dutchswan0311 Messages: 102 Registered: June 2011 Location: Iowa
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Below are a couple of images of the baffle wall's construction. The wall's foundation, which houses the four F20 subs, is 169" wide and is 63" tall. The overall baffle wall will end up being about 165" wide x 160" tall with an AT screen that measures 194" on the diagonal (@ 16x9).
The subs are screwed to a 3/4" platform of OSB in order to raise them to the level of the finished hardwood floor that will be installed at a later date. They are also glued/screwed to the 2x6 supports for the baffle wall (or perhaps it might be more accurate to state that the baffle wall supports are screwed to them). I had originally planned to keep them "floating" under the baffle wall, but it ended up being much easier to do it this way. Time will tell if I made the right choice.
The left and right mains are angled inward at 9 degrees with a focal point that is a distance of 2/3 the length of the room away from the baffle wall. The platform on which they rest is 3/4" OSB, and with their final resting place determined; I screwed them down to this platform from underneath ensuring they will not move. From here, I will proceed building the baffle wall around them. The plan is to frame around the 4pis, leaving them to protrude 3/4" past the finished wall so that they will be flush with the acoustical treatments that will be applied. The final size of the screen will be a maximum of 169" wide x 95" tall (194" measured diagonally).
P.S. Don't worry about the safety of my 4pis with consideration to the fact the interior is still under construction. 1/2" OSB will cover the front of the baffle wall until the space is finished, and will then be replaced by the AT screen.
dutchswan0311 Messages: 102 Registered: June 2011 Location: Iowa
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The food will be catered (initially), and will vary depending on our target audience. The type of movies we play will also depend on cost. It would be nice to show first-run movies, but I am not sure how practical that will be if we only have one showing every Friday night...or perhaps two if we do Saturday nights as well. We are still running through the logistics of what our Dinner Theater will be able to afford according to demand and what our market can support.
Genre? Again, probably a range of movies, but let's face it; women wine drinkers outnumber men wine drinkers 3:1...so I see a lot of chic-flicks in our future lol. But...also imagine the male crowd we will attract with our 5,000 Watts and 194" screen showing "the game" on Monday nights. While we are a winery, we will also sell beer at our wine bar
Wayne Parham Messages: 18783 Registered: January 2001
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Wow, that's really going to be cool. You can show some classics - both old and new - while the happy guests eat, drink and become merry. Sounds like a great time. Gotta love it!
dutchswan0311 Messages: 102 Registered: June 2011 Location: Iowa
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Standing on the stage looking at the west wall (and baffle wall) of the theater prior to the application of fire rated paint to the ceiling and the installation of the sheetrock. The black you see on the baffle wall is 1" Linacoustic RC duct liner installed semi-flush with the speakers (the 4pi mains stick out about 1" from the Linacoustic RC...I gave myself too large of a margin of error). The screen size should come in at just under 200" measured diagonally at 16:9.
The Center Stage XD™ screen will come from Seymour AV. The 5' of bafflewall under the screen will be finished in stained oak. At this height, the horns of the 4pis are pointed directly at the ears of the average person standing.
Standing on the stage looking at the balcony (east side of the theater) after the application of fire rated paint to the ceiling, but before the installation of sheetrock.
Standing in the middle of the theater looking east at the ceiling over the balcony after the installation of sheetrock. This is the finished look of the sheetrock, but before the application taping/mudding/painting.
Standing on the South side of the theater, panning west at the ceiling. This is the finished look of the sheetrock prior to taping/mudding/painting.
Standing on the South side of the theater, looking at the upper west wall and ceiling of the theater. Again, the sheetrock is completed, but the taping/mudding/painting has yet to be done. The rafters are insulated with open cell spray foam at an average thickness of 8". The spray foam was then sealed with a code required fire retardant paint at twice milspec.
Standing on the South side of the theater, looking Northeast at the stage partially sheetrocked. The server rack that houses the A/V equipment will be behind the arch on the left hand side. You will only be able to see it from the far east side of the theater.
Standing on the stage looking at the Southwest corner of the theater. You can see two of the three 8' x 6' French doors that are evenly spaced on the theater's south wall. Above each door are boxes for dmx cable. Above the middle door is emergency lighting & an exit sign. Above the middle and left door (not seen in this photo) are the boxes for speaker wire.
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