Here's a good one to check out - done by DIYers
Unlike the Piersons' prior two theaters,
this 18-by-28-foot room would be built from scratch while their home was under construction. This would give them the opportunity to apply what they had learned in their earlier attempts and would provide them a blank canvas to design it exactly the way they wanted, without minimal structural or space constraints.
One of the highest priorities was audio, as the room would be used to listen to music at reference levels as well as to watch movies. More than $95,000 worth in Genelec speakers, powered by Lexicon MC-8B processor, would deliver the monstrous sound. “I’m a rock-and-roller, so I went with a sound system that would knock your socks off,” Mark says.
Big sound usually requires big speakers, which presented the DIYers with one of their first challenges: fitting the center-channel speaker into the planned layout of the room. The plan was to place the center speaker, as well as the front left and right speakers, behind the 146-inch acoustically transparent SMX Pro-Line screen. ....
Read the original article and check out more pictures
on ElectronicHouse.com.
Enjoy!
-Arlen
Editor, Electronic House
