Ginky Weeds Home Theater

[randman]

Speakers have been placed.  Now to load and wire the rack so music can inspire finishing the project!

Wow. Those speakers are huge!

[Ginky Weeds]

Wow. Those speakers are huge!

That they are, but they put out some great audio.  Especially impressive considering they're over 40 years old!

[Ginky Weeds]

Got all the audio components hooked up and have a big smile on my face.  The rack is substantial and is not finished, but is going to work out well.

Next is hanging the screen and projector, then installing the seating followed by trimming it out.  Velvet is on order for the wall around the screen.   Door seals will be painted soon and installed.  Then learning REW and using it to optimize that audio output.  Sounds like a few months of work...looking forward to it!

[Ginky Weeds]

Got the low voltage cables run for he projector and the seating area.  Also assembled and hung the Dreamscreen v7.  Hoping to hang the projector tomorrow.

[bmoney]

is your rack IN the theater?

[Ginky Weeds]

is your rack IN the theater?

Yes.  It's in the alcove behind the seats on the riser.  Between the PSA XV15s.

[bmoney]

Yes.  It's in the alcove behind the seats on the riser.  Between the PSA XV15s.

interesting.  was there a reason for it being in the theater?

[AVSCraig]

interesting.  was there a reason for it being in the theater?

Why not have it in the theater? My equipment rack is right behind me. Allows for as short as a 12' HDMI run to my projector. 

[bmoney]

Why not have it in the theater? My equipment rack is right behind me. Allows for as short as a 12' HDMI run to my projector.

Lights. Fan noise etc

My rack is outside the theater and my hdmi to my pj is 10’

[Ginky Weeds]

interesting.  was there a reason for it being in the theater?

My original plan was to locate it outside the theater.  But as my plans evolved, I decided to locate it in the back of the theater for two reasons.  One, the HDMI run to the projector is 10-15' instead of 40-50'.  And second, living in the country, it's impossible to stream video over the Internet, so I'll be making a lot of trips to the disc player.  It's a shorter walk within the theater.  Old School, I know, but it is what it is.

I know you see three cooling fan units in the rack, but I doubt that I'll be turning them on.  The amps don't seem to throw much heat and when I complete the dead vent with the duct fan in it pulling air out of the room, that air will go right through the rack.  So I expect the fans will be spaceholders only.

[AVSCraig]

My original plan was to locate it outside the theater.  But as my plans evolved, I decided to locate it in the back of the theater for two reasons.  One, the HDMI run to the projector is 10-15' instead of 40-50'.  And second, living in the country, it's impossible to stream video over the Internet, so I'll be making a lot of trips to the disc player.  It's a shorter walk within the theater.  Old School, I know, but it is what it is.

I know you see three cooling fan units in the rack, but I doubt that I'll be turning them on.  The amps don't seem to throw much heat and when I complete the dead vent with the duct fan in it pulling air out of the room, that air will go right through the rack.  So I expect the fans will be spaceholders only.

I have a couple Aircom T8 fans in my rack - never hear them, even 2 1/2' from my head.

[Ginky Weeds]

I have a couple Aircom T8 fans in my rack - never hear them, even 2 1/2' from my head.

Good to know.  If I find the Sherbourn fans are too loud and I need direct cooling, I'll check those out.

Thanks!

[bmoney]

My original plan was to locate it outside the theater.  But as my plans evolved, I decided to locate it in the back of the theater for two reasons.  One, the HDMI run to the projector is 10-15' instead of 40-50'.  And second, living in the country, it's impossible to stream video over the Internet, so I'll be making a lot of trips to the disc player.  It's a shorter walk within the theater.  Old School, I know, but it is what it is.

I know you see three cooling fan units in the rack, but I doubt that I'll be turning them on.  The amps don't seem to throw much heat and when I complete the dead vent with the duct fan in it pulling air out of the room, that air will go right through the rack.  So I expect the fans will be spaceholders only.

All valid points

[Ginky Weeds]

So yesterday my neighbor helped me lift the 50 lb. beast of a projector onto its ceiling mount. I got it hooked up and adjusted image location on the screen. Then I decided to check various Blurays with different aspect ratios to see how they appeared on the screen and made some minor tweaks. Then I discovered that I had no center channel audio and found that I hadn't connected the XLR cable from the XMC-2 to the amp. Whoa, did that make a difference?

My friends have asked me what would be the first movie I'd watch when the theater was done. Well, it wasn't a movie. The last aspect ratio I checked was 16x9 and happened to be with the Bluray of the Eagles Farewell Tour Live from Melbourne. And I thought it might be good to sample the audio since I had just added the center channel to the mix. Well, I sampled nearly the entire concert. The projector throws a spectacular image, but the audio was unbelievable. With DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, I've never heard a more realistic concert audio track or one that is as percussion-forward as this. The 40+ year old Klipsch Heritage speakers performed beautifully and the capability of the Tuba HT DIY subwoofers was more than confirmed. Tight, punchy bass was fabulous. And all I've done in audio setup was to set speaker distances. I haven't gotten the dB meter out yet to set levels and haven't even thought about setting up Dirac. Or experienced a movie with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. And none of the room treatments have been added. So this is going to be a really fun journey!

I still have lots of finishing to do in the theater and I'll look forward to very high quality work tunes along the way. Still haven't decided on a first movie yet.....

[David Vaughn]

So yesterday my neighbor helped me lift the 50 lb. beast of a projector onto its ceiling mount. I got it hooked up and adjusted image location on the screen. Then I decided to check various Blurays with different aspect ratios to see how they appeared on the screen and made some minor tweaks. Then I discovered that I had no center channel audio and found that I hadn't connected the XLR cable from the XMC-2 to the amp. Whoa, did that make a difference?

My friends have asked me what would be the first movie I'd watch when the theater was done. Well, it wasn't a movie. The last aspect ratio I checked was 16x9 and happened to be with the Bluray of the Eagles Farewell Tour Live from Melbourne. And I thought it might be good to sample the audio since I had just added the center channel to the mix. Well, I sampled nearly the entire concert. The projector throws a spectacular image, but the audio was unbelievable. With DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, I've never heard a more realistic concert audio track or one that is as percussion-forward as this. The 40+ year old Klipsch Heritage speakers performed beautifully and the capability of the Tuba HT DIY subwoofers was more than confirmed. Tight, punchy bass was fabulous. And all I've done in audio setup was to set speaker distances. I haven't gotten the dB meter out yet to set levels and haven't even thought about setting up Dirac. Or experienced a movie with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. And none of the room treatments have been added. So this is going to be a really fun journey!

I still have lots of finishing to do in the theater and I'll look forward to very high quality work tunes along the way. Still haven't decided on a first movie yet.....

That's a great concert and a very good choice for your first viewing. Glad everything is coming together for you.