Als first and maybe last (LOL) attempt at evolving home cinema yeah yeah yeah !!

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We started by buying this piece of land in 2004

then dug this big hole

then started building my basement, cinema room is at the far end

this is the basement out of the ground after about 4 weeks building

and just so you know it really was us doing it ourselves

Oh! and thats me on the left

 

[Anonymous]

anyway some time later we ended up with this

and this is the cinema room in its infancy showing my home made screen with aluminium frame and in wall MK 150`s

After a while I realised that in know way was I getting the best out of my projector so started making up simple wooden frames for which to fix Devore Silk velvet to

everything was done including the side walls and ceiling out to approx 1.5 metres

and the screen frame

I made up 6 - 75mm wooden frames, initially the front ones were at the first reflection points

and these were covered in Devore and then filled with 50mm wadding to act as acoustic panels

 

[Anonymous]

next was to start colouring the walls and ceiling

even the skirtings were coloured and then the acoustic panels were push fitted into place

then the lights were treated to matt black heat resistant laquer

nothing was left to chance and this one shows all skirtings having had the Devore treatment and one last ceiling panel to fit, in total I seem to remember there were 57 panels

similar frames were made at the rear of the room, A. to cover the rear and side inwall MK`s and B. for forward facing acoustic panels, I might add that Devore is 100% acoustically transparent and the blackest material I have found to date which remains perfectly black at all times, its not cheap but you get what you pay for I think.

I also thought it was about time I went 7.1 so cutout the plasterboard where the speaker cable was previously run when we built the house

and fitted to more MK IW85`s

 

[Anonymous]

Sub woofer duties were intially 2 x MX 125`s seen stacked in the corner

these were replaced by a MX 5100 which is a rear facing dual 12" push pull designed sub

showing the 5100 against the 125`s, its bxxding massive LOL

this is the room as is today

projector at the mo is a JVC HD 950

which is fed via an Onkyo PR-SC5507 driving an Onkyo PA-MC5500 pre/pro combination as seen on my AV rack

Bluray is via my DIY HTPC which I find to be fantastic

The screen has since changed to a Seymour 2:40.1 AT one and I suppose the next development has to be an Anamorphic lens, so watch this space.

I hope you like it all so far

cheers Al

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Nice pictures again

looks really good.

So is this your house and shop right? Also is this one of your demo rooms or your home cinema system within your house/shop?

Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

gel:

Nice pictures again

looks really good.

So is this your house and shop right? Also is this one of your demo rooms or your home cinema system within your house/shop?

Thanks

thank you Gel

this is it, be all and end all, lock stock and barrel LOL, the room shown is actually my dem room and so far has been very well accepted when shown to prospective clients and all who go down there.

I`ve done it this way mainly to show that it can be done for not a massive budget, I`m on about room treatment now though not AV equipment.

Next job and actually in progress now is an AT screen with the center speaker behind (where it should be) and an Audyssey DSX setup (9.1)

cheers and thanks for looking

Al

 

[michael hoy]

Hi Al,

Very nicely done, wish I had a basement.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks Michael

you`re welcome over here for a look anytime mate as well

Al

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Thanks

i was a bit confused there, i had just had a look at your shop after reading another thread so was unsure there for a minute.

Cheers

 

[Anonymous]

congrats on the room al,it looks great 🙂

 

[Anonymous]

Always nice to see Pics of a project as it progresses through the different stages.

It hopefully gives inspiration to others as to what can be done with some planning and DIY skills , especially with the room treatments

Nice to see it again Al

Regards
Andy

 

[Ronald Archiebald]

Al,

That is a proper home cinema! Fantastic.

Ronald

 

[Anonymous]

fowler:congrats on the room al,it looks great 🙂

many thanks matey

it took a little bit more than what the photo`s show but it was all worth it

cheers and once again thanks for the comments Al

 

[Anonymous]

lesmor:

Always nice to see Pics of a project as it progresses through the different stages.

It hopefully gives inspiration to others as to what can be done with some planning and DIY skills , especially with the room treatments

Nice to see it again Al

Regards
Andy

Hi Andy

once again , if people can get some inspiration and knowledge then it makes it more worthwhile so thanks very much

cheers Al

 

[Anonymous]

Ronald Archiebald:

Al,

That is a proper home cinema! Fantastic.

Ronald

Hi Ronald

you`ve made me blush

its still happening to be honest so i`ll keep on posting progress as and when it happens

many thanks for the comments though its appreciated

cheers Al

 

[JamesOK]

albriscoe:

its still happening to be honest so i`ll keep on posting progress as and when it happens

Still happening! What more is there to do? Have you come down with a touch of upgradeitis?

As others said - its very impressive.

 

[Anonymous]

JamesOK:Still happening! What more is there to do? Have you come down with a touch of upgradeitis?

As others said - its very impressive.

well theirs a nice new screen to see to, then maybe a dip into anamorphicatism

I could well go into 3d projection as that seems to be the flavour of the month and we have to keep up with the times as they say don`t we

 

[Nolia]

This is proper ace man!! Unbelievable as Chris Kamara says on Gillette Soccer Saturday so does Alan Hansen on MOTD! Good job mate. One more word OUTSTANDING.

 

[Anonymous]

Nolia:This is proper ace man!! Unbelievable as Chris Kamara says on Gillette Soccer Saturday so does Alan Hansen on MOTD! Good job mate. One more word OUTSTANDING.

Thanks very much Nolia, glad you like what i`ve done so far

its very addictive this AV lark but so much fun as well

changes are happening as we speak but on hold for 2 weeks whilst I take a long deserved break

cheers Al

 

[Anonymous]

I've spotted one obvious flaw ;-)

It is so amazing, you have to get a black rug down on that wood floor for sound and most importantly, light reflections.

A good quality rug should have a very deep wool pile that should give you similar treatment as your panels.

 

[Anonymous]

woollyjoe: I've spotted one obvious flaw ;-)

It is so amazing, you have to get a black rug down on that wood floor for sound and most importantly, light reflections.

A good quality rug should have a very deep wool pile that should give you similar treatment as your panels.

I need to post some more pics Joe

I have across the front wall to wall some black as you can get black shaggy pile rugs from Ikea which I seem to remember were about 44 quid each, 3 fitted just about perfect as well. These seem to stay as black as the Devore velvet on the walls/ceiling does, it now looks as if the image is just hanging in mid air,

Infact its that black its as though I can walk into the wall at the side of the screen, round the back and out the other side

this is a pic taken a few days ago, its my new 2:40.1 Seymour AT screen being assembled and its on the ikea rugs as you can see

BTW the Seymour screen is probably as good than anything i`ve seen to date, and that includes the likes or Stewart, Screen Research, Vutech.......anything.

Frame wise they use Fidelio velvet which makes everyones elses "black velvet" look very grey, they are just fantastic and half the price of anything comparable.

Spooky black

cheers Al

 

[Anonymous]

You're really cool Al, well done mate!

 

[Anonymous]

miss fujiko:You're really cool Al, well done mate!

well i`ve been called some things in my life.........but never "really cool"

thanks, i`m glad you like it