[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by cymruoasis

Nice job on the BD storage!

Thanks!

By the way they are completely level, but the wonky wall makes them look a bit off.

I am going to make a CD storage rack next weekend.

Cheers

[Gixer1970]

Just looked through this, not been around for a bit, fantastic just loving it and great speaker choice, but then I would say that. Keep it up.

Alan / Gixer1970

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by Gixer1970

Just looked through this, not been around for a bit, fantastic just loving it and great speaker choice, but then I would say that. Keep it up.

Alan / Gixer1970

Thanks, I think you actually owe me some money, I believe you were the main culprit for causing me changing my mind from simply adding 2 speakers to my monitor audio br 5 setup and causing me to upgrade all my speakers to the kefs

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by chienmetallique

Worth a try:

Amazon.com: Power Bright VC1000W Voltage Transformer 1000 Watt Step Up/Down 110 Volt - 220 Volt: Patio, Lawn & Garden

Not much to get the SVS back up and running

I have been really slack and havent sent my SVS in to be changed to US power, I have also started to think about upgrading (never a good idea when moneys tight after all the expenses of buying a new house and all the home cinema upgrades!)

So chienmetallique after all this time I have decided to follow your advice, and get this ! For a couple of reasons, I miss having a sub and secondly I want to get a gauge for how well it performs in the room and what I should be looking to upgrade to.

Cheers

[James1D]

Looks a great space....bet you just love sitting down with a beer to watch a flick.....

[MartinDunsmuir]

I like this setup a lot. Oh to have that kind of available space...

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by MartinDunsmuir

I like this setup a lot. Oh to have that kind of available space...

There are some benfits to living stateside! Do you see how high the ceiling is, I'm not sure I can have a lowered ceiling like yours,

Martin's Dedicated Media Room

I'm going to have to measure. I like the lighting you have in your setup, woud work well hooked up to my remote controlled lights

Cheers

[chienmetallique]

Originally Posted by boulderburn

I have been really slack and havent sent my SVS in to be changed to US power, I have also started to think about upgrading (never a good idea when moneys tight after all the expenses of buying a new house and all the home cinema upgrades!)

So chienmetallique after all this time I have decided to follow your advice, and get this ! For a couple of reasons, I miss having a sub and secondly I want to get a gauge for how well it performs in the room and what I should be looking to upgrade to.

Cheers

Look forward to hearing how you get on

[MartinDunsmuir]

Originally Posted by boulderburn

There are some benfits to living stateside! Do you see how high the ceiling is, I'm not sure I can have a lowered ceiling like yours,

Martin's Dedicated Media Room

I'm going to have to measure. I like the lighting you have in your setup, woud work well hooked up to my remote controlled lights

Cheers

I just measured and the height of the original ceiling in my room is 230cm. The lowered part drops it by 8cm. I'll post some more information on the LED lighting shortly.

[boulderburn]

Just checked mine, the height is about 212cm, so maybe I could do something.

Thanks

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by chienmetallique

Look forward to hearing how you get on

Well the transformer arrived on Saturday and after realising I needed to change the current on the back of the box to 110 it worked a treat, the svs is now working!

The transformer doesnt run hot at all and is completely silent so am very pleased with that.

However... I am quite underwhelmed by the performance of the SVS SB12 in my room, I'm not sure its going to be powerful enough. That being said I havent spent too much time tweaking any settings so I am sure the performance can be improved a great amount.

All in all I'm happy enough, it stops my immediate need to buy a sub.

Cheers

[chienmetallique]

Yeah, the problem you have is the massive volume of air in the overall room.

If you closed some of it off, wahey.

Glad the transformer worked out for you

[Dr Tim]

Looking brilliant mate, excellent results with the DIY racks especially for your first carpentry attempt!!

The idea of having a bar at the back sounds awesome and would really top it all of.

[middlefinger]

nice work

[boulderburn]

A few updated pics..

Entrance into the lair..

Built some Storage for CDs, the bottom shelf was intended for xbox games, but it turned out I had more CDs than I realized so ended up being just for Cds..

I was going to put a bar in this area, but now am planning on mounting a TV on that wall and having a basement mini lounge, it gets quite hot and humid in the summer here so will help keep the aircon costs down as the basement stays cool. Fortunately I have about 8 months to get this work done.

Q300's now wall mounted

This blacked out window I stored some DVDs

Then I moved the picture over it, when the picture was in the middle of the room it got a lot of reflection from the projector and was a little distracting

I now have the SVS SB12 setup, the box next to it is the transformer to convert to US Power, works well and is silent.
Initially I was very underwhelmed with the performance but after a little tinkering it now performs ok, watched Battle LA last night and it was definately doing a good enough job (I will upgrade at some point but am happy enough for now)

I do really want a new projector, but to be honest I still am pretty happy with the Sanyo, I think I'm gonna wait it out a while longer in the hope that there will be some bargains over the next 6 months.

Heres a few pictures I took this morning, not the best photos unfortuantely

Seeing as I'm in Chicago I put I Robot on..

The PJ has currently done about 1500 hours, I have an unused lamp so may put that in, maybe it will provide a slight improvement.

Cheers

[boulderburn]

So I'm now thinking about putting up some velvet panels in the lair like many have done in this thread

Maximising image contrast.

I am thinking of doing the area highlighted below:

I would probably frame around the screen so that I could have a manual masking system for the various aspect ratios.

Whats everybodies thoughts on this? I think SWMBO thinks I'm mad, I think it will look ok and will definately add to to the movie experience. It will be quite costly if I do it, probably about $500 for velvet.

I cant seem to get the Devore that everybody raves about here so will go to the local fabric shop to buy the blackest velvet they have..

[boulderburn]

So I started the project of creating the black velvet panels. The process was to make the panels was quite straight forward.

Heres me waiting for the fabric shop to open! Obviously a very popular place to be at 930 on a staurday morning

I then made some wooden frames to attach the velvet to (stapled on) Attaching the velvet was quite easy, just had to make sure to the material was stretched across the frame with enough tension so there were no wrinkles.

To attache them to the walls I used velco, after sticking the velcro to the frame I stapled it down so it would stay on if I removed the panels from the wall. Rather than sticking the other side of the velcro directly on walls I screwed small pieces of wood to the wall and attached the velcro to that (Other forum members reported the velcro woud rip the plaster off)

I really happy with how they look, I will be covering the ceiling this week at some point, and I need to make some panels for the baseboards to the panels on the wall to complete the effect.

I am also now thinking of puttinga false wall up to the start of the first side wal panel so I can create a ’Blackhole’

Cheers

[James1D]

Lol...looks like one of your fellow early risers could not hold on....nice wet patch on sidewalk....that must be some fabric store.

[Darrenraymond]

Originally Posted by James1D

Lol...looks like one of your fellow early risers could not hold on....nice wet patch on sidewalk....that must be some fabric store.

Looking good mate. Really good

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by James1D

Lol...looks like one of your fellow early risers could not hold on....nice wet patch on sidewalk....that must be some fabric store.

Ha ha! Worryingly I was the first person in that queue! As soon as I got home I had a beer just to enforce my masculinity

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by Darrenraymond

Looking good mate. Really good

Cheers

I am really happy with it, I knew it would look good but you always have nagging doubts, especially when you have to spend almost $500 on fabric! I can't wait to finish the ceiling and baseboards , I just need to try and stay out of the pub on my way home from work this week otherwise it'll have to wait till the weekend....

[James1D]

Originally Posted by boulderburn

Cheers

I am really happy with it, I knew it would look good but you always have nagging doubts, especially when you have to spend almost $500 on fabric! I can't wait to finish the ceiling and baseboards , I just need to try and stay out of the pub on my way home from work this week if it'll have to wait till the weekend....

On the other hand....get it finished this week....have beers in the house....kick back with a few movies come the weekend....marval at your completed set up....and just enjoy the show.....

[Wull]

Originally Posted by boulderburn

Ha ha! Worryingly I was the first person in that queue! As soon as I got home I had a beer just to enforce my masculinity

Man after my own heart

Originally Posted by boulderburn

Cheers

I am really happy with it, I knew it would look good but you always have nagging doubts, especially when you have to spend almost $500 on fabric! I can't wait to finish the ceiling and baseboards , I just need to try and stay out of the pub on my way home from work this week otherwise it'll have to wait till the weekend....

During the week this is not a problem for me, but at the weekend I have all these big ideas then the devil raises it's golden head

Look forward to seeing how you tackle the ceiling........

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by Wull

Man after my own heart

During the week this is not a problem for me, but at the weekend I have all these big ideas then the devil raises it's golden head

Look forward to seeing how you tackle the ceiling........

Mist if by best ideas happen over a few beers, I'd had a few when I decided to do the velvet!

I am planning the same as how I did the walls with the exception of making sure the small wooden pieces I used to attach the velcro to will be attached to the studs rather than just plasterboard, I'll also probably use a little more velcro but the stuff is pretty strong.

I'll definately take pictures of the process for attaching to the ceiling though.

Cheers

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by boulderburn

Mist if by best ideas happen over a few beers, I'd had a few when I decided to do the velvet!

I've not even had a beer yet! Most of my best ideas..

[boulderburn]

Made some progress, covered up the baseboards

Had a bit of an issue when i made the panel on the left wall though, I had to use the second roll of velvet and the velvet appears to be a few shades lighter.. If you look carefully you can see it.

I'm going to see if I can get a better match from the store this weekend.

Still got the ceiling to do but wont do this until I can be sure the velvet is a good match.

I have people over this weekend so I will just enjoy the fruits of my labour and not do any work..

Cheers

[newuser]

Originally Posted by Wull

Just a tad

I thought your room looked rather large for a UK residence

Americans are lucky because they get more house for their money and often pay 60%-70% of British prices (equivalently) for many electrical and other types of goods.

[boulderburn]

Originally Posted by newuser

Americans are lucky because they get more house for their money and often pay 60%-70% of British prices (equivalently) for many electrical and other types of goods.

Some things are cheaper other things more expensive, definately get more house for the money.

I want a JVC PJ and they are probably more expensive out here in the states...

[ChristovJN]

Boulder - this thread is absolutely fantastic - Kudos.

[boulderburn]

Success! Finally got back to the fabric shop to see if they had a better match, and when she looked they had a roll left from the same batch / colour dye! Today I want to get the ceiling done.. hopefully will have some pictures up tonight. So relieved I can't tell you!