small dedicated basement build

[Justin K]

hello everyone,
This is my first post so excuse me if this should not be a new thread.
In my basement, I am converting a 11' x 13' (max 16') x 7' (height) space into a home cinema. I plan on buying a panasonic PT-AE 3000 projector and hope to put in a 8' screen. The room will mostly be used by me alone, occasionally with my wife and son. So we dont need much seating. I have experience with building sound design and recording-editing rooms, so I am not worried about being able to figure out that end. My question is about the room height. I able able to adjust the walls to get exceptable acoustics. However I am concerned that 7' is just not enough to enjoy a decent screen. I could lower the floor, but I would have to underpin the footings ect . . and I would rather not have to spend that money but I will if it is necessary. I live in a small city in Quebec, Canada and you cannot see movies at the theatre that have not been dubbed into french so I want this room to be a great (modest) home cinema. Just to be clear, I dont really care about the esthetics. Its more to get the best experience.

In brief is 7 feet high enough for a home cinema? Sorry if this ia an obvious question.

thank you very much for your help.

Justin

[drivinscool]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I'm no expert on this subject, but rather than lower the floor you could look for some really low level seating solutions.

[inzaman]

Originally Posted by Justin K

hello everyone,
This is my first post so excuse me if this should not be a new thread.
In my basement, I am converting a 11' x 13' (max 16') x 7' (height) space into a home cinema. I plan on buying a panasonic PT-AE 3000 projector and hope to put in a 8' screen. The room will mostly be used by me alone, occasionally with my wife and son. So we dont need much seating. I have experience with building sound design and recording-editing rooms, so I am not worried about being able to figure out that end. My question is about the room height. I able able to adjust the walls to get exceptable acoustics. However I am concerned that 7' is just not enough to enjoy a decent screen. I could lower the floor, but I would have to underpin the footings ect . . and I would rather not have to spend that money but I will if it is necessary. I live in a small city in Quebec, Canada and you cannot see movies at the theatre that have not been dubbed into french so I want this room to be a great (modest) home cinema. Just to be clear, I dont really care about the esthetics. Its more to get the best experience.

In brief is 7 feet high enough for a home cinema? Sorry if this ia an obvious question.

thank you very much for your help.

Justin

Yes definetly ceck out the pics in my sig to see an example of yuor room size and mine is pretty much similar except with a 6.5 foot ceiling height

[Docta teef]

Originally Posted by inzaman

Yes definetly ceck out the pics in my sig to see an example of yuor room size and mine is pretty much similar except with a 6.5 foot ceiling height

Same here the height in mine is about 6'8" and theres plenty of room. I have a few really tall mates and even they can fit in without banging their heads.
Again feel free to have a look at my pics.

[Justin K]

Thanks very much for the help. I was not sure how I was going to convince my wife I needed to underpin the basement. "National Security honey, I am not at liberty to discuss it" or " I just want to make a great room for when your mom visits".
I just spoke to the people installing our heating system (geothermal) and I am going to loose a little more ceiling height at the back of the room. I think I will just slant the ceiling up towards the front where the screen will be. I think this will be good for room acoustics anyways. Does that sound wrong to anyone.
Also, I am going to use Quiet Rock drywall on the outer walls and ceiling with a layer of Sonopan. Anyone have any experience with Quiet rock? I just read that you dont need resilient channel if you use QuietRock.

Thanks again.
Justin