Bargain Basement Theater

[BD55]

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Bargain Basement Theater

I'd like to add my humble basement theater area. Chane Theater 10s for the mains and dual Chane SBE-118s run off a Dayton SA-1000. Still need to finish installing the rears to make it 7.2. My receiver is a Denon AVR-1910, and yes we're rocking a WII and PS2 . The Bluray is a ClearPlay player which is nice for making some movies a little more kid-friendly, and we have a Roku with Sling and Prime on it for everything else (TopGear, The Grand Tour, Forged in Fire, etc. for a flavor of the TV we watch, lol). However, as you can see, it's mainly used for family movie nights we have typically every Friday or Saturday with homemade pizza (the kids love Tron:Legacy, and I love it too, so win-win!). I don't think I'll likely ever have a dedicated theater room as the space is too multipurpose, but I have been pestering my better half about doing a screen and projector for a while now (to much eye-rolling of course).

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[tripplej]

Thanks for sharing and posting your home theater. Looks great for a multi-purpose home theater! Lots of enjoyment for the entire family that is for sure.

 

[Todd Anderson]

Love it, BD55!!! Nothing humble about that... looks like a fabulous multi-purpose space. There's nothing better than a great gathering place for the family... toss in some classic Chane's and you've got a great setup!

 

[Matthew J Poes]

Very cool space!

I agree with Todd, not humble at all. You have quite a space there and I'm sure the kids love it.

You know what happens with a true dedicated theater space? The wife and kids no longer want to join you for movie nights because its too dark and scary in Dad's dungeon of horrors. It's a struggle to drag my wife and daughter in there because its too dark, too quiet, and serves no other purpose for them. Sigh!

Where is the center channel in the pictures? I was having trouble seeing it.

Those subs are great, a ton of output for the money. I know plenty of people with very high dollars theaters that don't have bass to compete with what you have, Hell I don't have two 18's! Bass is definitely an important part of what makes a theater exciting to watch movies in.

 

[BD55]

Very cool space!

I agree with Todd, not humble at all. You have quite a space there and I'm sure the kids love it.

You know what happens with a true dedicated theater space? The wife and kids no longer want to join you for movie nights because its too dark and scary in Dad's dungeon of horrors. It's a struggle to drag my wife and daughter in there because its too dark, too quiet, and serves no other purpose for them. Sigh!

Where is the center channel in the pictures? I was having trouble seeing it.

Those subs are great, a ton of output for the money. I know plenty of people with very high dollars theaters that don't have bass to compete with what you have, Hell I don't have two 18's! Bass is definitely an important part of what makes a theater exciting to watch movies in.

You are probably so right about this. My kids have night lights scattered around the house and have a penchant for leaving lights on all the time, so they probably would easily be scared of a dark theater room.

The center channel is on it's side to the left of the WII; I've tried it both horizontal and vertical and both seem to sound ok. The Theater 10's horn seems to work well in both axes.

I love the Chanes!!! And I've called it humble because I was fortunate enough to win the Chane 3.2 package, so my own additions are minimal . It's a ton of fun having family come over and putting on a hard hitter (Tron being a favorite; the SBE-118s do a great job without droning, or Thor: The Dark World or CA: Winter Soldier which both are outstanding not just from a bass perspective) and watching their faces as the couches start moving up and down as they resonate - which reminds me I have a project on its own to fix a bunch of rattles that have cropped up...

 

[Matthew J Poes]

You are probably so right about this. My kids have night lights scattered around the house and have a penchant for leaving lights on all the time, so they probably would easily be scared of a dark theater room.

The center channel is on it's side to the left of the WII; I've tried it both horizontal and vertical and both seem to sound ok. The Theater 10's horn seems to work well in both axes.

I love the Chanes!!! And I've called it humble because I was fortunate enough to win the Chane 3.2 package, so my own additions are minimal . It's a ton of fun having family come over and putting on a hard hitter (Tron being a favorite; the SBE-118s do a great job without droning, or Thor: The Dark World or CA: Winter Soldier which both are outstanding not just from a bass perspective) and watching their faces as the couches start moving up and down as they resonate - which reminds me I have a project on its own to fix a bunch of rattles that have cropped up...

Hah, yeah....Big subs do tend to cause rattles to emerge. I have a few in my room and I took great measures to eliminate the possibility. I still am not sure what is causing one of them. It sounds like it may be a light fixture on the wall. The diffuser just hangs from the light and while I intentionally bought resin diffusers and put some felt on their base to create a tight fit, I may need to look closer at that one.

I've seen rooms where the electrical conduit in the wall is actually vibrating and knocking on the wall. Which ends up nearly impossible to fix.

Chasing rattles is a nightmare. If you have never done it, the "right" way is to take everything out of the room and play sweeps or test tones to cause the rattles. Pinpoint the frequency and play that. If there is no rattle when the room is empty, its not the room. Then add things in one by one. Once the rattle re-emerges, you have nailed it. Who has time or capacity to empty a room of all furniture.

I actually have a rattle in one of my DIY subs that is also acting as a center speaker stand, so I've not had time to trace it out. My fix has been to unhook it for now but I think the speaker wire is lying on the sub driver unfortunately. I'll need to take the entire front of the room apart to get to it, which is a two person job.