room.  The sound in my theater is much better than what can be heard at the local Cineplex.  And I'd say my picture quality is at least equal.  But then our local theater really sucks.  And I have a long way to go to match the Cinerama theater in Seattle.