Author Topic: iMAtZ THxEATER (Read 188196 times)

MAtZTER · « **on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:34 PM »

10/20/08 SARS update

updated setup pics (click here)

Current updated HT gears:

Onkyo 876 THX Ultra 2 plus receiver w/ Reon HQV video processor & ISF
Atlantic Technology System 272 THX 5.1 speaker system with dipoles
Rotel 985 5x100w THX power amplifier
BBK HDMI player
Popcorn Hour
Panasonic AE1000 1080p native LCD projector
Sabre 90" Motorized screen
Bada LC

AUDIO SETUP:
Dynaudio Audience 70
Bada SR 3.3 dual mono class A hybrid integrated amp. 2x200w
Bada HD-22 Tube HDCD player
Bada IC and speaker wires

Bedroom setup click

updated bedroom setup:

Hitachi 32LD380 LCD TV
Bada DV-2300 5 channel integrated amp 5x50w
Pioneer DV-600 DVD HDMI player
Victor CD player
JBL SCS 200.5 speaker system
Ixos & Vampire IC's

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After several evolutions, here it is: The iMAtZ THEATER.

Had a lot of bargaining and pleading to get a WAF (Wife Approval Factor) certification for this enclosed living/HT room (2.9m x 4.2m), so here it is:

Edited to put the updated images to the first page. Older setups at reply#64 or click here

In action. Veneered sliding entrance with acoustic treatment on the inside

Irregularly shaped recessed ceiling and aluminum modular shelves at the back for sound diffusion. Also for the placement of the 6th & 7th channel and the front projector (not yet in pic). Surround speaker wires & a/v cables all go through the ceiling

DTS-ES sticker with help from JOMONDS (Thanks bro!).
(Old pic with view of old gears)

A glimpse of the acoustic treatment on the sliding door (or click here)

View of HT from dining area mirror. Very small space, actually the whole unit is just 80 sqm. (2 floors)

Since our unit is small, I had to use 6 cubic meters of fiberglass insulation (thats a LOT) to fill up our wooden ceilings and the wall of our baby's room. Noise has been reduced by a good 50-70%. The baby doesnt wake up anymore from the loud noise of the HT. But vibration from the 12" woofer still be felt, but it was reduced by a lot.

UPDATES/ History:

9/28 added a few pics & old setup (moved 8/03/06) here

12/15 PROJECTOR ARRIVED!
Click here or here for some images
Also floor plan of unit included, renovated and unrenovated.

12/21
Turn to page 11 for The new MAtZTER's DEN
or click here
-new set up with front projector
-cable management tidied up

Bedroom setup
click here

New iMAtZ Theater pics!
click here

8/23/06 NEW STUFF pics
click here

MAtZTER · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:34 PM »

Custom made versatile "Sooper Slouch Couch" that can be configured to be a lounge chair, a bed, L shaped, etc etc. Proudly designed by yours truly

. All the guests LOVE this sofa. This HT/Living room also became our guest room because of this sofa.
I jokingly call this room, my "outside the kulambo" room

.

Blue light. Blank plate on the ceiling with the cables for projector

Dolby and DTS plaques, Imarflex split type aircon. Art clock that matches with the pattern of the couch's cloth (pic below with the remote)

So many remotes! All replaced by the cool looking Harman Kardon universal learning remote in metal finish.

M52 floorstander with real wood, gold binding posts and leather backing. I love the space age look of the lacquer.
I have been drooling for this model since I started HT, I just couldnt afford it before so I never auditioned it.
I finally auditioned it last month (May 2006) and look what happened

.

Same series M5ds bi-polar surrounds. They were much bigger than the M7DS surrounds so buti na lang nag fit.
All U.K. made na yung 7 speakers ko! Yipee

MAtZTER · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:35 PM »

Gears:
updating equipment list:

Home Theater:
Display: Panasonic AE900 LCD front projector, 5500:1 contrast ratio; 1,100 lumens, HDMI capable
Screen: 90" Sabre 16x9 Motorized widescreen w/ remote, Glass beaded.
DVD player: GIEC HVD player, 720p or 1080i through component cable, HDCD
AVR: Harman Kardon AVR630 7.1 receiver w/ universal learning remote. w/ HDCD decoder.
Power Amp: Rotel 985 5x100w THX amp for BI-AMPing

7.1 Speakers:
Fronts: Mission M52 floorstanders, (U.K.)
Bi amped, LF to Rotel amp, HF to HK630
Center: Mission M5 center (U.K.)
Bi amped, LF to Rotel amp, HF to HK630
Surrounds: Mission M5ds bi polar surround (U.K.)
Back surrounds: Mission 731i (U.K.) bookshelf speakers
Subs: Velodyne CHT12r 400w remote controlled DSP subwoofer

AUDIO:
CD player: BADA tube CD player with HDCD, separate outputs for solid state & tube click here
Tube Pre amp: Custom made Tube pre-amp w/ auricaps, Sun audio cicuit & passive function click here
Tube Rolling: Sylvania, Jan Philips, Cleartops tubes.
Headphone amp: BADA tube headphone amp w/ tube pre amplifier function
Headphone: Senheisser (headphone and headphone amp also for bedroom use)
Amp: Custom cased dual T-amps for bi-amping

Cables:
IXOS6006 11awg speaker wires, bi-amped to LF from ROTEL amp
Ecosse 2.3 reference cable, Bi-amped to HF from HK630
IXOS 606 Pakora w/ IXOS spades for audio setup Bi-amped to HF
BADA speaker cable w/ locking plugs for audio setup Bi-amped to LF
Monster Video 75 ohm component cable for projector. Hidden in the ceiling.
IXOS 103 interconnects for Rotel power amp
Monster Digital Toslink cable (CDP) for HDCD use
IXOS XHD408 digital coax
IXOS subwoofer cable 5 meters
PSB-10 pure silver interconnects (CDP)
Quantum Coax cable (ceiling hidden) for DVD player in case it will be put at the back w/ the projector, if it uses HDMI interface.
60 meters of Genesis 12 awg wires for the 4 surrounds, all hidden in the ceilings
Monster Cable banana plugs for the amp section
lots of generic banana plugs for surrounds
5 sets DIY plates with gold binding posts for all surrounds.
2 sets DIY plates with RCA jacks for component cables

Others:
SABRE Crescendus A audio rack (2 sets)
Yaden 1500w automatic voltage regulator
APC U.P.S. for projector
BADA audio power plant - 3000w line conditioner
WONPRO universal plugs (black)
Separate circuit breaker for the HT gears
Another separate circuit breaker for Subwoofer's wall outlet
Modified wire thickness for all HT from breaker to wall outlets
In-wall cable management for all wires in front (no more messy wires)
6 cubic meters of fiberglass insulation (all over the ceiling & for acoustic treatments)
Imarflex split type aircon
Custom made velvet and leather couch
Carpet
Aluminum modular shelf system w/ DIY wood shelves

Pringles

Bedroom: click here

TV:Hitachi 32PD380 LCD TV, excellent PQ and very rich colors
DVD player: Pioneer DV-233 (mwahaha! dinosaur

)
Divx: portable HDD player w/ 20gig laptop hard disk, w/ remote
-w/ VGA or AV (Y,R,W) plug to TV and plays DIVX on your TV
Racks: Sabre Crescendus (remnants from main HT room

)
Mount: Sabre LCD/plasma wall mount
AVR: Omni 1000w servo type AVR, Panther surge suppressor with line filter
Cable: Baron Cable (Baron Antena

)
CDP: Victor CDP w/ dual burr brown DAC - for headphone or headphone amp use.

Thanks for looking

DVDiva · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:46 PM »

Sweet.

Great place Matz!

Jairus · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:52 PM »

Great looking place and set-up you got there bro! Congratulations! It seems you really put a lot of thought in the design of the place to squeeze in this hobby of ours

Good work!

marckd1 · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:53 PM »

cool. nice place to watch movies.

Quitacet · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 02:56 PM »

Ganda.

Sir, pwede ba malaman yung size ng HT room mo?

skylynx888 · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 03:44 PM »

ganda ng setup sir!!!!!! btw, where can i buy sound absorbers? thanks.......

bumblebee · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 04:16 PM »

Matt,

Nicely done

The rest of the house looks great too

vtec3 · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 04:29 PM »

wow ganda Sir!!! hope someday will have also a dedicated HT Room

ronjet · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 04:55 PM »

WOWW Sir Matzter!

ganda! laki din ng pinagbago dun sa dating pic

GALING!

ryu · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 05:02 PM »

wow matzter

Nice place you got there.

sight · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 05:05 PM »

Great gears MAtZTER and slick walls.
Watching a movie is a bliss with gears like this.

Congrats man.

SYT

MAtZTER · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 05:13 PM »

Quote from: Jairus on Sep 21, 2005 at 02:52 PM

Great looking place and set-up you got there bro! Congratulations! It seems you really put a lot of thought in the design of the place to squeeze in this hobby of ours Good work!

Thanks everyone

.

After 1 year of planning & researching & reading sa pinoydvd and other internet sites, 6 months delayed turnover, 4 months of renovation, 6 revisions of the design, not to mention the sleepless nights revising, its finally done. And I am very satisfied with the way it looks and the way the HT sounds, the harshness and crazy sub reverberation from our old (bare cement walled) place is now GONE. Having an enclosed area + acoustic treatments for HT really has an advantage.

I would really like to thank pinoydvd for all the knowledge I learned in this site to make this thing possible. Special mention to sir levi, av_phile, bumblebee, jomonds, hans adriane and all the gulaman boys

, etc etc.

My sharing of whatever knowledge and experience in building this HT in this thread is my way of thanking pinoydvd for all that I have learned from this wonderful site.

MAtZTER · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 05:24 PM »

Quote from: vtec3 on Sep 21, 2005 at 04:29 PM

wow ganda Sir!!! hope someday will have also a dedicated HT Room

Actually, di po yan dedicated HT room. Pinagpilitan ko i-enclose para maging multi-purpose Living Room/HT room/ Guest Room/Music room/Baby playground. Hehehe. I had a hard time convincing my wife to enclose this, but when it was done, she was happy with the result, specially since it can be converted to a guest room.

Pwede mo rin naman siguro i-squeeze sa living room mo eh

I like the way Jairus put it :

Quote

It seems you really put a lot of thought in the design of the place to squeeze in this hobby of ours

Indeed, I literally squeezed this HT room into the living room just to accommodate our hobby. The initial design of the place wasnt like this. I had to tear down a few walls & a doorway and put up a few walls just tosqueeze this setup in our tiny 80 sqm place.

. With this area, a dedicated HT room w/ these gears is impossible.

.

Quitacet -the area is 2.9m x 4.2m. Its quite small but it will fit a projector for a 100" screen. Viewing distance is 3.5m and I measured my friend's HT w/c used a 100" projector and I did not experience any dizziness watching DVDs there w/ the same distance.

Added 12/13/05:

Added floor plan of the unit at reply #174. click here

deo · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 05:47 PM »

braaad, astig ah?!!! winner na winner!

kaya lang nahilo ako dun sa picture na pinag sama mo...(sliding doors)

hehehe!!!

haayyy...sarraaapp..

pjohn · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 07:18 PM »

Nice setup po sir

Where did you get po yung GIEC HVD player (magkano po kaya sir ) ?

Ganda talaga setup nyo sir

ricky · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 08:03 PM »

WOW WOW WEEEEEEEEE

nice job bro!

ranran · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 09:01 PM »

Quote from: MAtZTER on Sep 21, 2005 at 02:34 PM

I jokingly call this room, my "outside the kulambo" room .

Congrats sir MAtZTER, nice digs indeed. hey, with a setup like this i don't mind being "outside the kulambo" everynight!

vtec3 · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 09:48 PM »

Quote from: MAtZTER on Sep 21, 2005 at 05:24 PM

Actually, di po yan dedicated HT room. Pinagpilitan i-enclose para maging multi-purpose Living Room/HT room/ Guest Room/Music room/Baby playground. Hehehe. I had a hard time convincing my wife to enclose this, but nung natapos na, she was happy with the result, specially since pwede pala maging guest room na rin ang room na to. Pwede mo rin naman siguro i-squeeze sa living room mo eh

I hope I can also convince my wife to make one of our bedroom an HT room

but because of feng sui she does not want to move the bed from where it is now

at least she does not say anything naman if buy certain things sa ating hobby na ito

Again congrats sa very nice HT/Living room. By the way, can you please give me an estimate of how much it cost you to make the sofa cushion. Parang ang sarap manood kapag diyan ka naka puwesto

Thanks very much

old_age · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 21, 2005 at 10:53 PM »

kaya naman pala di na makabili ng tube amp e, kasi ang laki ng nagastos sa renovation

... but worth it. you got a cozy place there, great gears and nice accessories.

congrats matt!

doughn · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 01:24 AM »

two thumbs up!

doorknob2k1 · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 02:02 AM »

wow!!! great place! can't wait for the next set of pictures when the projector arrives.

great job MAtZTER!

btw, nagse-serve din ba ng gulaman jan?

aldrinpsx · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 02:09 AM »

All the good things money can buy... very empressive place/set up...wish i had the extra dough to convert mine...
peace!!!!!

Vhongbiker · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 05:59 AM »

UH! la la... nice place boss MAtZTER,

pwedeng pwede dyan ang grand EB this xmas, hehehe...

Oloap · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 06:15 AM »

Sir Matzter,

COngrats on your superb setup. Pwede bang magpaimbita?

rony · « **Reply #26 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 07:44 AM »

Matt nagmukhang laruan yun SETUP ko.

backdraft · « **Reply #27 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 09:04 AM »

nice and cozy HT room...

sit matz, please PM how'd you get those ES stickers. Thanks

Superman · « **Reply #28 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 09:19 AM »

matt, FINALLY! very nice pics!...please PM me where you got your "outside the kulambo" sofa...thanks and enjoy! will visit you when i get back, i'm still in davao now...thanks!

MAtZTER · « **Reply #29 on:** Sep 22, 2005 at 09:31 AM »

Quote from: ranran on Sep 21, 2005 at 09:01 PM

Congrats sir MAtZTER, nice digs indeed. hey, with a setup like this i don't mind being "outside the kulambo" everynight!

Thanks. Thats EXACTLY what my guests said when I joked about the "outside the kulambo room"

DEO: Salamat bro, yan, inayos ko na para sa yo

PJOHN: GIEC HVD player from Hong Kong. Its not being sold here.
VTEC3 & SUPERMAN: Will send you PM about the sofa soon
EGG, DVDIVA, MARCKD1, RICKY, RONY, ALDRINPSX, DOUGHN: Thanks

Will respond to other inquiries soon