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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #409876 01/29/15 12:55 PM
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Bump for updates. smile pics mandatory. grin

Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
AAAA #409894 01/29/15 07:02 PM
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Yeah, I do owe a pic or two. I've spent the last couple of weeks gradually cleaning up the mess from all the plaster dust and continuing the apartment purge.

Despite the plaster being low dust, because I ended up doing a lot more plaster work than I intended to, and because I really didn't protect things properly to start, I've had to clean virtually every square inch of the living room. That's not really so bad as it has forced me to assess every single contend: keep, find a better home, junk.

Watching a few more movies, the paint is too reflective. It was my bad luck that the first 5 or 6 movies I watched really didn't have any material that showed hotspotting. The last movie I watched, The Life of Pi, did and it was not acceptable.

I'll live with it until I'm done cleaning and rearranging (and building a border for the screen).

I'll take some pics this weekend.


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #409898 01/29/15 07:43 PM
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Did you complete a calibration on the PJ? It may be that it's a bit brighter than it should be.
Terminator 2 has a basic calibration section in the menu.
Just a thought.



Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
brwsaw #410152 02/10/15 02:59 AM
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Bleh. Its February. I'm gonna watch a movie...


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fredk #410165 02/10/15 09:14 PM
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Bleh. Its February. I'm gonna watch a movie...


What a waste of time.

Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
CatBrat #411731 04/26/15 12:33 AM
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DIY is a funny thing. Sometimes things go swimmingly, sometimes, well... I've done everything in this project at least twice and I'm still not done. I really lost interest in the latter part of the winter.

Here's a picture of where I'm at now.



I still need something to house the AVR and my PS3. It looks bloody gigantic where it is now. I'm almost tempted to tuck it in the corner where the bass traps are now.

The screen really needs to be re-painted. When your son asks you what that shiny spot on the screen is, you know you've got hotspotting.

Also need to clean up the right side of the room and permanently mount my right side surround.


Fred

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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #411805 04/28/15 04:03 AM
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Lots of great builds on the forums lately.
Nicely done lads.
Great photos.


"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #411878 05/01/15 11:55 AM
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I was going to ask if the different depth of the right speaker changes anything but I see you have an acoustamoose to compensate. Well done!


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Murph #411894 05/03/15 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted By: Murph
I was going to ask if the different depth of the right speaker changes anything but I see you have an acoustamoose to compensate. Well done!

Yup. Works way better than those beak things.

The speakers are at the same depth. Parquet flooring makes it easy to line them up.


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #413241 07/06/15 10:41 PM
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Fred's Ghetto Theater update: I finally did something about my diningroom window.

A little blackout cloth, off white to match the walls. Some quarter round, some 1/2" dowel, a few staples and some velcro, 1 hour of assembly and we have a working blind at a fraction of the cost of those crappy roller blinds at Home Depot. It even blends in.

Gotta do something about the equipment rack next.


Fred

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