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Posted Wed Jul 21, 2010, 5:49 PM ET — By Williams
When we started to build our own high performance music room and home cinema, the idea was to have the best possible sound because we listen to a lot of concerts on SACDs and Blu-rays in full 7.1 audio. Design was also critical, as the equipment needed to be pleasing to the eye, so after many auditions, I settled for B&W 802Ds driven by Classé amps just like in Abbey Road Studios. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Traditional $$$
Posted Mon Jul 12, 2010, 7:02 PM ET — By Rob Farnes
Nearly 5 years ago, I read an article in the Lifestyles section of the Orange County Register that caught my attention. A family in an average Orange County neighborhood put in a front projector and large screen to enjoy big screen movies at their house with friends and family. They told of how wonderful it was to see movies at home this way and I wanted to explore that experience. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual
Posted Wed Jun 30, 2010, 8:15 PM ET — By Edward Pawlick
I have been an avid reader and subscriber to Home Theater magazine over the years, when the new issue comes in I thoroughly enjoy reading it and always refer to past issues. My favorite part of the magazine is the home installs, reading about what other people put into their homes and to what lengths they go. Crazy stuff! We purchased our home in 1997 and have done three renovations. The last renovation was forced because we had a fire in 2005 and it destroyed our basement and we had extensive smoke damage. The fire started in the basement and at the time I didn’t have a dedicated room so I shared the downstairs rec. room with our two boys so my home theater system took the worst of the fire (my Bryston Pre-amp completely melted into itself). Luckily no one got hurt and we had a hell of rebuild to do! Filed Under: Reader Interiors Theme $$$ Contemporary
Posted Thu Jun 10, 2010, 3:42 PM ET — By Howard Rodgers and Jonathan Rodgers Photography by Bill Welles
In 1970 I started a hi-fi company called Rogersound Labs. Manufacturing RSL Speakers and selling audio components for peoples’ homes was my life. I have always desired a home theater of my own, though had no vision of what it should be like. The idea struck me in 1991 when I was in Bar Harbor, Maine and saw the movie “The Rocketeer” with my oldest son at the historical Criterion Art Deco Theater. I loved the style of the theater and the film. It was reminiscent of the old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials I grew up watching, awestruck by their special effects (sparklers and strings, mostly) and sleek spaceships (which had a nasty habit of backfiring during landing). I knew then that I wanted an Art Deco Retro Sci-fi theater of my own. So, when we moved to our current home in 1998, we set aside a room that would be our theater Filed Under: Reader Interiors Theme $$$ Contemporary
Posted Tue Mar 23, 2010, 12:20 PM ET — By Rick McCool Photography: John Mirro
Some people purchase a home for the large kitchen, we purchased our home because it had enough space for a dedicated theater. The space we used was one of the two oversized two-car garages. I wanted the design to create a total environment for enjoying a theater experience, from approaching the theater to exiting it. Therefore, I put a lot of effort into the design and construction of the entry. My idea was to make the theater entrance on a “street” with the theater being just one of the street’s businesses. As you enter the street, (rue de theatre), the theater is on the left, the Felicita Restaurant is on the right, and the street appears to go on forever. After dismissing painting the murals, I decided vinyl murals were the way to go. Everyone who has visited the “Rue de Theatre” has been impressed with the visual experience. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Contemporary $$
Posted Fri Mar 19, 2010, 12:02 PM ET — By Matt Gambino
My wife Cindy and I purchased our new home in Raleigh, NC in January 2009 with an eye toward converting the large bonus room over the garage into a home theater. We wanted a space that could be used primarily to watch movies but could also serve as a place for relaxing and listening to music. Further, we wanted a space that was different from the rest of the house that would look and feel like a dedicated theater. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Theme Traditional $$
Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010, 3:53 PM ET — By Carmine Gallo
Long before I met my wife I dreamed of having my own home theater, many ideas have come and gone since then, but I always knew that I wanted a dedicated theater in a classic style. I finally came one step closer to my dream in 1999 when my wife and I bought a new home in the suburbs, although it would be years before I would actually start my project. I began researching and collecting items from the past, and in 2006 I finally got the nod from my financial advisor (that would be my wife) though there was one caveat ... I was put on a very strict budget. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Thu Feb 4, 2010, 12:49 PM ET — By Bill Ramos
Let me start at the end...When you're a A/V enthusiast, you're never really done building a dedicated home theater room. The best you can strive for is, "this is where the room is as of today". Adding and replacing equipment goes hand in hand with the passion of the audiophile. Over the past 24 months, I've built a dedicated home theater/multimedia room in my house that includes a host of components from Sony. Filed Under: Casual $$$ Reader Interiors
Posted Thu Jan 28, 2010, 6:35 PM ET — By Octavio Vallarino Arias
Ever since my college days, where I graduated as a Mechanical Engineer at Texas A&M, I have been a golden ear audiophile with a very sophisticated array of electronics, speakers and turntables with hand-made cartridges. I currently live in Panama City and this self-proclaimed audiophile has turned into a videophone, too. I conduct my own research to find the greatest possible sound and image for a sensible amount of investment. I have read a lot of technical publications and industry dedicated magazines, attended CEDIA and CES shows, thus feeding my knowledge on home theater design and installation. Filed Under: $$ Reader Interiors
Posted Tue Dec 22, 2009, 4:44 PM ET — By Michael Sieck
We recently remodeled our master bedroom to accommodate a fairly high end home theater/audiophile AV system. Since we're as much into great music as great films, we designed the system to provide optimum playback for both. We spend most our time either viewing movies or listening to music, so the bedroom is now our main living area. Filed Under: $ Reader Interiors
Posted Mon Dec 21, 2009, 8:35 PM ET — By Ron Malcolm
Shortly after my last child went off to college my wife made an unexpected comment: “You can have your home theater in the guest room as long as you move all that stereo junk out of the family room”. My dream had finally come true! I had been planning for a dedicated home theater room since I purchased my first stereo VCR back in 1983. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Contemporary $$$
Posted Thu Oct 29, 2009, 5:25 PM ET — By Marius Farkas
I've been a subscriber to Home Theater since 1996, as well as, Stereophile Guide to HT, long before it became UltimateAV (which is now exclusively on the web). All these years of reading these specialty magazines has finally paid off with the design and construction of my dream home theater and home automation system. Filed Under: Reader Interiors $$
Posted Thu Oct 29, 2009, 4:06 PM ET — By Don Harmon
A few years ago, my wife and I visited her brother’s home in Denver, Colorado. He had just finished constructing a home theater in his basement and we were completely captivated by the idea to build our own theater. Our only problem was that we were living in Southern California, where basements are rare. We wrestled with a few different ideas, most centered on an extensive remodeling of our family room where we would lose much of its functionality. One day, we saw a Loft Masters truck at my neighbor’s house. Being nosy neighbors, we asked what they were doing. They were going to loft their living and dining rooms to get another bedroom, bath, and game room. The quest for the perfect location for our home theater had just ended. We decided to build a loft over our living room. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Theme $$$
Posted Fri Aug 21, 2009, 11:37 AM ET — By David Goldberg
I love the wow factor of themed home theaters and it was the love of old science fiction films and the Steampunk genre that prompted me to design my theater like the Nautilus from Disney’s classic 1954 film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Rather than try to duplicate any one particular room of the submarine, details and influences from the entire boat were combined to create this one-of-a-kind theater. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Tue Aug 4, 2009, 5:11 PM ET — By Erik Pancyck
When constructing a home theater, the first thing I recommend is cooperation from your spouse. She had (and still does) complete veto power over every single decision that went into the development of this theater. I first had to convince her to turn a spare bedroom in our brand new townhouse into a dedicated home theater. However, what probably took more persuasion was convincing her of the importance to paint the room an unusually dark color such as charcoal grey with black trim. Or painting the connecting hallway Hollywood red, or the third bathroom metallic gold. Of course, the idea of having "exit" signs all about and life size busts of pretty ugly Hollywood characters took some hard selling, too. Filed Under: Reader Interiors How To Casual $$
Posted Thu Jul 30, 2009, 5:29 PM ET — By Craig Dickerhoff Photography: Richard Boese
While this theater was my dream, the 7-year project required the support and occasional manual labor from my wife, daughters, son-in-law and a couple of friends. I did consult with Roy Johnson of Green Mountain Audio a few times and want to thank him for his insights. Other than those acknowledgments, the Geek Theater was my baby, costing around $90,000 once it was all said and done. I designed the room, specified and installed all of the equipment and furnishings. I also did all the interior work myself except for laying down the carpet. In the design of the theater, my first objective was to make the room as audio perfect as possible and secondly, make it a “rock and roll” movie theater room. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Contemporary $$$
Posted Fri May 15, 2009, 9:51 AM ET — By Frederick Relyea
When we broke ground on our new home in upstate New York my wife Kristie and I each had our goals for this space. I desired a place where I could listen to music, and where the family could come together for a great movie experience. Kristie's priority was for the space to feel like an extension of our home. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Thu Apr 16, 2009, 10:47 AM ET — By Jay North
The project to transform my empty basement into The Ultimate Man Cave took about 8-months. The theme is "Transportation" and all of the artwork and décor is based on planes, trains, antique cars, motorcycles, etc. We turned approximately 1400 sq. ft. into a large media room/game room/pool room with a dedicated workout area, home office, wine room and storage/AV Room. There is also a full bath and wet bar. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Thu Feb 12, 2009, 4:13 PM ET — By Doug and Candy Laven
My wife and I own a Queen Ann Victorian home built in 1886 in the Silk Stocking district of Mankato, Minnesota. It’s a large home with each room decorated in period furnishings which isn’t conducive to a large screen TV and visible speakers. This made it hard to watch movies and Monday Night Football, so Doug convinced Candy to build a media room in the basement. The basement, which occupied two cisterns and a steam boiler, had a six foot unfinished ceiling and Kasota stone walls. As we developed our plan for a theater, we felt it was important to incorporate the Kasota stone and leave evidence of the cisterns, which played an important role in the house at the turn of the century. Filed Under: Reader Interiors $$$ Contemporary
Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008, 3:51 PM ET — By Bill DiPoalo
Nine years ago, my wife and I had our home custom-built on an isolated 11-acre lot. The theater room continues to evolve into the vision I had back then. I wouldn’t say that it’s entirely completed, but it’s definitely fully functional and a pleasure to use and entertain in. 1 2 3 Older Posts >
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