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Hey Ben,
... That will be one cool room for a HT setup. You may need to consider some acoustic treatments to reduce echos, etc... A lot depends on your budget, either way it would sound great with your Outlaw setup.
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Randy
I do plan to do some acoustic treatments on the slanted ceilings, and on the stage to make the screen end of the room less live. I thought getting the equipment in place and running before diving into acoustical treatements would be smart. I was planning on individual panels, and not trying to cover the whole ceiling and making the room too dead. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ben
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I think your plan sounds very good.
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That's a fairly large space. Can you tell us about the objects at each end of the room? My first assumption is that the vaulted object is a recessed window, but I have no idea what the small square object at the opposite end is.
The recessed area is a stage that the previous owners put in. It is 6 feet deep. I plan to put a electric screen on the stage so it won't be damaged by my kids (my children like to put on their own productions up there!) The opposite end is a full set of built in cabinets (wood) and a window. I'll see if I can't post some pics tonight to give everyone a better idea of the space and challenges.
I agree with your concern about the subwoofer. I am no huge bass fanatic, but I do like to "feel it" when watching a good action flick. I found a formula somewhere on the web to calculate how many watts you need for a given volume of room, and I came up with ~4500! This is of course crazy, I'd have to have another power line dropped!
Thanks for your thoughts, and recommendations.
Ben
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I'll bet your kids do have fun with that stage. When I was a kid, we used to put shows on in my back yard using Mom's clothesline draped with blankets as the curtain. I'd have killed for a real stage in my home. ![](/boards/images/graemlins/grin.gif) The panel idea is a good one.
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