Author Topic: ZDAN's Dedicated Home Theater Build (Read 30336 times)

marlon1925 · « **on:** May 30, 2015 at 08:48 PM »

Hi guys,

Finally back on track. Construction started almost two months ago, my contractor is now finishing the walls of my ht room which is located at the second floor of my house extension. I will be posting pix soon.

PJ just arrived today, Audio Visual Drivers Inc. made a good bargain so I decided to get the Sony 55es.

I would appreciate inputs from those who have tried using Sony 55es on a 135" curved screen. I hope it will work well.

I have B&W 7.1 speakers which has been sitting in the storage room for more than a year now after my first HT room got flooded. I'm planning to upgrade soon, anyone tried 9.X.X atmos set up?

Courage · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2015 at 09:26 PM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on May 30, 2015 at 08:48 PM

Hi guys,

Finally back on track. Construction started almost two months ago, my contractor is now finishing the walls of my ht room which is located at the second floor of my house extension. I will be posting pix soon.

PJ just arrived today, Audio Visual Drivers Inc. made a good bargain so I decided to get the Sony 55es.

I would appreciate inputs from those who have tried using Sony 55es on a 135" curved screen. I hope it will work well.

I have B&W 7.1 speakers which has been sitting in the storage room for more than a year now after my first HT room got flooded. I'm planning to upgrade soon, anyone tried 9.X.X atmos set up?

Louie has all your answers..

marlon1925 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2015 at 07:07 AM »

Thanks. I hope sir Louie can share his thoughts and his experience

marlon1925 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2015 at 11:32 AM »

where did you guys buy your insulation for Walls, Ceiling, stage and riser?

any recommendation please?

DTNS · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2015 at 01:57 PM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on May 31, 2015 at 11:32 AM

where did you guys buy your insulation for Walls, Ceiling, stage and riser?

any recommendation please?

erwin allen's stuff

:
http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php/topic,179504.300.html

marlon1925 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2015 at 04:31 PM »

PJ arrived yesterday :p

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #6 on:** Jun 01, 2015 at 11:13 AM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on May 30, 2015 at 08:48 PM

Hi guys,

Finally back on track. Construction started almost two months ago, my contractor is now finishing the walls of my ht room which is located at the second floor of my house extension. I will be posting pix soon.

PJ just arrived today, Audio Visual Drivers Inc. made a good bargain so I decided to get the Sony 55es.

I would appreciate inputs from those who have tried using Sony 55es on a 135" curved screen. I hope it will work well.

I have B&W 7.1 speakers which has been sitting in the storage room for more than a year now after my first HT room got flooded. I'm planning to upgrade soon, anyone tried 9.X.X atmos set up?

Hi marlon welcome to the gallery, sorry to here about your flooding problem but as you say that looks to be in the past.
Your room is the same size as my finished dimensions & I find it about right.
I couldn't find suppliers for Fiber Glass here in Cebu so used Rockwool from Insuphil - a lot cheaper than Erwin Allen.
I used Green Glue from Erwin Allen for the acoustic sealant, excellent product but very expensive at P1500 a tube (380ml).
RSIC clips & furring channel, again couldn't find a supplier & was not prepared to wait delivery from the UK or US. I improvised using my own form of isolation.
The carpet & underlay I can't help you with as I brought mine with me from the UK.
My thread is a sort of step by step build of my room, you may get a few pointers & I'll be happy to help if you have any queries.
Good luck with your journey to audio & visual nirvana

marlon1925 · « **Reply #7 on:** Jun 02, 2015 at 09:13 AM »

Quote from: Oldboyracer on Jun 01, 2015 at 11:13 AM

Hi marlon welcome to the gallery, sorry to here about your flooding problem but as you say that looks to be in the past.
Your room is the same size as my finished dimensions & I find it about right.
I couldn't find suppliers for Fiber Glass here in Cebu so used Rockwool from Insuphil - a lot cheaper than Erwin Allen.
I used Green Glue from Erwin Allen for the acoustic sealant, excellent product but very expensive at P1500 a tube (380ml).
RSIC clips & furring channel, again couldn't find a supplier & was not prepared to wait delivery from the UK or US. I improvised using my own form of isolation.
The carpet & underlay I can't help you with as I brought mine with me from the UK.
My thread is a sort of step by step build of my room, you may get a few pointers & I'll be happy to help if you have any queries.
Good luck with your journey to audio & visual nirvana

Good day sir!

Thank you for your inputs. I will be using rockwool too, found a supplier in Cebu which is closer to me and will surely be less expensive for the freight.

I will also get my GG as well as the "serinity mat" from Erwin.

Thank you for your offer sir, I really appreciate our forum members for sharing their thoughts and experiences.

My room is located on the 2nd floor of the now being built extension of my house. Im planning to set three rows (first row: recliner seat; 2nd and 3rd rows: 5-chair cinema seat each).

I already bought my upgrade for PJ and I'm planning to upgrade my AVR to Onkyo's 3030. Planned set up (existing is 7.1) is either 9.2.2 or 7.2.4.

Basically now, I need advice what wood to use for my ceiling joists, wall studs and as well as for the stage and riser. Since i didn't find local supplier for resilient clips and hat channel I think im going for a staggered stud wall.

Your comments will be highly appreciated.

Thanks again sir

♡ lvcdg23™ ✌ · « **Reply #8 on:** Jun 02, 2015 at 09:31 AM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on May 31, 2015 at 07:07 AM

Thanks. I hope sir Louie can share his thoughts and his experience

Quote from: marlon1925 on May 30, 2015 at 08:48 PM

I would appreciate inputs from those who have tried using Sony 55es on a 135" curved screen. I hope it will work well.

I don't see any problems using Sony hw55es with 135" curved screen.
As long as both are properly positioned and mounted, they will work.
Based from my experience coming from Sony hw40es, I'm sure that the Sony hw55es will have superb picture quality no matter what screen you will project it to...
The "Reference" mode's out of the box setting is already awesome so you will not have problems with regards to calibration...

Quote from: marlon1925 on May 30, 2015 at 08:48 PM

I have B&W 7.1 speakers which has been sitting in the storage room for more than a year now after my first HT room got flooded. I'm planning to upgrade soon, anyone tried 9.X.X atmos set up?

I'm running a 9.1.2 Atmos Set up and very happy with the results.
Just a little advice on speaker choices, go with the same series of speakers... if you have the B&W 600 series then get overhead speakers with the same series for seamless integration

marlon1925 · « **Reply #9 on:** Jun 02, 2015 at 11:00 AM »

Quote from: ♡ Louie_18™ ✌ on Jun 02, 2015 at 09:31 AM

I'm running a 9.1.2 Atmos Set up and very happy with the results.
Just a little advice on speaker choices, go with the same series of speakers... if you have the B&W 600 series then get overhead speakers with the same series for seamless integration

Thanks for your comments Sir Louie, just an excited newbie here

Yeah, will probably be using 600 series for the in-ceiling.

Btw, mind sharing the placement of your speakers specially for the in-ceiling?

♡ lvcdg23™ ✌ · « **Reply #10 on:** Jun 03, 2015 at 10:18 AM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on Jun 02, 2015 at 11:00 AM

Btw, mind sharing the placement of your speakers specially for the in-ceiling?

Here's my overhead Atmos speakers installation...
Down fired to listening position.

kranoz · « **Reply #11 on:** Jun 03, 2015 at 10:55 AM »

Quote from: ♡ Louie_18™ ✌ on Jun 03, 2015 at 10:18 AM

Here's my overhead Atmos speakers installation...
Down fired to listening position.

Drooling while browsing at work

All I could say is "WOW!"

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #12 on:** Jun 03, 2015 at 11:15 AM »

Hi marlon, sent you PM.

marlon1925 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jun 03, 2015 at 02:55 PM »

Quote from: ♡ Louie_18™ ✌ on Jun 03, 2015 at 10:18 AM

Here's my overhead Atmos speakers installation...
Down fired to listening position.

whoaaaah drool :|

marlon1925 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jun 03, 2015 at 02:56 PM »

Quote from: Oldboyracer on Jun 03, 2015 at 11:15 AM

Hi marlon, sent you PM.

Got it sir, did you get my reply?

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #15 on:** Jun 03, 2015 at 03:30 PM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on Jun 03, 2015 at 02:56 PM

Got it sir, did you get my reply?

Yup, just sent an answer

ace007 · « **Reply #16 on:** Jun 07, 2015 at 03:13 PM »

nice one sir. hope we could audi this one if where in butuan city. Im form cdo.

hificrazy · « **Reply #17 on:** Jun 18, 2015 at 08:36 PM »

wow! fantastic HT! :-)

marlon1925 · « **Reply #18 on:** Jun 19, 2015 at 09:14 AM »

Quote from: ace007 on Jun 07, 2015 at 03:13 PM

nice one sir. hope we could audi this one if where in butuan city. Im form cdo.

Hi sir,

sure, PinoyDVD members are welcome when its done. :p

luis · « **Reply #19 on:** Jun 19, 2015 at 09:59 AM »

Quote from: marlon1925 on Jun 19, 2015 at 09:14 AM

Hi sir,

sure, PinoyDVD members are welcome when its done. :p

if i may ask sir Marlon, are you from Butuan City? we have PDVD member there si Melbourne, also have some friends there in Estacio and Cabadbaran who have very nice set-ups.

marlon1925 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jun 19, 2015 at 10:11 AM »

Quote from: luis on Jun 19, 2015 at 09:59 AM

if i may ask sir Marlon, are you from Butuan City? we have PDVD member there si Melbourne, also have some friends there in Estacio and Cabadbaran who have very nice set-ups.

Yes I am from Butuan City. Would appreciate if i'll have chance to audi their respective set up. :p

Are you from here sir?

luis · « **Reply #21 on:** Jun 19, 2015 at 10:17 AM »

pmed

marlon1925 · « **Reply #22 on:** Jun 19, 2015 at 10:18 AM »

btw sirs, here's the proposed layout of my ht room

Front row would look something like this

Rockwool insulation arrived last weekend, might start interiors in one or two weeks depending on the availability of materials :p

jon2 · « **Reply #23 on:** Jun 23, 2015 at 10:17 PM »

WOW^_^

comet · « **Reply #24 on:** Jun 23, 2015 at 10:30 PM »

Nice room sir! Do you have a separate area for the HT equipment?

marlon1925 · « **Reply #25 on:** Jun 25, 2015 at 09:23 AM »

Quote from: comet on Jun 23, 2015 at 10:30 PM

Nice room sir! Do you have a separate area for the HT equipment?

sorry for the late reply sir, equipment rack will be located beside the bar counter.

marlon1925 · « **Reply #26 on:** Jul 03, 2015 at 12:29 PM »

Cinema chairs arrived yesterday

marlon1925 · « **Reply #27 on:** Jul 14, 2015 at 10:56 AM »

Finally decided to just cover the rooftop instead of just an open deck. On the 2nd floor is the HT room, 3rd floor is a snack bar/multipurpose area. Planning to put up pop corn maker, etc to have a feel of a movie house snack bar.

This is the proposed stairway leading to the HT room.

...the design

sovrain · « **Reply #28 on:** Jul 14, 2015 at 11:13 AM »

Wow at wow!

marlon1925 · « **Reply #29 on:** Jul 15, 2015 at 12:39 PM »

Philips Hue bulbs and strips arrived today so I tried setting up the bridge and tested the bulbs.