Am in sort of a quandary with laying out my home theater. Some complicated questions and would appreciate insight from the enormous expertise in this forum. I have the use of a finished basement (translation- was banished from the family room) and have two areas that might be suitable. First, my equipment is an Epson TW100 LCD projector, Denon 2900 DVD, Rotel RMB-1095 and Rotel RSP-985 amp/prepros, NHT SA-3 Biamp/amp, NHT VT-2.4 fronts with NHT VS-2.4 center and surrounds.
Some of the issues- The NHT's have side firing woofers and cannot be too close to the walls. (Ideally 3' but I would squeeze that down as it "narrows" the room). Room A is a pool room that would require moving a 9' pool table (major ballbuster) but seems to provide the easiest room. However, on the wall are doors that cover the breakers that will preclude any reasonable wall mounted screen (hoping for at least 92" HDTV) requiring an electric tensioned or hanging screen (thinking DIY with Dalite HCCV material).
Room B would require taking down a back wall, which I am not adverse to, but the wall incorporates a support pole that could be boxed in, but would be around the ideal seating area, but seats could be placed on both sides of it. The front wall also would be perfect for a mounted screen.
Potential problems, other than the minor teardown, is that in Rm B the left front speaker woofer would be firing into the wild blue yonder as there is effectively no "wall" on that side of the room. The right channel would fire into the wall the extends out about 2' away from it. This area is not as "closed in" as the pool room, but would preclude moving the pool table and trying to find a place to put it in the basement. The rest of the basement is quite large, but a slightly lower ceiling and many support beams. What sort of acoustic mods could be done to improve on this. Feel that I have a good solid home theater electronics wise, and do not wish to screw it up with a poor placement decision. Would greatly appreciate any advice from people who have tackled a similar problem or any of the acoustic/video gurus.
Thanks
Jeff
Had a sketch but did not realize could not post attachments
Room A is 13' X 22'
Room B is 13.5" X 16'
___________________ ____________________
13.5' l
l_S_l Room B l__
Room A l_T_l
13' 9' Pool Table l_A_l
l I_ lRemoveable wall c post ^
l_R_l_____^_________I_ 13'
S Hallway ^
______22'____________ ____________________16'
Guest BR BR Guest BR
Some of the issues- The NHT's have side firing woofers and cannot be too close to the walls. (Ideally 3' but I would squeeze that down as it "narrows" the room). Room A is a pool room that would require moving a 9' pool table (major ballbuster) but seems to provide the easiest room. However, on the wall are doors that cover the breakers that will preclude any reasonable wall mounted screen (hoping for at least 92" HDTV) requiring an electric tensioned or hanging screen (thinking DIY with Dalite HCCV material).
Room B would require taking down a back wall, which I am not adverse to, but the wall incorporates a support pole that could be boxed in, but would be around the ideal seating area, but seats could be placed on both sides of it. The front wall also would be perfect for a mounted screen.
Potential problems, other than the minor teardown, is that in Rm B the left front speaker woofer would be firing into the wild blue yonder as there is effectively no "wall" on that side of the room. The right channel would fire into the wall the extends out about 2' away from it. This area is not as "closed in" as the pool room, but would preclude moving the pool table and trying to find a place to put it in the basement. The rest of the basement is quite large, but a slightly lower ceiling and many support beams. What sort of acoustic mods could be done to improve on this. Feel that I have a good solid home theater electronics wise, and do not wish to screw it up with a poor placement decision. Would greatly appreciate any advice from people who have tackled a similar problem or any of the acoustic/video gurus.
Thanks
Jeff
Had a sketch but did not realize could not post attachments
Room A is 13' X 22'
Room B is 13.5" X 16'
___________________ ____________________
13.5' l
l_S_l Room B l__
Room A l_T_l
13' 9' Pool Table l_A_l
l I_ lRemoveable wall c post ^
l_R_l_____^_________I_ 13'
S Hallway ^
______22'____________ ____________________16'
Guest BR BR Guest BR
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