My Theatre Room (7.2) and Living Room (2.0) Systems

Markie Boy · 08-01-2009, 6:50 AM

UPDATED PICS IN THIS POST
Last year I posted my Living Room system in this very sub-forum (HERE) but never got around to posting my newly renovated Theatre Room. As the Living Room has changed somewhat, Ive decided to start a new thread. I kept a running blog of my HT renovation (linked on my signature) for anyone interested. Anyway enough talk, here's the systems - I'll start with the Theatre first:-

THEATRE ROOM

Equipment:-
Sony VPL-VW60 SXRD 1080p PJ
Yamaha RX-Z7 AV Receiver
Toshiba XE1 HD-DVD Player
Panasonic BD35 Modded for BR Region Free
Sony PS3 (Fat Reg A a)
Xbox 360 120GB Elite
Apple Mac Mini (as Media Player and PVR running Plex 9 and Elgato EyeTV)
Belkin PF40 Power Conditioner
Richter Wizard Front Speakers
Richter Legend Centre
Richter Legend Rears
Krix Atmospherix In-Ceiling Speakers
2 x REL T3 Subwoofers
92" 16:9 Fixed Screen

Before the renovation

AFTER

Front View - Cabinet

Left Angled View

Right Angled View

Lamp On

HD media, DIY wall panels and foot stools

Rear Speakers - Left

Rear Speakers - Right

Couch

PJ

Ceiling - Light

Equipment:-
Cyrus Pre XPd Pre-Amp
Cyrus 8 Power x 2
Cyrus CD8SE CD Player
Pioneer PDP-C509 50" Plasma TV
Apple AirPort Express
XTZ 99.25 (99.36 floorstanders en route, the 99.25 will end up in the bedroom, replacing the Aktimates)

UPDATED: Added Remote

The Brains of the Operation

Remote

BEDROOM SYSTEM
Equipment:-
Sony KDL-40HX700 with Bravia Internet
Epoz Aktimtate Minis Powered Speakers
Logitech Squeezebox Boom
Philips TSU9200 Remote
(All video fed from Theatre Room)

EDIT (April 25): Added some pics of the Philips Pronto RXF6000 installed in this post
Link to post

EDIT (October 11): Added some pics of my new Grado SR80i headphones
Link to post

EDIT (November 8):Updated Living Room pics to reflect new additions Link to post

EDIT (January 31):Update on changes to the Living Room Link to post

EDIT (July 18):New Bedroom and Living Room images Link to post

Lemon_Sherbert · 08-01-2009, 8:32 AM

Very nice setup

ooocamperooo · 08-01-2009, 10:13 AM

lovely setups you have there... You've almost made me wanna change to the oak wood look for my cinema room...

Markie Boy · 08-01-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ooocamperooo

You've almost made me wanna change to the oak wood look for my cinema room...

It can be done!

POSTal6 · 08-01-2009, 12:14 PM

Das ist fantastish!

emporer · 08-01-2009, 12:28 PM

Superb setups mate, love the dedicated room

Grangey. · 08-01-2009, 1:44 PM

really nice

Riverslide · 08-01-2009, 1:53 PM

Wow that's awesome !

08-01-2009, 3:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Markie Boy

It can be done!

I love that colour too. Mine's all beech, but I think dark oak or walnut looks more sophisticated.

DrWise · 08-01-2009, 3:53 PM

brillant where did you get the rack from?

Repton · 08-01-2009, 4:29 PM

2 really well assembled rooms, the living room kit is of high quality as well.

Leumas_10 · 08-01-2009, 4:45 PM

Love both of those rooms, especially the theatre room, looks the business. Nice work

Sam

- johnyc - · 08-01-2009, 7:07 PM

very nice mate. the layout is very like my own room

MitsiTurbo · 08-01-2009, 7:53 PM

Absolutely fantastic! I like the DIY wall panels. Are they faux suede? Also, you mentioned the footstools, are they DIY aswell?

johnrevill · 08-01-2009, 8:41 PM

Very nice. Where did you get the AV unit from in your theatre room? Cheers.

Markie Boy · 09-01-2009, 3:07 AM

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Originally Posted by wiser1

brillant where did you get the rack from?

Hey wiser. The Theatre cabinet is one I sourced via work, while the one in the Living Room came from a manufacturer in Sydney, called Everett Worthington, but I believe they may no longer exist now.

Both from here in Australia.

Markie Boy · 09-01-2009, 3:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MitsiTurbo

Absolutely fantastic! I like the DIY wall panels. Are they faux suede? Also, you mentioned the footstools, are they DIY aswell?

Hi Mitsi,
Yes it is, bought from a local fabric store. I did a blow-by-blow log of their construction on my blog if interested. The foot stools were actually bought from a local store and perfectly match the room and an EXACT match for the couch!

Markie Boy · 09-01-2009, 3:11 AM

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Originally Posted by johnrevill

Very nice. Where did you get the AV unit from in your theatre room? Cheers.

Hi john,
As mentioned before they were sourced locally here in WA - I got it through work. Here is a link to the distributors:-

http://www.rvm.com.au/

Ethan040 · 09-01-2009, 3:25 AM

lovely setup and house

Don't suppose you no of a shop in England that sells the lamp in your cinema room the tall tube like one?

Thanks

Markie Boy · 09-01-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ethan040

lovely setup and house

Don't suppose you no of a shop in England that sells the lamp in your cinema room the tall tube like one?

Thanks

Contact forum member THE_FORCE - he seems to think I stole the idea from him!

He may know where to get something similar.

Axl · 09-01-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ethan040

lovely setup and house

Don't suppose you no of a shop in England that sells the lamp in your cinema room the tall tube like one?

Thanks

I've got one very similiar and I'll be passing by the guy's store today. I'll pop in and see if he's got a website/catalogue.

Ethan040 · 09-01-2009, 1:27 PM

Cheers guys

pixelbricks · 09-01-2009, 1:37 PM

Nice! I love your projection room. One day, I'll have a room like that (God, i hope so :-D))

Markie Boy · 10-01-2009, 3:02 AM

Thanks for all the comments guys. Not sure if I mentioned it but I do plan on taking the HD media (i.e discs and cases) out of the room entirely as I do prefer a much cleaner look. I will probably buy 2 or 3 18" figures to pad out the shelf in the room.

For those of you having issue with getting the images to load, it seems my ISP tells me one of my photos was hit by the same IP 60,000 times yesterday, hence the issue (out of bandwidth). I do plan on copying all these photos over to my photobucket or facebook pages to make it easier for me to consolidate. Apologies to everyone else having issues over the weekend - it should be back to normal by Monday when they find the problem IP.

Axl · 10-01-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ethan040

Cheers guys

Popped in the craft village yesterday and this guy's expanding his business into three units so everything was in disarray. He wasn't there but here's a link to his store if it helps.