SadieMax cinema

[bmoney]

Named for My 2 year old Sadie and my 5 year old Max

bought our house brand new in 2014....had no plans for a few years to build a dedicated theater..but the wife gave me a V-day present saying I could start it up....I owned all the equipment, just needed a room.  believe it or not it only cost 2200$ all in to go from empty basement to the finished product..also only took 1.5 months from start to finish (working 3-4 hours every night after the kids went to bed)..its 100% DIY including 11 speakers, and 4 subs

so without further ado....here are the pics:

Before:


After:


this is whats behind the screen:


and the back left corner:


room is 10'10"x16.5'x7.75'

absorption panels built into front stage and side/rear wall fabric frames

Front stage: 3 x DIY 1099's
4 surrounds: DIY Volt 6's
4 Atmos on ceiling: DIY volt 6's
Subwoofers x 4: 2-si18 2-si18ds4

processor/amplification:
(2) inuke 6000dsp
(3) XPA-100
Denon x7200wa
minidsp 2x4

Screen:
DIY AT screen White/black Millskin spandex 130" diagnol 2.35

PJ:
JVC rs600

4k UHD br player:
OPPO 203

[NBPk402]

You did an awesome job, and getting it up that fast is great! I bet you, and your family are loving watching movies in your new HT now! I am in ours most of the day everyday (retired), and we love having Movie Nights with some friends every week or two.

[AVSMike]

bmoney, theater looks good.

[bmoney]

thanks guys...I watch at least one movie a night...unless there is a big gane on or somthing...i knew i always wanted one but never knew I would use it as much or look forward to going dpwn there with my 5 year old for our before bed time movie every night

[NBPk402]

Do you watch TV on the big screen too? I watch TV, and surf the web on ours with it, but I do have to say text is not the greatest on the HT screen.

[bmoney]

nope...its 100% for movies only...

dont want to "waste" bulb life on TV haha

[NBPk402]

nope...its 100% for movies only...

dont want to "waste" bulb life on TV haha

Yeah, I can understand that... I go through a bulb about once a year with my AE8000 in ECO mode (5000 hours). This is one of the reasons i would like a LED or Laser projector, but I just can't afford the cash it would cost. Watching TV shows really does change them to like mini movies though on the big HT screen vs watching them on a FP in our living room.

[bmoney]

this is whats behind the screen:

SadieMax cinema

and the back left corner:

SadieMax cinema

[NBPk402]

You built those speakers! Now i know why your room turned out so nice...you've got skillz!

[bmoney]

some screenshots using iphone6 camera....movie is Tomorrowland upscaled to 4k

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

[bmoney]

You built those speakers! Now i know why your room turned out so nice...you've got skillz!

haha thanks yeah I built them...they are unfinished though because they are just behind the screen....the sub you see in the back left I did finish (obviously)

here are some shots of putting the speakers together:

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

[AVSMike]

Do you watch TV on the big screen too? I watch TV, and surf the web on ours with it, but I do have to say text is not the greatest on the HT screen.

Text is nice and sharp on my JVC.

[AVSMike]

Yeah, I can understand that... I go through a bulb about once a year with my AE8000 in ECO mode (5000 hours). This is one of the reasons i would like a LED or Laser projector, but I just can't afford the cash it would cost. Watching TV shows really does change them to like mini movies though on the big HT screen vs watching them on a FP in our living room.

You might want to call and check on pricing for a laser or LED projector. We have some on closeout.

[AVSMike]

haha thanks yeah I built them...they are unfinished though because they are just behind the screen....the sub you see in the back left I did finish (obviously)

here are some shots of putting the speakers together:

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

SadieMax cinema

1099's. 10" mid woofers and 99db sensitivity. No problem hitting clean reference levels.

[ronman79]

Very nice setup....Looking forward to the day, one day, when I'll have my own room.  Hopefully in the first Q of next year.....