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Setting up my first Home Cinema [message #87689]

Thu, 05 April 2018 03:50

rarerat
Messages: 30
Registered: April 2018

Baron

I've not made a final decision on this, but the basement/store room that I have in my new place seems ideal for a home cinema set up.

The room is completely underground and measures 10 feet x 16 feet x 6.5 feet. When insulated and set up acoustically with wedges etc, my builder estimates it will be about 55 square foot in size.

I now have to research the best equipment for this size space. And decide how many seats to have.

Any advice will be welcome. This will be a long-term project.

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Re: Setting up my first Home Cinema [message #87710 is a reply to message #87689]

Thu, 05 April 2018 22:21

EParkes
Messages: 19
Registered: March 2018

Chancellor

I'm sure you're beyond excited to get your home theater! Do you have any ideas about what kind of equipment you want? I found this guide for small home theaters and found a lot of information in it super helpful. Hopefully you'll find something good in here!

https://www.electronichouse.com/home-theater/planning-for-a-small-home-theater/

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Re: Setting up my first Home Cinema [message #87720 is a reply to message #87710]

Fri, 06 April 2018 05:48

rarerat
Messages: 30
Registered: April 2018

Baron

That site you gave me the link to is perfect. Especially the explanation of seating distance in relation to screen size. It helps a lot.

It also exposed my poor maths when I said that my room will be 55 square feet .... which is about the size of a king-sized bed! My room will actually be 160 square feet, which are the sort of dimensions that site discusses in its examples.

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Re: Setting up my first Home Cinema [message #87781 is a reply to message #87689]

Tue, 10 April 2018 14:41

Quest01
Messages: 14
Registered: March 2018

Chancellor

When I read your first post rarerat, I thought to myself: "They are going to have a really tough time setting up a home theater in that amount of space." I wasn't even sure if it was possible. I'm glad that to hear that you're working with nearly 3x that much. What kind of seating are you thinking about doing?

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Re: Setting up my first Home Cinema [message #88284 is a reply to message #87781]

Sun, 01 July 2018 15:06

JazzHog
Messages: 33
Registered: July 2018
Location: Leeds, England

Baron

Hi All, I joined this forum mainly to talk about audio, jazz and vinyl, but already I am seeing a new project taking shape! It has been on my mind to organise a home cinema for some time, but that's another idea that gets thrown on the backburner! Ideally, I wouldn't mind having a dedicated audio-visual room, ie: a room where I could have my audio equipment and home cinema too.

Part of the problem is deciding exactly what to buy, and having a larger house might help.

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