JasonJCarney

So I have been able to put alot of time into the home theatre this weekend in between a bunch or honey do list items. I had everything tacked up yesterday and decided I was happy. So today I pulled the shelf down, taped and painted the wall, and touched up the screen. The I apoligize in advance but I feel that Apple decided to put the shutter button for the iphone on the exact place that they thought it would give me the most trouble with keeping the picture steady! lol Color choice seems a little odd at this point but once my shelf is up and all the speakers are in place I think it will tie in with the rest of the room. The wall looks a little beat up but it seems much better in person and almost all imperfections will be covered by shelving and speakers. Seriously though if anyone decides to take on a project like this do not use glue. It just destroys the wall should you ever need to take it down. Spent 3 hours with filler and sand paper smoothing things out. A little blury but you can see the far wall is the same "cargo pants" green shade I used under the screen Again the green by the stairs. When it gets done drying I will put up the shelf and replace the speakers and get some more pics. The real pics won't be available till Wednesday when my A5-350's are set to arrive!

I'm telling you just looking at those giant 10 inch drivers makes me want the 7's. Although I will say I hate the half screen and it would keep ne from buying them if I wasn't planning on running with them off. Also not sure why they didn't go with 3 drivers?

Did you build your own screen? Maybe we should do a "how to" thread on screen building. Mine is simple. 1. Project a four foot high image on the wall and measure the length. 2. Buy a piece of Masonite or hardboard as some call it. 3. It is already 4 feet high so you just have the lumber yard cut your length. 4. Buy four trim pieces and have them cut to length (or cut at home). 6. Paint, flat finish black for the trim and behr "silver screen" flat for the screen. You will also need some polyurethane and white and black wood filler. Now you have everything you need. Tools u will need are: drill, stud finder, level, measuring tape. You will also need drywall screws and nails. I used a finish nailer that I borrowed but you could just hammer the nails in if you can't get your hands on a air nailer. I started by pre painting all my items. Flat black on the trim and a 2-1 ratio of silver screen and poly mixture for the viewing surface. Next I moved on by nailing the lower trim piece up making sure it is level. Place your screen on the wall resting it on the lower trim and put 3 screws in across the top and 3 across the bottom. At this point fill in your screws with wood filler and after it dries sand smooth. Use the silver screen poly mix to touch up the screw mounts. It may not look perfect but trust me it will not be seen if you do even an adequate job. Tack up the remainder of the trim and fill in your nail holes with wood filler. Make sure you hit studs when screwing on your screen. Also make sure your happy with the screen height from your seating position. I used glue on the back of my trim and it destroyed my drywall when I removed it. If you avoid glue then all you will have to do is simply fill in some nail holes if you remove the screen.

Yeah I never realized how bad mp3's are compared to SACD's.

Lol youthman. Yeah I would say that the ten years of loud work and play noise my ears are not what they once were. I'm pretty sure at this point I'm just upgrading for the cool look factor! Just dropped $1000 on a very cool looking new center speaker, would not have done it if it wasn't so pretty....and when I upgrade to the RF 7ii's it will be cause they look so cool!

I actually stained a 2 inch wide and 3/4 inch high piece of oak as wide as the shelf. I was going to place it at the front of the shelf so it would angle up my center. Then I found out about the tilting legs on the rc 64ii. I will use one or the other or both but I am going to angle it up.

I agree with the EGO (I can notice) thing. Also some people are just really "into" the whole forum thing and feel the need to spout their opinions as gospel. FWIW some of these same people will swear to you that god is real with no prooof! lol. "Timbre is a multidimensional wastebasket category for everything that cannot be qualified as pitch or loudness" Basically it is what would distinguish a flute and sax when they are playing the same note. If your speakers are vastly different in in almost everyway then sure I can see how you can hear the difference. When your talking about a set of speakers like the Klipsch F3 and your center is the RC 52 then I will bet my house that nobody would be able to blindly tell the difference while watching a movie. Let's also not forget that everyone has 2 different ears. What tones and pitch you hear in one may sound different in the other. I know if you ask around everyone will agree that what sounds good to one person may not sound good to another. We are all on the klipsch forum so I would say we all like the Klipsch sound. However go to another forum for paradigm or polk and you will surprisingly find people that like those speakers better than Klipsch! lol I guess my advise would be try not to be a slave to specs. Listen to the speakers before you buy (if you can) and decide what you like. Try a Timbre matched front set. Try unmatched, try all 3 of the same speakers across the front. It's your money and you have to listen to and look at your HT so better make sure you like it. Honesly for me the way the HT looks is absolutely important. It needs to sound good to me but it also needs to be easy on my eyes.[H] You can have the best "specs" on earth but if you don't like the sound then what difference does it make?

Well I can tell you that you can make an inexpensive screen at home that is almost as good as the 6-7 hundred dollar screens. Ended up raising it a total of 7 inches. I was gonna go 9 but seemed to high for the viewing position so I went with 7. Riped up the wall abit from the glue (wont use glue again) so I have some patch work to do. The new oak shelf is complete and I have locked it to the wall with a couple of steal straps. Added the wooden supports mostly for looks as the metal looks like crap. I plan on painting the visible metal white to blend in with the wall. The added benefit of raising the screen was also raising the center speaker shelf thus bringing it more inline with the front mains. I have so much support on the shelf I think I could stand on it! Lol

How do I upload iPhone photos?

Ok my home theatre is undergoing a transformation. Decided to upgrade to an rc64 II and a set of eD A5-350 subs. So why does this make for a transformation? Well, in order to place the subs where I want them I had to raise my on wall projector screen. Quite a job. Also the shelf I had built for my c-3 of course does not work with the 64. So a new shelf was required. I will update as I go along. Tonight I tore everything down. Stained and lacquered the shelf and trim and started mapping out my mounting brackets. Tearing down the screen and gettin ready to raise it up.

Yeah thanks for the tip and I will try that in the future. MODS: Any chance of a thread that points out authorized dealers running good deals?

These are actually all local dealers for me. No tax in new Hampshire either. I posted those prices on other threads and had some say that they were high. Anyone getting rf7ii's for under $2200?

Anyone, anyone, bueller, bueller.

I ussually love black speakers. All I ever owned. Then I got a set of cherry rf62ii's....very nice....then a cherry rc64ii! Awesome wood veneer. Klipsch in Hope does an amazing job.

I found these 3 deals local to me from authorized dealers. Is anyone finding better deals? If so please share as I am still in the market for subs and floorstanders. 1.RF7ii's$2200 a pair tax free 2. RC64ii$899 plus tax 3. Paradigm dsp 3400 pair $1600 tax free Thanks

Sounds like alot of fun on your end (sarcasm)!

$700! 2 local dealers offered $850 and $800 each. Where did you get one for $700!

Great deal I'm selling mine for $225 plus shipping so $100 is awesome

Sooooo sell me your 3400 and pick up a higherend sub. I actually want 2 of them and my local guy wants $1600 out the door. Hard to decide between those and 2 eD A5-350's for $200 less.

Blubitrate: you have my dream set up. That's a 3400 right?

Really? What dealer was "much cheaper"? As I am in the market andy local guy will price match any dealer in the country.

Is $2200 a good price?

Sold my 52 for 225 so I'm hoping this thing is 800 better! Lol I swear if I can't tell a huge difference I'm gonna give up, sell my gear, and buy a walmart HTIB!

Sold my 52 for 225 so I'm hoping this thing is 800 better! Lol

Too late.... Money sent. I feel like that was a good price. Subs next then electronics this fall. Youthman can I seek your advice on separates or what?