the flatpacks hes talking about had dados, you can actually glue one together with nothing but tape keeping things from falling over. F clamps work fine on them, its all I use
its too subjective to tell someone they will liek A over B, you would have to hear them for yourself
and i already had the pic
SEOS 15 sitting on the Tempest 12
yea that ceiling really messes with you but as long as you do an AT screen you could get something pretty large in there
as for the marty flatpacks all of them have really similar output and the Mini, micro and cube can be made pretty small
someone prob has a design for a ported 15 as well that could be made smaller and still have the output you want
Yoyo,
The double drywall/green glue/ rsic clips and hat channel works for both sides of the wall. Also for furnace room access doors, if you spend a bit more money and buy an exterior grade door, those are heavier and block sound much better, plus they come with gasket seals. The biggest point of noise from your furnace room will be through the standard hollow doors with ungasketed floor gaps. Depending on local codes, your mechanical room might need to be vented or circulated, if that is the case, pick a non theater area to do that.
Yoyo,
BTW, large clamps cost money lol. I've purchased some for my woodworking hobby and you need a lot of clamps. The F style clamp is inexpensive and is good for clamping items where you have a support wood piece to keep things square (e.g. most subwoofers have internal baffles that provide a square framework). The k style clamp is expensive, but very heavy duty and the jaws are always parallel which allows for even pressure across the entire clamp face (useful for gluing multiple boards together to make one large board like a kitchen table or cutting board). I hope you can borrow clamps from somebody because if you are building something like a flat pack tapped horn or similar, you will need something like 30x 2'-3' wide clamps. Screws can help, but I generally prefer clean designs with no external screws since in the end, it is the glue that provides the joint strength, screws and nails simply act as "a third hand" to keep things in place while the glue sets. This depends on the particular flat pack design though...
Oh, BTW, don't underestimate the noise your projector makes. You may have to make a box for it to sit in and directs the noise out of the theater while providing ample cooling.
me personally, i don't have any issues with projector noises. it's directly above my seat but about 2-3 feet behind me. so just a ymmv on that, and you will have plenty of time to test it out before you mount it.
my amp makes more noise than anything, but i can only hear it in very silent scenes in movies, which isn't many, and it doesn't bother me at all because it's just a little bit of white noise. i don't like to close my a/v closet fully when watching a movie because it gets hot up in there. i usually have the doors cracked a little bit.
Beast you still running the ep4000? I believe the one you got from Andrew. If so it's been fan modded. Its normally a lot louder
Beast you still running the ep4000? I believe the one you got from Andrew. If so it's been fan modded. Its normally a lot louder
Not much actual lurking happening honestly, heh
the flatpacks hes talking about had dados, you can actually glue one together with nothing but tape keeping things from falling over. F clamps work fine on them, its all I use
I agree with Tiamat, but I'd also like to add that a good chunk of noise will come from the ducting in your ceiling. I would say that even if you don't want to double up on the ceiling (it's really the hardest part to do), double sheet rock on the duct is imperative, and relatively easy to do. And lastly, I hope you plan to carpet the floor of that room.
Do it now or forever regret it!
me personally, i don't have any issues with projector noises. it's directly above my seat but about 2-3 feet behind me. so just a ymmv on that, and you will have plenty of time to test it out before you mount it.
my amp makes more noise than anything, but i can only hear it in very silent scenes in movies, which isn't many, and it doesn't bother me at all because it's just a little bit of white noise. i don't like to close my a/v closet fully when watching a movie because it gets hot up in there. i usually have the doors cracked a little bit.
My Projector in my bedroom is directly above my head. It's a low hum and I don't notice it most of the time unless I'm thinking about it.
My amp though, I notice it and it's annoying.
I definitely recommend the Crown XLS Drivecore series. Those ones are silent. My inuke? I like it, but will just save up and purchase the Crown XLS next time.
If you're that worried though, I don't know your budget but Sony's "High end" (Under $3000 though) projector is supposed be very quiet. I think it's in the $2500 range? I'm sure if you check AVSForum you'll see it in the projector Under $3k range. I think it's this:
Sony VPL-HW40ES
Sweet, hang tight, I'll catch up to you in another thousand posts then :awe:
I'm doing a reverse upgade...more of a downgrade. Just got a Sony receiver & the Monoprice 5.1 Premium set (Energy Take Classic clones). My system is too much for my current living situation, and I would rather use a smaller system every night than have to manage my bigger system & really only use it when my neighbor goes out of town
Just a simple 720p LED projector & Roku 3, that's it! Should be fun tho, excited to try out a Sony receiver, especially with their auto-calibration mic setup. I was really disappointed in my last Pioneer, no punch!
Carpet is indeed happening.
For the duct work and mechanical room, I have "green glue + another layer" in my pocket to help if it's an issue.
I knew about these sort of techniques when this project was in the planning phases, but dropped the ball on implementing those features due to some other priorities :$
I hope it's not going to be too bad, and if it is, I guess I'll just bite the bullet and fix it :awe:
Just try to get as much done before you start setting up furniture and AV equipment. After you set things up and start enjoying it, laziness will get the best of you and you won't even want to think about construction/structural work. As it should be... lol.
I'm not too worried about the projector noise.
I've had my AE4000U for a while and have typically shelf mounted it directly behind the main seating position.
Typically it hasn't seemed to draw attention to itself.
For an inuke 6000, do you think having it on the other side of a wall will drown it out?
Back from the Hospital with baby #2 =D
Now, for an important question:
Do you think I should get in on the AVSforum UXL-18 group buy (~$400 each) as opposed to UM18-22s or HT18s?
Plan would be either four minimarty subs (if I can fit them) or two minimarty + two martcubes.