Basement remodel

[MPinc]

Hello!

First time posting here, looking for some advice, hopefully you guys can help me out.

We’re starting a remodel of our basement in a few days & I can’t quite figure out what I should do for sound. Decided to go with projector & 100” motorized projection screen. Due to space restraints, the screen will drop down in front of the electric fireplace & shelving, leaving me no where to store bookshelf or a center speaker. I feel like my only options are ceiling speakers & a sub, but from what I’ve read, that will sound distorted.

I attached a real rough picture that gives an idea of the space.

Appreciate any info you all can contribute!

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[TLS Guy]

Hello!

First time posting here, looking for some advice, hopefully you guys can help me out.

We’re starting a remodel of our basement in a few days & I can’t quite figure out what I should do for sound. Decided to go with projector & 100” motorized projection screen. Due to space restraints, the screen will drop down in front of the electric fireplace & shelving, leaving me no where to store bookshelf or a center speaker. I feel like my only options are ceiling speakers & a sub, but from what I’ve read, that will sound distorted.

I attached a real rough picture that gives an idea of the space.

Appreciate any info you all can contribute!

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Using ceiling speakers will be a total waste of money.

You need to use a different wall. Think carefully about projectors and screen. Good TVs have much better resolution. You need a really big room to really benefit from a projector system.

 

[-Jim-]

Hi @MPinc - welcome to the Forum.

I'm thinking you may want to not bother with a center to begin with and go with a phantom center if you are insistent on using this layout. Having 3 front speakers across 8 feet is tight.

The primary listening position needs to be defined before speaker layout, and don't put the couch against the rear wall if you want decent sound. I agree with @TLS Guy about the going to a projector or TV. Can you work with rotating the system & putting the screen on opposite the 128" wall? Is this room square, or close to it? Are you heading towards a 5.1, 7.1. or Atmos system? Lots of questions here for sure, and lots to think about.

Good luck with your project.

 

[Wardog555]

This wall is completely inappropriate from a home theater point of view.

Far too many issues there so I'd make the wall flat to begin with.
If you are prepared to do this. I'll talk futher as i do not condone or tolerate such walls for home theater reasons.

 

[carlosadar]

Hello. One of the rooms in our basement had the dread 'water incursion' last week. The flooring will need replacing. The room (18' x 32') is multi purpose; storage, exercise, library (about 15% of the books we had before moving in '17) and stereo gear maintenance/light repair. The walls are painted cinder block, and we had two large area rugs covering most of the flooring, a composite product that was fairly reflective. We've got some treatment on the walls which the speakers face, which has sufficiently 'tamed' reflections. So the rugs were toast, although they worked nicely as sponges with the water. Any thoughts as to flooring material we might consider? Key consideration is keeping down acoustic reflections. Or course, it's ALWAYS about the sound. Having been bitten by the water experience, I'm leaning to just doing flooring paint on the concrete and area rugs, although insurance should cover replacement cost of what was there. This is only the second time I've gotten a fresh start on a basement area, the first having been a full blown effort at sound control. This time it's far less critical, but with the unanticipated opportunity, still worth consideration, so I welcome your thoughts. Thanks.