my home theater

My newest hobby is now my home theater, so I thought I would share some pictures with you guys.  I should note that it is a work in progress with a LOT of work still to be done.  I still need to build the sub cabinet and finish it, build a pair of stereo equipment shelves to flank the TV, and build the projection screen.  Although not shown in the pictures, I now have my rear speakers mounted in the corners on custom shelves.

Equipment list:
Exodus Audio Kit 2641 speakers in solid oak cabinets I built myself
Exodus Audio Kit 61 speaker for a center channel
Creative Sound Solutions fr125s 4" full range speakers for rears
Exodus Audio Tempest X with O Audio plate amp for subwoofer
Panasonic PT-AE1000U 1080P projector
Sony Bravia 40" 1080i LCD TV
Harman Kardon AVR645 receiver
Motorolla Moxi DVR HD cable box
500 gig extrenal hard drive for DVR
4 way HDMI splitter
OPPO 3 way HDMI switcher
Sony Playstation 3
Xbox 360 with HD-DVD player add-on (the roommates)
Toshiba HD-A30 HD-DVD player
Phillips Pronto AE9400 universal remote
Klaussner Home Theater seating

One of the speakers 

The equipment rack. 

The home theater seating.

The projector.

Universal remote

The universal remote takes the place of all these remotes

2 formats for viewing... are you putting up a motorized screen. This is how we did our theater room at CLS (before the flood)

Had a 60 inch flat on the wall, and a 110 that floated down out of the ceiling. in front of it.

Is your room large enough for a screen, you have that wonderful projector, are you playing it on the wall, and is it treated with

the "special paint" ?

Home theatre is COOL. Nice work Steven

KarTuneMan wrote:

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2 formats for viewing... are you putting up a motorized screen. This is how we did our theater room at CLS (before the flood)

Had a 60 inch flat on the wall, and a 110 that floated down out of the ceiling. in front of it.

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I'm going to build a fixed screen that will be acoustically transparent.  There will be a shelf in the back for the center channel to sit on which will keep all three speakers at the same height across the front. 

KarTuneMan wrote:

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 Is your room large enough for a screen, you have that wonderful projector, are you playing it on the wall, and is it treated with

the "special paint" ?

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I don't think there is such thing as a room too small for a screen.   The distance to the wall gives me a pretty good size picture.  I live in a rented apartment so right now I'm just projecting it on the wall, and it still does pretty good. 

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Velocity Motors wrote:

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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 !!

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I'd love to hear what the differences are.  Are you talking about the number of surround speakers?

KPierson wrote:

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What do you think about that projector?  I think that is what I'm going to go with.  They appear extremely flexible and highly regarded.

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When I lost the PT-AE900U in a fire, I replaced it with this one instead of trying a different brand.  I am very happy with it.  It's bigger than my previous projector, but it is also quieter upon shut down.  I especially like the motorized focus and zoom. 

Sounds nice I am at work so the pics are blocked.  Do you have any plans for acoustic pannels? They are not that hard to build and on my other fourm there are some good write up of what to use and how to build them. I provided a link it also talks about early reflections, some really good to help get the best out of any HT install. That is where I hang out for all my HT info

Im Deerhunter on that fourm

https://forums.soundandvisionmag.com/audiovideo/board/message?board.id=40&thread.id=27061

Steven Kephart wrote:

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Velocity Motors wrote:

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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 !!

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I'd love to hear what the differences are. Are you talking about the number of surround speakers?

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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:

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Steven Kephart wrote:

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Velocity Motors wrote:

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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 !!

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I'd love to hear what the differences are. Are you talking about the number of surround speakers?

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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

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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.