House Projects - Page 45

**Halon** · 01-02-2015

Go big or go home right?

Bought some stuff today from Best Buy Magnolia. Was a real nice guy, came to our house to do a consultation, so just decided to get stuff from him and be done. He knocked a whole bunch of money off so pay no attention to the list prices, and I'll get 10% back from reward zone points.

Front towers
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bowers-a...&skuId=4828009

Center
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bowers-w...&skuId=4826038

Surrounds and Atmos
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonance-Visu.../dp/B00LA5KFWC

Receiver
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/denon-16...&skuId=4158023

Also got all my cabling from them as well as a small equipment rack. Glad that's done and over with. Next I'm just waiting on some Amazon gift cards to show up so I can order up the Benq.

Speedfreak · 01-02-2015

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Originally Posted by Halon

Go big or go home right?

Bought some stuff today from Best Buy Magnolia. Was a real nice guy, came to our house to do a consultation, so just decided to get stuff from him and be done. He knocked a whole bunch of money off so pay no attention to the list prices, and I'll get 10% back from reward zone points.

Front towers
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bowers-w...&skuId=1290573

Center
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/bowers-w...&skuId=4826038

Surrounds and Atmos
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonance-Visu.../dp/B00LA5KFWC

Receiver
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/denon-16...&skuId=4158023

Also got all my cabling from them as well as a small equipment rack. Glad that's done and over with. Next I'm just waiting on some Amazon gift cards to show up so I can order up the Benq.

Nice setup. I'd like to check it out when all done.

**Halon** · 01-03-2015

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Originally Posted by Speedfreak

Nice setup. I'd like to check it out when all done.

What you doing for the Super Bowl? Goal is to have it done for that, swing by and bring the kid.

Speedfreak · 01-03-2015

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Originally Posted by Halon

What you doing for the Super Bowl? Goal is to have it done for that, swing by and bring the kid.

I'll be just up the road in Blaine at Asad's yearly SB party. I'll see if I can make something work to stop by.

turbotalon1g · 01-03-2015

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Originally Posted by Halon

Ha, jiggas like you are the only ones allowed in!

:woot:

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Originally Posted by Speedfreak

I'll be just up the road in Blaine at Asad's yearly SB party. I'll see if I can make something work to stop by.

Do it!

turbotalon1g · 01-02-2015

hayzeus mary and joseph.

Gonna be some balling ass shit going on here, can a jigga like me even get into a room like dat?

**Halon** · 01-03-2015

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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

hayzeus mary and joseph.

Gonna be some balling ass shit going on here, can a jigga like me even get into a room like dat?

Ha, jiggas like you are the only ones allowed in!

**scheides** · 01-03-2015

Dayum Brandon nice! That is a hella nice setup, hopefully pretty nice bang for the buck. Love to see pics of the rack and everything once it's all setup.

**Halon** · 01-03-2015

Cool, if not maybe one day we grab lunch up this way and check it out.

PS - I'm sure whatever setup he has would put mine to shame, haha.

A//// Guy · 01-03-2015

Pimpin to the max! No ebay this time! haha

Looks good, cant wait to see the finished room.

**Halon** · 01-03-2015

0% interest for 36 months too, so that makes it easier. Also lesson learned for me that Magnolia the prices are not fixed. Anyone else ever looking to buy from there. Make sure you try to work a deal. They knocked a butt load off for me.

**Halon** · 01-05-2015

Benq W1070 and a mount have been ordered off Amazon, should be here Wednesday.

Construction is starting today, so I'll be littering this thread with pics. Here's some shitty sketches I made that show the general idea of how the room will be setup.

So again, it'll be about a 100" screen (project on painted wall) w/ Benq W1070 projector. Sound will be Dolby Atmos 5.1.2. Sonance in ceiling speakers for surrounds and Atmos (these speakers don't just point down, the point at an angle). Then B&W 693 towers up front with the matching B&W center. Denon 4100 receiver. Then just use our old Samsung Bluray player. For TV we just have uber basic cable, so I have to see if Comcast can give us an HD capable converter box, otherwise I'll have to do like brownman and get an antenna/tuner setup for just OTA stuff.

Furniture we haven't bought yet, so that pic is just our idea. For now it'll just be some misc furniture in there.

A//// Guy · 01-05-2015

Excited to see the progress. Id seriously consider not doing that open window to the other room, if I were you. I would keep it a dedicated theater room with sound insulated walls and ceiling so that sound doesnt go all through the house. We did this on my parents basement theater room in their old house, helped quiet things down.

Id also put the projected wall to be the shorter backyard wall, that way you can do stadium seating in that room with 2 couches one in front of the other. But if you keep your existing set up, it will be nice either way.

Also your downstairs is open to the lower level if i remember correctly, so the sound will travel upstairs easily.

Otherwise plan on keeping the volume down low on that serious speaker system, so the baby can sleep.

**Halon** · 01-05-2015

Thanks for the thoughts. I'll spare all the details, we've been thinking about this since we built the house. After 2 years of consideration of several different setups, including the way you mentioned, this is what we've finally decided on that we like best for us. To each their own!

I agree your way is better if you're going purely for a straight up movie theater.

**Goat Blower** · 01-05-2015

Woot! Going to be adding to this thread a bunch in the next year, big projects coming soon! Bigger garage/man cave, separate living rooms, bar, landscaping, etc. More to come.

A//// Guy · 01-05-2015

Cool, why not get rid of the door all together and make it all open with maybe a post at the left side of the bar if its a load bearing wall?

**Halon** · 01-05-2015

You mean like this sketch that I made, which we highly considered, but decided against?

Like I said, we considered lots of different options, we didn't make this decision over night.

tpunx99GSX · 01-05-2015

NO YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR MIND DAMMIT!

**Halon** · 01-05-2015

Peter forgot to mention since you mentioned soundboard, the ceiling and the wall to the furnace room will have soundboard to prevent it from atleast coming through the floor into the kitchen. The wall with the big hole, not doing any soundboard because well it has a huge hole in it haha.

A//// Guy · 01-05-2015

Yea I figured you thought about that, just curious if its a huge added expense or why you wouldnt go with no door if you want open air. Or just frame in the door to be a square with no actual door. Although it would help with a little sound deflection if you keep it.

Not trying to tell you what to do, since you seem a bit defensive, just tossing out ideas lol.

Im surprised you arent doing the work yourself, or at least framing stuff/sheetrocking in yourself and then having someone mud and tape.

Good stuff!