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hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Sorry, but today the look of the room looks quite different. I admit to sometimes miss the old one.

The new theatre should have basically the same functionality as the old room, only a bit more cinema focused. UNfortunately today I still still store the instruments under the roof.

Several options for screen arrangement had been considered

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

More pictures of the reconstruction. Happy to comment on specific pictures or your questions upon request:

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

I should post the pics in reverse order

some more...

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

This is what it looks like today. About 90 % finished.

Brian Hampton · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 1178

I think I used to own that 1271.

(Unless other people paint them black ...)

-Brian

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Here are more pics from April this year. In the mean time I had to clean the den from instruments so they are back! Also added new rear speakers. Still need to make new photos of this stuff.

Z-Photo · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

Wheres the

"HE-MAN WOMAN HATER's CLUB" sign????????

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Some changes happened in the last year. I've upgraded speakers and amplifiers and thought that would now be a quite decent sound only to lear later on: acoustical room treatment with mineral fibre absorbers was much more important.

This is the making of one piece on the ceiling:

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

This is the room design. The yellow field is the absorber for first sound reflection on the ceiling. Corner bass traps and absorbers for first reflection in front of walls in red.

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Now the room looks like this (the flash light destroys the whole atmosphere of course)

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

two more

winduptoy · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject:

I hope the projector will cool OK with that cover on. Looks like you may have covered up some of the vents.

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Hi

some updates :
new seating
replaced 4 stereo amps with a Pioneer AX10i
more Visaton Atlas Conpact Speakers
2 * Kenwood SW-X1 driven by a Yamaha AX-496

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Here are some acoustic measurements with the new room setup and audio gear. Recorded with an Bruel & Kjaer professionel spl meter on an auzentech forte soundcard.

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

Room acoustics > 200 Hz seem to be okay. The dip around 600 Hz comes from the speakers. Back surround speakers don't have it. They have familiar components but 3 way instead of the 4 way Atlas Compact.

Those are the waterfall spectra:

akajester · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 927 Location: Wisconsin

Nice man cave! Looks like it works well for you.

hansilili · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 147 Location: Köln, Germany

@ all

major revamp in Nov 2011: 3.25 m wide curved acoustic transparent screen (Phifer Sheerweave) and projector upgrade to 10PG. Surround speakers are Fosgate Audionics THX SD-180 and MC-220 from the 90ies. Anybody knows how to configure the ports of the dipole bipole SD-180? A manual would help.

Conversion to 10PG+ is up next

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject:

You know you need a CRT monitor where that LCD is. Maybe a nice 21" Sony? Mr. Green

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject:

You know you need a CRT monitor where that LCD is. Maybe a nice 21" Sony? Mr. Green

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5204 Location: Osceola, Indiana