Dome shaped room for home theater?

[Whitey80]

Sure, come on over. I don't have any cool gear yet but if you guys want to bring it over and try to crack 8' of concrete or a 6000lb door, be my guest!


GT

Awesome, thanks!!! But instead of massive subwoofers, I was more thinking some form of bucket sized explosive device

 

[chesbak]

Having a lot of experience trying to "fix" the acoustics in domed spaces, I second Mark's statement: It's a bad idea. Unless you are talking about a "money is no object" kind of budget (in which case, the IMAX idea might work), I would say it's highly probable that you will never be satisfied with the acoustics of the space.

My $0.02.

It is a bad idea but......... A domed audio room... Woooh... I go ahead with it a spend all the money I had...

 

[Pyrrho]

I have a very unique facility that I'll be turning into a room. Ok... I'll tell you guys. It is a Titan II missile complex. Anyway, I'm considering turning the top of the dome into the theater but I'm not sure that a dome shape would be good.

The dome is shaped as follows:

- 35' in diameter
- 15' high to the top of the ceiling (center of room)
- Wall is straight for first 5', then begins curve to the top.

Would this make a good theater room? I ask because I could use a lower room that would be a bit more conventional. Same diameter but with flat ceiling.

Any input is greatly appreciated!

GT

I would use the more conventional room, but it sounds like you still have a round room, which is not good. You might want to divide the room with a flat ceiling by adding walls, and only use part of it for your home theater.

For the domed room, I recommend keeping that as one room and using that for a living room or something other than a dark theater, as that would be an interesting space to see (plus, as others have noted, probably is very bad for the acoustics for your theater).

You can also test things by temporarily putting a stereo in the room, and see how you like the sound. I expect it will be very bad, but sometimes expectations are wrong.


I guess if WW III starts, you will be in a good position. Make sure you keep the strong outer doors intact and have plenty of provisions for the end of the world.