pictures of home theater environments

does anyone know a good link with pictures of home theater
environments ??
i'm looking for some ideas to have my tv room decorated and setup...
any ideas/links are welcome, Thanks !

does anyone know a good link with pictures of home theater
environments ??

Here's my own living room setup:

http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht5.jpg
http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht6.jpg

An enthusiast's dream, but maybe a spouse's nightmare? :-)

--Ethan

On 24 mar, 14:13, "Ethan Winer" ethanw at ethanwiner dot com wrote:
does anyone know a good link with pictures of home theater
environments ??

Here's my own living room setup:

http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht5.jp...m/cust_ht6.jpg

An enthusiast's dream, but maybe a spouse's nightmare? :-)

--Ethan

Very nice job Ethan !


anyone else ?? could be a personal setup/layout or not .. tks !

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:13:35 -0400, "Ethan Winer" ethanw at
ethanwiner dot com wrote:

does anyone know a good link with pictures of home theater
environments ??

Here's my own living room setup:

http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht5.jpg
http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht6.jpg

An enthusiast's dream, but maybe a spouse's nightmare? :-)

Holy crap! That's -- what? -- 25+ traps you've got there?! Ethan,
I'm amazed. Absolutely amazed. That your spouse/partner is so
accepting! I'd have a hell of a time convincing my girlfriend that I
had to put up 25+ traps in the living room, no matter how how improved
the sound would be.

Incredible!

cheers,
vij

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Vij,

Holy crap! That's -- what? -- 25+ traps you've got there?!

Actually, I added two more a few weeks ago bringing the total up to 42. But
that's probably the end of it. :-)

I'm amazed. Absolutely amazed. That your spouse/partner is so
accepting!

My wife doesn't mind at all, and she appreciates the fabulous sound quality
as much as I do. A lot of my friends are professional recording engineers
and musicians, and many bring their DVDs to our house to watch.

Before I treated our living room my wife would often complain to turn down
the volume. Now she's the one who grabs the remote and cranks it. We both
watch a lot of movies and concert DVDs, and it's quite amazing to be able to
listen at surprisingly loud volumes without it "hurting" or sounding
irritating.

--Ethan

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:36:15 -0400, "Ethan Winer" ethanw at
ethanwiner dot com wrote:

Vij,

Holy crap! That's -- what? -- 25+ traps you've got there?!

Actually, I added two more a few weeks ago bringing the total up to 42. But
that's probably the end of it. :-)

I'm amazed. Absolutely amazed. That your spouse/partner is so
accepting!

My wife doesn't mind at all, and she appreciates the fabulous sound quality
as much as I do. A lot of my friends are professional recording engineers
and musicians, and many bring their DVDs to our house to watch.

Before I treated our living room my wife would often complain to turn down
the volume. Now she's the one who grabs the remote and cranks it. We both
watch a lot of movies and concert DVDs, and it's quite amazing to be able to
listen at surprisingly loud volumes without it "hurting" or sounding
irritating.

As much as my gal loves the sound, she's more into the aesthetics of
the house. If something ain't pretty, it's got to go. I wish she was
as understanding as your wife is. Congrats on a very cool setup!
(And a very cool wife!)

cheers,
vij

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"Ethan Winer" ethanw at ethanwiner dot com wrote in
:

does anyone know a good link with pictures of home theater
environments ??

Here's my own living room setup:

http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht5.jpg
http://www.realtraps.com/cust_ht6.jpg

An enthusiast's dream, but maybe a spouse's nightmare? :-)

--Ethan


Here's mine: http://www.godslabrat.com/proto.html

It's more of a starter setup by many standards, but it's working well
for me so far.


--

Aaron J. Bossig

http://www.GodsLabRat.com
http://www.dvdverdict.com

Aaron,

Here's mine: http://www.godslabrat.com/proto.html

Nice. What you need most is absorption on the wall behind you. That's where
the peaks and nulls are the worst. A wall close behind is also a source of
early reflections. Try hanging a large thick blanket behind you just as a
trial, and I bet you'll agree that clarity improves quite a lot. Ideally
you'd have something thick enough to absorb down to bass frequencies, but
just absorbing the highs will help.

--Ethan

Fred,

Nice moniker. :-)

How'd you figure out where to put the traps?

I treat rooms for a living so I'm pretty expert with this stuff. But it's
not nearly as complicated as many people fear. Here's the short version. All
rooms need:

* Broadband (not tuned) bass traps straddling as many corners as you can
manage, including the wall-ceiling corners.

* Mid/high frequency absorption at the first reflection points on the side
walls and ceiling.

* Some additional amount of mid/high absorption and/or diffusion on any
large areas of bare parallel surfaces, such as opposing walls or the ceiling
if the floor is reflective.

--Ethan

Vij,

As much as my gal loves the sound, she's more into the aesthetics of
the house. If something ain't pretty, it's got to go.

One of the recent trends I'm very glad to see is more folks using dedicated
rooms. It may be in the basement or attic, but at least they can do as they
please! :-)

Here's a couple more fun photos of dedicated rooms from my company's web
site:

http://www.realtraps.com/cust_schuermann.jpg
http://www.realtraps.com/cust_schmidt.jpg
http://www.realtraps.com/cust_hoenninger.jpg

--Ethan