[Phil Hinton]

In the first of our Grand AV Designs videos, we visit forum member Mark Goldie to see his DIY dedicated room build, the Bat Barn.


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[ooocamperooo]

Awesome setup my friend... looking forward to see more grand AV designs...

PS. HD WMV download is not working at the moment.

[Ballistix999]

Brillint guys, informative and a great watch. Love those subs Mark, now I see what you were saying about the size and impact...I can feel it from here Top Vid and top room! Nice work.

T

[paulst10]

Brilliant setup .. those subs must be scary during certain material

Nicely done Phil .. I don't think he noticed the bat being booted away

[Andy104]

Ha thats great! Would maybe liked to have seen a bit more material on video at the end...

Looking forward to seeing more of these videos!

[Max Payne]

Fantastic, thanks very much for the video lads - it was brilliant to see it after following the thread for so long.

Well done for all involved, a class presentation.......of course Im sure we all wanted to see more video!

[Shockabuku]

Thanks Phil, excellent job on the production! Even though it's pretty uncomfortable watching myself, you've edited out most of my really numpty moments, thanks . Btw everyone, the IB boxes are 3/4 INCH ply & mdf, not 3/4 mm as I gaffed in the video .

Oh, and at now I know how the bat got to be under my chair .

[LicensedTaximan]

All I can say is WOW, Phil methinks you could be had for animal abuse, not only did it drop from the beam..but then you kicked it.

Whilst I can't possibly compare myself with your fab Bat Barn setup, at the momement our house is literally being ripped out and reborn throughout, with a loft conversion, redesigned upstairs and an extention downstairs, new kitchen etc etc.

My home cinema (in what will be the new longer lounge) is having all of the cables in wall and also under the floor with 22 odd wall plates that will be positioned behind the two hi-fi racks.

Having said that it still won't compare with you superb dedicated cinema room...happy cinema-ing for many years to come.

[dunks517]

Excellent video, The Barn looks fantastic and I haven't laughed so much at Phil's dubious acting skills for a long time!

Well done to all.

[dreamboat10]

Well done fellas, good watch and well presented.

[turk3y]

Holy High-Deff Batman! (sorry someone was always going to say it).

That looks like a great home cinema, one to be rightfully proud off and a great way to start the Grand AV designs, personally I like the fact that you have managed to keep the feel of the barn and the beams, yet cram it with loads of high tech AV equipment, from first glance its only the screen that looks out of place (for a barn) and that I think is the best part of the build.

[albriscoe]

An excellent production, congrats to Mark and Phil

As commented before its great to see the barn in all its glory, the photo`s inspired us but the video really showed what dedication can achieve and made it all seem very real.

I sat their for 20 mins after the adverts waiting for the rest of it but nowt happened, has anyone else experienced this problem Oh! and I didn`t hear the familiar DTS HD MA audio pop from my 905 so looks like Mark might have solved that as well

I loved it and have just watched for a fourth time between the footie

Al

[JagoPlasma]

well done, all looks great. cant believe Phil killed the bat though!

only thing i think missing was impressions after watching the setup, but i guess maybe that wasnt what your video was about (which i find odd because after all that effort/money id want to know if it was really worth it)

[Phil Hinton]

Guys,

First of all I have to thank Mark for letting us film it and forum member tfboy who did camera duties for most of the day. It was stepping into the unknown with this video so it was great to have someone like Mark who was keen to talk about his room.

As you can imagine there are a few restrictions placed on us for these productions. The important one is 16,000 frames or 10 minutes 39 seconds. This is the longest a video can be for the FLV player we use and 100MB for you tube. This means that it gets edited down like we have here, or spread over two or more videos. It's a tough choice to make and an even harder edit. It has taken me about 7 days solid to just edit the dialogue and presentation to the time limits. There are about 20 minutes of material sitting on the edit room floor which had to be chopped out. Again this is a tough choice to make. The way I have approached it is to leave people wanting to find out more, so they can then go and look at the build thread here. So ideally both work together.

I could do the full edit of all the material, but it would take a lot of time and we would only be able to release it in a WMV file, so that's the problem we have, plus most of the cut material is just Mark going through each bit of kit he has and some lines here and there in the conversations.

BTW, for this 10 minute video we filmed for about 6 hours in total.

One thing I think you should all wait for, is the Xmas blooper reel video for this year, I guess there will be plenty of material filmed at Marks' which makes that video.

Thanks again for the positive comments and we will start the search for the next victim.......eh sorry volunteer.

[mrm3]

Great video and good start to Grand AV designs.

Sadly even liked the kicking the bat bit.

Would also like to have seen some of the film footage. But I guess that would not translate well and do the install justice.

Of course well done to Shockabuku too.

[namuk]

love it mate the bass form that system must be THE BAT one thing i will do in my life make me own home cin room


quality job

[tfboy]

Wow Phil, when you said you needed time to put it together, I wasn't expecting it to be so soon

What can I say? Great job , and despite the 6 hours or so filming, it was great fun . And even though I knew about the bat falling, I still fell over laughing so it has to be a success. Can't wait for the Crimbo blooper edit, knowing one or two possibilities

I also really like the way the edited version has explained in brief the overall aspect, but how some areas are only mysteriously mentioned. I guess the time limit kind of forces a lot of stuff to be left behind, but it just adds to the mysteriousness and keeps some of Mark's secrets unrevealed

[Ste7en]

Man, the Bat Barn is [michael_ bay] AWESOME!!! [/michael_ bay]

Thanks for sharing with us.

These videos are great. Looking forward to more

[Pecker]

It's amazing to see a set up like this, particularly in relation to the £150k high end set up in one of the other productions.

I hope Phil & the team continues to visit forum members' homes.

Well done everyone, keep it up.

Steve W

[Jiff Lemon]

Originally Posted by Shockabuku

Oh, and at now I know how the bat got to be under my chair .

Was laughing my ass off at that bit - At first I was thinking it was a blooper, but loved the way it was intergrated in.

First class production, watching it again now.

[mrmcdean]

Excellent feature, well done to all concerned .

Ive read through most of the original thread for the bat barn and its nice to see a video of it. Its good to see a "real" installation although I doubt theres much chance of me ever getting subs quite like that.

[stevefish69]

Brilliant video and amazing room - Well done to all involved. The Bat bit had me in stiches, and TBH i thought it was a bloop until the end

I've really enjoyed following your build so will now have to find some other parts of the forum to lurk

[Owen824]

Nice video and great to see it all went so well. Bat bit had me laughing as well. Lets hope i can get mine to be 25% of what you have accomplished and i will be well chuffed.

[inzaman]

Having just viewed the video i must say it was great and i too thoroughly enjoyed it, it was good to see those subs as well

Well done to all involved the end effort is great, i am now really looking forward to seeing many more . This really does add a new dimension to AVForums and lets hope it continues.

[Shockabuku]

Originally Posted by inzaman

This really does add a new dimension to AVForums and lets hope it continues.

Yep, I totally agree. I think this is a great way to get the Av Forums community involved, and I think the interest already shown demonstrates there's an appetite for features like these. I know I'm certainly looking forward to seeing more real world setups & getting to know some more forum members .

[namuk]

does that sub setup make your ears pop

[tfboy]

Originally Posted by namuk

does that sub setup make your ears pop

Not really, but prolonged uses most likely will make you nauseous and sick
It's not as "in your face" as traditional sub setups, and everyone says that IB setups sound different, and having now heard (or is it felt it ), I can see what IB specialists mean

It certainly does slam, but at a depth and control you could only dream of. Understated but omnipresent and ever-powerful, just like it should be

[namuk]

Originally Posted by tfboy

Not really, but prolonged uses most likely will make you nauseous and sick
It's not as "in your face" as traditional sub setups, and everyone says that IB setups sound different, and having now heard (or is it felt it ), I can see what IB specialists mean

It certainly does slam, but at a depth and control you could only dream of. Understated but omnipresent and ever-powerful, just like it should be

nauseous and sick serious

[Mad Monk]

Very nice set up and thanks for sharing it with us. I love the way the bass units have been plumbed in. Great to see innovation in our home cinema's.

Enjoy!

[d-aston41]

SIMPLY BRILLIANT...Regards..Roy.