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Plaster all done (we're doing our PCI tomorrow actually, so potentially keys this week). We got them to put their highest available option (R3.1 110mm soundbreak accoustic glasswool batts) in the ceiling/walls, so just matter of it actually being done properly (never know with project builders till we're in). Yeh, the 127" scope was about 100" 16:9 in my calculations as well. Going into this, I was expecting 100" to 110" at the maximum for a 16:9 screen, however with the theatre builder, there was a price option for a 120" 16:9 that was "doable" in the room. Seating will probably be 2.5-3m away from the screen.

Just got the cables put in there (as back of room I can run directly from receiver), so was just the option of it being there/could be moved around at front. Was considering with putting a foam spacer/cover on the gaps. Idea of the sound isolation was to minimise noise to the rest of the house (our main bedroom is above the theatre room, and I often will be up later at night than the wife). Cables have already been run. I had thought about conduit at the time, but given limited nature of conduit selection (it was either have conduit or not..), ended up getting them to do the wiring in wall. I have a feeling my wife will be the same that distance (and the current screen size I'm thinking of may be at her limits, so might dial it down a touch size wise). As above, cabling was to have the option of 2 subs at the front of the room (but likely be either one large either front or back or one front/one back). My idea of movie storage at the front would be a single blu ray case high, sliding out and would be otherwise flush at the front of the room when closed. Would also be considering having as part of the back of the room storage with the gear.

With the house rebuild currently finishing up now, time to do a sanity check on considerations for our Home Theatre room (a few things like budget pending as we have some post handover things to do, such as driveway/landscaping). Room dimensions Length: 4.54m Width: 3.36m Height: 2.70m Initially got a consultation from a local Home Theatre builder (and am still considering going through them, but keeping my mind open to potentially DIY on this, so I can get pieces at a time and start to use the room instead of getting it all in one go through them) to get placement of speakers/cabling done with the project builder (unfortunately quite limited in what they can do, but should be 14AWG wire in the walls for speaker cables and RCA for subs). Have attached a diagram of the room/notes on the current state of the room: Initial speaker selection was to be Triad In Wall Bronze/4 speakers + Gold Sub with a few different options for projectors and receivers. With the current state of the economy, pricing on these obviously have gone up a bit, and have been looking at Krix for a number of years as well (do need to demo them before I commit obviously). Currently considering potentially the Krix MX-5 at the front, with Phonix Flat on Walls for the suround side/rears, with the Atmospherix A20 in ceiling to give a 7.2.4 setup. Or the Megaphonix in Room with the Volcanix Slim subs as an alternative (and to be able to use an existing SVS-SB1000 in the mean time whilst I add the Volcanix subs afterwards). Projector choices I'm jumping between are the Epson TW9400, Sony 275ES, Benq X1200H, with the receiver likely a Denon or NAD. Sources are PC, Nvidia Shield, Apple TV, Panasonic 4K Blu Ray player and gaming consoles (probably a mix of 40% movies, 40% games, 20% TV). Thinking of a 127" 2.35:1 or 120" 16:9 AT screen, which would be pushing the maximum comfortable space with the seating to be between the 4 ceiling speakers (3 seater wide, single row). Electronics I was planning on having at the back of the room behind the couch as well. And do need to plan to storage for movies/games as well in the room, was considering cabinets on the side walls up to about 1m high from the floor, and below the AT screen, as we have probably in excess of a 1000 discs between the wife and me. Overall budget would be about 20-30k (just for projector/screen/speakers/receiver and sound treatment) over time. Just thinking, am I going too big for this space and is it complet overkill and if anyone has advice/in a similar sized room.