I wanted to reach out again to the Audioholics community for some advice on my HT room.
As some of you may recall, a few months ago I purchased a bunch of equipment (see sig) for a new HT room (22x14x7.5) approx. My original plan was to get the equipment, enjoy the room as is for a while and then strip it down and finish it properly, but with spring coming, snow melting, I'm becoming more motivated and would like to tackle the project now.
I have a few questions on things like paint and acoustic treatments. Right now, I want to replace the carpet, repaint and clean up all the cabling with conduits and wiremolds. I was thinking on the screen wall being black, and the rest of the room some sort of brown? Can anyone recommend a particular colour or brand?
Second question was a new screen. Am I better off buying a tab tensioned AT screen or trying to build some kind of DIY false wall? One thing I wondered about the false wall is how do you get behind it? Do you build a hidden door in it?
Third was acoustic treatments. I plan to insulate around the ducting in my bulkhead as right now I can hear it vibrating during base intensive scenes, are acoustic panels necessary? If so, are there recommended brands, how much treatment do you need? Are they noticeable for movies/gaming?
Fourth is I want to build a riser, I think I have a fairly good idea on this. Since my ceiling is low, I was going to build a 8" riser for a couple extra seats at the back of the room and carpet it when I recarpet the room.
Please keep in mind I'm in Canada, so availability is more limited.
Thanks, I attached a rough sketch of the room from a few months ago for interest. The two outside "boxes" are my towers, and the larger box on the left side is the sub, ignore the smallest box. I'll take some real pics when I get home. The bulkhead causes issues with screen height, that's why I want to reduce the width so I can hang a larger screen off the surface of the bulkhead and still keep it centered in the room.