aandpwoodley
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So after many years of drooling at other peoples build threads the time is right to start one of my own, I've always wanted to do a dedicated room, we already have our loft converted into a bedroom which could make for an amazing home cinema but after talking it through with the wife I was concerned how often it would get used by the rest of the family and agreed to have the living room done instead.
We have a fairly odd shaped room and and my current setup was always a massive compromise, as you can see from the pictures it was far from ideal.
I've always wanted MK speakers, but made the mistake of buying floor standing B&W speakers as I always thought you needed massive floor standers to achieve good sound.
So after doing some research I got in touch with Richard @Seriously Ltd, he was brilliant, he came over to the house and gave us his thoughts, he's been brilliant to deal with and not pushy at all, so after discussing the options with the wife we decided to go ahead and booked in some dates.
I then found out I was being made redundant and the install was then in doubt, my dream was about to come crashing down, however I was lucky to find another job straight away so we continued as planned with some extra funds available thanks to the redundancy.
Equipment wise I really wanted to go with Lyngdorf MP50 processor but funds couldn't stretch that far, I've always been a fan of Anthem so decided to go with a AVM60 processor, I don't game at all so don't have any need for HDMI 2.1. Powering the base layer will be my Emotiva XPA 5 and then an Emotiva A-5175 for the 4 Atmos speakers.
Speakers wise I've gone for the MK IW150 LCR, S150T Tripole surrounds and 4 x IC95 for Atmos
with my trusty DD18+ staying on subwoofer duties.
Sources will be an Oppo 4k player along with Sky Q and an Apple TV
My LG65E6 OLED is also staying but this time will be wall mounted.
All off the equipment will then be installed into the cupboard under the stairs giving us a much better, clutter free appearance with all the equipment installed out of sight in a rack.
Progress, well we started this Sunday by clearing the room ready for @Seriously Ltd and his team to come in Monday, my god clearing the room was hard work, much harder than anticipated and went well into the late hours of the night.
Work begin today on building the stud work wall to house the speakers and TV as well as the wiring for the electronics and ceiling down lights.
The room is still an awkward shape so although the new stud wall will be central to the back wall the TV won't be able to sit in the middle of the new wall due to the positioning of the speakers and seating position, my OCD is in overdrive but the sound and speaker placement must come first.
So after a busy Monday this where we currently are
That's it for today, if anyone is interested in seeing more I will continue to update every couple of days, thanks for looking, Andy
We have a fairly odd shaped room and and my current setup was always a massive compromise, as you can see from the pictures it was far from ideal.
I've always wanted MK speakers, but made the mistake of buying floor standing B&W speakers as I always thought you needed massive floor standers to achieve good sound.
So after doing some research I got in touch with Richard @Seriously Ltd, he was brilliant, he came over to the house and gave us his thoughts, he's been brilliant to deal with and not pushy at all, so after discussing the options with the wife we decided to go ahead and booked in some dates.
I then found out I was being made redundant and the install was then in doubt, my dream was about to come crashing down, however I was lucky to find another job straight away so we continued as planned with some extra funds available thanks to the redundancy.
Equipment wise I really wanted to go with Lyngdorf MP50 processor but funds couldn't stretch that far, I've always been a fan of Anthem so decided to go with a AVM60 processor, I don't game at all so don't have any need for HDMI 2.1. Powering the base layer will be my Emotiva XPA 5 and then an Emotiva A-5175 for the 4 Atmos speakers.
Speakers wise I've gone for the MK IW150 LCR, S150T Tripole surrounds and 4 x IC95 for Atmos
with my trusty DD18+ staying on subwoofer duties.
Sources will be an Oppo 4k player along with Sky Q and an Apple TV
My LG65E6 OLED is also staying but this time will be wall mounted.
All off the equipment will then be installed into the cupboard under the stairs giving us a much better, clutter free appearance with all the equipment installed out of sight in a rack.
Progress, well we started this Sunday by clearing the room ready for @Seriously Ltd and his team to come in Monday, my god clearing the room was hard work, much harder than anticipated and went well into the late hours of the night.
Work begin today on building the stud work wall to house the speakers and TV as well as the wiring for the electronics and ceiling down lights.
The room is still an awkward shape so although the new stud wall will be central to the back wall the TV won't be able to sit in the middle of the new wall due to the positioning of the speakers and seating position, my OCD is in overdrive but the sound and speaker placement must come first.
So after a busy Monday this where we currently are
That's it for today, if anyone is interested in seeing more I will continue to update every couple of days, thanks for looking, Andy
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