My "Living Room" surround setup

[fergusonv]

Attached are pics of my "living room" surround setup.

 

[Tritonman]

Very nice job on the backdrop on the screen. Screen looks really good too. The color choice of the room really brings out the screen..good way to enhance the image. Very nice..simple and sleek.

Nice choice on the speakers too. Im partial to the Polks myself as I also own a complete set. Small piece of advice..I would put something under the Polk towers to get them slightly off the floor. I know they have spikes and all..but when I had mine on my stage with has been mass loaded it made a large difference in the sound they reproduced. Wood floors are not very forgiving unfortunately.

I noticed the BFD as well..what a great piece of equipment for $99.

 

[fergusonv]

Thanks, I appreciate the comments. The screen is 100 inch and made from plywood covered in blackout cloth and painted ultra pure white. The screen is surrounded by a 3 inch border covered in black felt and I painted the wall behind a darker shade of the wall color. It was alot of work but I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Tritonman]

Thanks, I appreciate the comments. The screen is 100 inch and made from plywood covered in blackout cloth and painted ultra pure white. The screen is surrounded by a 3 inch border covered in black felt and I painted the wall behind a darker shade of the wall color. It was alot of work but I'm pretty happy with it.

I made my own screen as well out of BO cloth. I didnt go as far as you to paint it though. I dont have the necessary equipment to yield good results. My pics are a few threads down from yours if you want to look. I also did not place a black felt border around mine like you did. My goal is to eventually do so once I get my replacement side bookshelves built.

By painting the back border around your screen you really brought out the main viewing area attention. Almost a slight trickery of the eye..very impressive.

 

[fergusonv]

New additions... Harmony 880 and Lutron remote lighting.

 

[Sheep]

Looks good,

Can we get a component list?

SheepStar

 

[fergusonv]

ELECTRONICS
AVR - HK 335
BFD - Behringer 1124
DVD - RCA DRC510
SAT - DISH 522 DVR
PROJECTOR - Screenplay 4800
REMOTE - Harmony 880
LIGHTING - Lutron
GAMES - Nintendo GameCube

SPEAKERS
Mains - RTi8
Center - CSi5
Sides - RTi4
Rear - RTi4
SUB - JBL S120PII

SCREEN / ROOM
100 inch 16x9 board sanded, covered in BO cloth and painted UPW with a felt border. Walls painted around felt border a darker shade of the wall color and the same color was used to paint the inside of the equipment closet. All wiring is hidden either through the floor, walls or cieling. Room is above basement and is on real hardwood floors, sub is on spikes with rubber isolaters between the sub and floor.

 

[RJB]

I like it, I like it!

I wish now that when I planned my basement I had allowed for a projector instead of an RP HDTV.

Oh well, live and learn. I promise to do better next time...

 

[westcott]

Very clean!!!! I like that.

The wood floors look really nice too!!!

Congratulations.

 

[Silvixxer]

That is a Clean looking set-up , the screen makes a nice focal point, I like uncluttered & that is what you have ! Do not know what Tritonman meant by getting the Polks off the floor & did you try this ?

 

[fergusonv]

I am not going to raise my mains any higher, I want to keep my tweeters on the same plane as my listening position and close to the same hieght as my centers tweeter. Thanks for the compliments!