Always wanted to have a fairly meaty system but because my old house was a semi and walls fairly thin I decided to wait until we moved into our next home. Finally we moved early part of the year to a new house and because I'd been saving for some time I had a fair bit of money to buy my setup in 1 go
Here goes....
I plan to build a fake chimney stack about 30cm deep by about 2 meters wide, floor to ceiling. Incorparating the TV 3 speakers (Left, Right & Below), a new electric fire (would have preferred a gas one but more child friendly ). I did think about a shelf above the fire as I've seen threads on tvs possibly over heating. But as the tv will be set into the wall and the fire blows the heat outwards I can't see it being an issue. As a test I left it on full for a couple of hours with a board poking out directly above the fire sticking out about 6", it didnt get hot at all so I can't see it causing an issue. Although if im honest I can't see us using the fire at all really, just the "pretty lighting".
Any way down to my setup
-TV Philips 52" LED Ambilight recessed into the chimney with 4" gap all around
- 5.1 tannoy system -place around room, cabling inside the walls/under the floor
- 2 Cambridge audio speakers (Left & Right of telly)
- 2 Cambridge audio speakers for dinning room (Zone2)
[Need to insert pic, think they are S90's]
- Yamaha Amp,RX 767 - (in old chimney stack)
- Virgin box - (in old chimney stack)
- PS3 - (in old chimney stack)
- Sling box - (in old chimney stack)
- Sonos SP90-into Amp - (in old chimney stack)
The new stack will be in place of the old fire here:
During my tinkering I found an old square part of the room which I couldn't figure out what it was. After my initial bit of investigation I decided to drill into the wall and discovered an old fire place which was cut off upstairs but not downstairs. I plan to clear this out, tidy it up, shelve it out and put my equipment in there as its nice and out of the way. plus has plenty of room to breath, unlike it would in a cupboard.
I have a diagram (thanks google sketchup) of how I want it to look but its on my home computer, I will post later today!
I plan on running all cabling from the old chimney stack (back left of the room) under the floors too all the relevant speakers/TV. The only connection to the TV will be Power, 1 network cable from study & 2x 15m hdmi (1.4) cables which will go under the floor to the amp in the old chimney stack. I am only running a second HDMI under the floor just in case something goes wrong or in case I need it in the future, I also plan on sticking some rope under there incase I need to pull anything through (can't see it being a major problem but dont want to worry in the future).
As the arm of my bracket is so long I plan on attaching it to the original outside wall and poking it through the middle of the stack so that there is a fairly large opening behing the tv so I can get behind there if needed.
Front room
-TV
|AMP| - 7.1 system (front room)
- Virgin
- PS3
- Sonos
- Sling Box (to be purchaed)
Dinning Room
2 Floor standing speakers (Zone 2 from Amp)
Kitchen
Sonos Zone Player
Bedroom
Sonos Zone Player
Only thing I am in half a mind about doing it creating a fake ceiling around the edge of the room for rope lighting but not sure if it would be too much.
BTW near on 100% of my inspiration has been pulled off of this site in 1 way or another, so thanks all for your assistance, even if i've not posted on your thread! Just doing a search on google images near on always sends you here, so again thanks to all who contribute!
I will post as things move along
Here goes....
I plan to build a fake chimney stack about 30cm deep by about 2 meters wide, floor to ceiling. Incorparating the TV 3 speakers (Left, Right & Below), a new electric fire (would have preferred a gas one but more child friendly ). I did think about a shelf above the fire as I've seen threads on tvs possibly over heating. But as the tv will be set into the wall and the fire blows the heat outwards I can't see it being an issue. As a test I left it on full for a couple of hours with a board poking out directly above the fire sticking out about 6", it didnt get hot at all so I can't see it causing an issue. Although if im honest I can't see us using the fire at all really, just the "pretty lighting".
Any way down to my setup
-TV Philips 52" LED Ambilight recessed into the chimney with 4" gap all around
- 5.1 tannoy system -place around room, cabling inside the walls/under the floor
- 2 Cambridge audio speakers (Left & Right of telly)
- 2 Cambridge audio speakers for dinning room (Zone2)
[Need to insert pic, think they are S90's]
- Yamaha Amp,RX 767 - (in old chimney stack)
- Virgin box - (in old chimney stack)
- PS3 - (in old chimney stack)
- Sling box - (in old chimney stack)
- Sonos SP90-into Amp - (in old chimney stack)
The new stack will be in place of the old fire here:
During my tinkering I found an old square part of the room which I couldn't figure out what it was. After my initial bit of investigation I decided to drill into the wall and discovered an old fire place which was cut off upstairs but not downstairs. I plan to clear this out, tidy it up, shelve it out and put my equipment in there as its nice and out of the way. plus has plenty of room to breath, unlike it would in a cupboard.
I have a diagram (thanks google sketchup) of how I want it to look but its on my home computer, I will post later today!
I plan on running all cabling from the old chimney stack (back left of the room) under the floors too all the relevant speakers/TV. The only connection to the TV will be Power, 1 network cable from study & 2x 15m hdmi (1.4) cables which will go under the floor to the amp in the old chimney stack. I am only running a second HDMI under the floor just in case something goes wrong or in case I need it in the future, I also plan on sticking some rope under there incase I need to pull anything through (can't see it being a major problem but dont want to worry in the future).
As the arm of my bracket is so long I plan on attaching it to the original outside wall and poking it through the middle of the stack so that there is a fairly large opening behing the tv so I can get behind there if needed.
Front room
-TV
|AMP| - 7.1 system (front room)
- Virgin
- PS3
- Sonos
- Sling Box (to be purchaed)
Dinning Room
2 Floor standing speakers (Zone 2 from Amp)
Kitchen
Sonos Zone Player
Bedroom
Sonos Zone Player
Only thing I am in half a mind about doing it creating a fake ceiling around the edge of the room for rope lighting but not sure if it would be too much.
BTW near on 100% of my inspiration has been pulled off of this site in 1 way or another, so thanks all for your assistance, even if i've not posted on your thread! Just doing a search on google images near on always sends you here, so again thanks to all who contribute!
I will post as things move along
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