We just purchased our new house in Mexico, and this will be our new build thread (old one was Ellis Family Go Big or Go Home). Our living room will become our new Home Theater/Stereo (No dedicated room this time). The room is 19' wide with a 30' boveda ceiling, and is approximately 20' from the loft to the windows/doors. The distance from the bar to the windows is 30'. We plan on mounting a projector to the ceiling of the loft floor, and have the screen come down in front of light blocking curtains installed over the windows. The entrances to the wine cellar, and upstairs will be blocked off with sliding barn doors. The walls are about 1' thick clay brick, and the ceiling is also brick with the floors being Cantera black marble. This is def a live room that will be a challenge to tune.
I am starting this setup virtually from scratch, and it will be taking a while to get it back up and running again.
Equipment I have:
Yamaha cxa5100
14 channel DIY amp...to be disassembled, and amps to be either installed inside of biamped speakers or next to them (along with minidsp 2x4 crossovers). Amps will be plugged into Insteon outdoor outlets, and individually turned on and off according to how many channels are required at the time.
JBL surround speakers from my old setup will be used for Atmos/Auro3d channels. Klipsch k402 speaker will be converted to a 2 way Synergy style speaker, and then I will make more to have a 5 channel setup utilizing my old EV DH1A drivers.
195" SeymourAV screen (new frame will have to be made, as I used the old frame to make our new equipment racks the screen will lower down in front of the speakers. I am trying to figure out the sliding rails for each side of the screen, and a way to motorized the screen lowering, and raising from the area between the 2 windows. I am thinking that the rails should go in the front 2 corners for stability.
Project RPM 1.3 Carbon turntable with Sumiko cartridge
OPPO 203
Furman power strips
Monoprice 75' XLR cables for the front 3 channels
Pioneer bluray player for ripping movies to our Unraid NAS
T channel audio rack. I will be modifying the config for the new setup, and making it about 10' wide, but lowering it to counter level.
Either coming or planning on getting: (no particular order)
1: $600 worth of Roxul for sound panels on order
2: 4k projector ?
3: Some sort of slide rails for moving the screen into position, and some sort of motor assembly controlled via Insteon
4: Dirac ?
5: Sub?
6: Bass shakers?
I am sure there will be more additions. Question marks mean brands, and models unknown at this time.
The first shot is a rear one showing the windows which will be the front wall. The screen is 15' wide and will decend down in front of the front 3 channels. We will install room darkening curtains on the whole front wall, as well as the side wall, and all windows that will let light in. I will be making bass traps for the front corners, and installing first reflection panels on the side walls, plus some acoustic panels above the windows, and wherever else we can without too muchobstruction to the dining room. We also will be installing pictures on the walls to help (what little they will, but also to maintain a nice living room look instead of a man cave like I had before...although I will miss that, but we can not do that this time).
The living room will only have the speakers, turntable, projector, and screen visible...all the rest of the equipment will be on the loft above.
The 2nd picture shows the loft above, kitchen, dining room, and living room. I am hoping that treating the room only for the first 15' from the floor will be enough. I will post pics as we progress.
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