Comments on: Home Theater http://carltonbale.com A personal take on tech and home theater Mon, 21 May 2012 15:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: raymond http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-319 raymond Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:42:41 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-319 Hi Carlton, Love your Home Theatre!!!! Im from NZ, am currently building a Home theatre & would like to use some of your ideas. Where did you get those acoustic panels from, are they DIY made up with frames? I look everywhere & can not source any that look as good as yours. Thanks Hi Carlton,

Love your Home Theatre!!!!
Im from NZ, am currently building a Home theatre & would like to use some of your ideas.
Where did you get those acoustic panels from, are they DIY made up with frames? I look everywhere & can not source any that look as good as yours.

Thanks

]]> By: spencer http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-318 spencer Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:34:43 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-318 I had just read that your wondering how far to place your back seating i guess the first question is do have a 1 foot tall 12foot wide 5foot deep riser to set the back cinema seating on to raise it up enough so you can see over the front rowe and when you do this you will have to raise your screen up about 2 1/2 feet from the floor so in both seating positions you can see directly to the middele of the screen. I hope this has helped you o and dont forget to mesure your screen size mesure from front to back of your room and devide that mesuerment in half and thats your screen size. I had just read that your wondering how far to place your back seating i guess the first question is do have a 1 foot tall 12foot wide 5foot deep riser to set the back cinema seating on to raise it up enough so you can see over the front rowe and when you do this you will have to raise your screen up about 2 1/2 feet from the floor so in both seating positions you can see directly to the middele of the screen. I hope this has helped you o and dont forget to mesure your screen size mesure from front to back of your room and devide that mesuerment in half and thats your screen size.

]]> By: Steve http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-317 Steve Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:54:29 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-317 Carlton, Also, a couple more questions if you would indulge: 1. What are the dimensions of the 9' recessed area of your room? How far from the front wall is the 8' ceiling before it goes to 9'? 2. I noticed you used the Bass Executive home theater chairs and the dimensions are 22" seat width and a back height of 42". I am looking at a set that is 23" seat width and 43" back height. Since it is pretty close, any thoughts on the seat dimensions? Have you ever noticed the seat width being an issue - I noticed many seats (Berkline) are 25" or even 26" wide. I am also about 6'3" and wondering how the 42" back height has worked for you or any guests. I am not located in an area to try these seats, so looking for feedback from those with something similar. Thanks for your time. Carlton,

Also, a couple more questions if you would indulge:
1. What are the dimensions of the 9′ recessed area of your room? How far from the front wall is the 8′ ceiling before it goes to 9′?
2. I noticed you used the Bass Executive home theater chairs and the dimensions are 22″ seat width and a back height of 42″. I am looking at a set that is 23″ seat width and 43″ back height. Since it is pretty close, any thoughts on the seat dimensions? Have you ever noticed the seat width being an issue – I noticed many seats (Berkline) are 25″ or even 26″ wide. I am also about 6’3″ and wondering how the 42″ back height has worked for you or any guests. I am not located in an area to try these seats, so looking for feedback from those with something similar.
Thanks for your time.

]]> By: Steve http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-316 Steve Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:02:53 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-316 Carlton, Can you tell me the width of your soffits lining the side of the room? I am looking at 12" and curious the width of yours and the size of recessed lights used. Thanks. Carlton,

Can you tell me the width of your soffits lining the side of the room? I am looking at 12″ and curious the width of yours and the size of recessed lights used.
Thanks.

]]> By: Sherardp http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-315 Sherardp Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:11:23 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-315 Nice theater bro. Not sure how I ended up on your site, but decided to check it out while I'm here. Excellent work in the HT. See you over at AVSforums. Sherardp Nice theater bro. Not sure how I ended up on your site, but decided to check it out while I’m here. Excellent work in the HT. See you over at AVSforums.

Sherardp

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-314 Carlton Bale Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:59:40 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-314 The only concern I have with recent receivers is the amp section. Manufacturers have really started to cut costs there. Some will advertise 130 watts by 7 channels, but if you play all 7 channels at full load, you get less than 60 watts/channel. Not cool. I think THX Ultra certification tests weed these out, but I'm not positive on that, or what price point the cutoff would be. The only difference in the RadioShack digital and analogue SPL meters is the price. When I got mine, the digital one was 3x the price and didn't offer one single added feature. I think the iPhone SPL meters in the App Store are a pretty descent substitute. I opted for Dish years ago because they were the first to offer digital sound and digital recording (to D-VHS tape!). I eventually switched to DirecTV to get the satellite TiVo. I've now moved to over-the-air + Netflix Blu-ray to get all the content I can possibly watch, all at a very high quality. The only concern I have with recent receivers is the amp section. Manufacturers have really started to cut costs there. Some will advertise 130 watts by 7 channels, but if you play all 7 channels at full load, you get less than 60 watts/channel. Not cool. I think THX Ultra certification tests weed these out, but I’m not positive on that, or what price point the cutoff would be.

The only difference in the RadioShack digital and analogue SPL meters is the price. When I got mine, the digital one was 3x the price and didn’t offer one single added feature. I think the iPhone SPL meters in the App Store are a pretty descent substitute.

I opted for Dish years ago because they were the first to offer digital sound and digital recording (to D-VHS tape!). I eventually switched to DirecTV to get the satellite TiVo. I’ve now moved to over-the-air + Netflix Blu-ray to get all the content I can possibly watch, all at a very high quality.

]]> By: DodgersKing323 http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-313 DodgersKing323 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:58:40 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-313 I like the part where you sound the amp doesn't really make a big difference, you start to wonder with this expensive equipment where you hit the point of diminishing returns, obviously someone who plunked down the money is going to want to convince themselves that it makes a difference, the average joe has to try and sort through that. I notice you say "Analog SPL Meter" is there a difference? Most of the ones i notice are Digital, should i make sure i get an analog sound meter? There's a type-o in this part - Surround Speakers PolkAudio LS f/x Sound Seller [info] Kitchen "abmience" speakers I also like how in the middle of these high-end stores you have Newegg.com :P At what price point is a separate amplifier really necessary anyway? Curious, why did you opt for Dish Network instead of DirecTV? I like the part where you sound the amp doesn’t really make a big difference, you start to wonder with this expensive equipment where you hit the point of diminishing returns, obviously someone who plunked down the money is going to want to convince themselves that it makes a difference, the average joe has to try and sort through that.

I notice you say “Analog SPL Meter” is there a difference? Most of the ones i notice are Digital, should i make sure i get an analog sound meter?

There’s a type-o in this part -
Surround Speakers PolkAudio LS f/x Sound Seller [info] Kitchen “abmience” speakers

I also like how in the middle of these high-end stores you have Newegg.com :P At what price point is a separate amplifier really necessary anyway?

Curious, why did you opt for Dish Network instead of DirecTV?

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-312 Carlton Bale Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:38:19 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-312 Chris, I use a low noise bathroom exhaust fan in my equipment closet, venting to the adjacent room trough a register in the wall. Middle Atlantic makes a nice temperature-activated cooling fan system, but it's pretty pricey. Chris, I use a low noise bathroom exhaust fan in my equipment closet, venting to the adjacent room trough a register in the wall. Middle Atlantic makes a nice temperature-activated cooling fan system, but it’s pretty pricey.

]]> By: Chris http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-311 Chris Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:32:50 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-311 Just curious, how are you dealing with the heat being generated from the rack? Just curious, how are you dealing with the heat being generated from the rack?

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/home-theater/comment-page-2/#comment-310 Carlton Bale Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:49:02 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/blog/home-theater/#comment-310 Ryon, The fiberglass panels are just sitting loosely inside the frames and are held in place by the wall. The frames are held to the wall by industrial strength adhesive Velcro, with staple reinforcements to keep them mounted to the wall and frame (the adhesive alone wasn't strong enough.) This makes for quick and easy removal. Ryon,

The fiberglass panels are just sitting loosely inside the frames and are held in place by the wall. The frames are held to the wall by industrial strength adhesive Velcro, with staple reinforcements to keep them mounted to the wall and frame (the adhesive alone wasn’t strong enough.) This makes for quick and easy removal.

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