chambers1517

If you guys search me in the theater for there are some early pics of the construction of the room. I am at work and don't have any new ones since completion. I also posted in the theater section about not being happy since completion of my theater and am struggling about why.

I have ran REW in the theater and it looks pretty good. I have Audyssey x32 on the Integra and it improved the response on REW. Maybe there is a favorable dip or peak in the living room, I havent ran REW there. I have more bass in the theater than I could ever use. I let Audyssey set everything then I bump the subs a little. The Living room is the exact size as the theater and the klipschorns are on the short wall. The living room is more open as it has an opening on each side. The theater is completely sealed. I can't figure out what sounds better. Maybe it is the fact that I prefer stereo to multichannel and I prefer Klipschorns to Lascalas. The Lascalas are towed in and tilted up to point straight at the center of the front row head hi. I need help figuring this out.

Something started me struggling with my contentment with my theater. I have a theater room that is 17.5' wide by 29' long. There are two risers, one at 12' and another at 18'. I have a false wall with 3 Lascalas recessed in sealed boxes in the wall. There are also 4 18" FI subs in this wall set up as an Infinate baffle. I have Heresys to the sides and rear as surrounds and I have an Integra Reciever running the Klipsch. There is also major sound and bass absorption in the room. I was in the room one day blasting some music and thinking about how incredible everything sounded. I went upstairs to the living room and put the same music on the Klipschorns and was thoroughly disappointed. They actually sounded better than my room. I showed my wife who could care less about this type thing but she just smiled and acknowledged it was better. All those speakers and these two sound better was her comment. I for the life of me can't figure out what it is about the living room sound that makes it better. I have endless clean bass in the theater but something is missing. How do I figure it out.I would never have noticed it without the direct comparison. I don't know if anyone would say the room is missing something but I bet after I let you hear the Klipschorns they would see what I am saying. Help.

I always wanted a theater room. I built a decent one in our old house but it wasn't everything I wanted. We bought our current house 6 years ago with an unfinished basement. I laid the theater out with tape on the floor, reasearched constantly about what I wanted and how to achieve my wants. For the last several years I would work on the theater when I got a chance. Thing always popped up to slow me down but I was always thinking, planning or researching my room. I finally mostly finished the room. Not much more to do but maybe some cosmetics. I'm not happy. I miss the excitement over things to do in the room. We watch a lot of movies and the kids love it. People come over and they love it, but for some reason I don't. Don't get me wrong, it is great but maybe over the years I built it up to be greater. Maybe just the lost excitement of anticipation. I really don't know. Anyone else do a theater and feel this way when it was done?

I considered an AT screen but was worried that a 12' wide AT screen would be too dim. I also bought a lens so I would have added brightness. I ended up with a bright projector that would probably have been ok anyhow but I am still happy the scope screen.

That was my problem also. I have 3 Lascalas across the front with an ib sub setup. I have 2 18" drivers on each side of the center Lascala. The Lascalas are also recessed into thye wall. I was limited to the screen height since everything needed to be above the speakers. I went anamorph and that allowed me to go 12' wide and everything still fit above th speakers on an 8' tall wall.

My room is finally finished. My screen is 12' wide. I have a row of seating ar 12' and another row at 16'. Not sure which one I like best. The front row is more dramatic but tireing.The second row is nice and more relaxed. I see you're back in town. You are welcome to come by and check it out.

I have 3 sets of Heresy cabinets and 2 sets of grills for $150.

Sorry for the delay. The cabinets are all intact. They are all in pretty good shape. I am close to Knoxville Tn. My email is chambers1517@gmail.com. Send me your email and Inll send you a couple of pictures.

So how does this sound. $150 for 6 cabinets and 4 grills. They are in the way and I want a Klipscher to have them.

Would 6 cabinets plus 4 grills plus another complete set of heresys(one with a bad midrange) be a good trade for a set of fortes?

I also have a set of heresys that works but one has a bad midrange. Would consider interesting trades for all or maybe the 6 cabinets and 4 grills for a good midrange driver.

These are the cabinets and grills. I used the components in custom cabinets and have the cabinets leftover.

I have 3 sets of Heresy boxes and 2 sets of covers if anyone is interested.

Thanks for the replies. I have tried the Integra with Audyssey off. I think the Audyssey actuall helps the Integra. I thought maybe the HK had more power but the Integra has plenty of power. Both consume about 1400 watts. The HK is definately more massive but the Integra is big. The surrounds seem way more subdued on the Integra even though the levels are matched the same. I am a strong believer in the placebo effect in audio but this is such a huge difference that even my tin eared wife can tell a difference.

I don't think the room is overtreated, it sounds great with the HK. The biggest positive difference I think Audyssey makes is in the very low frequency maybe below 40hz or so. I need video ratio control also due to the fact I have an anamorphic setup.

I have an issue that really has me perplexed. 18 months ago I finished my theater. It is 28' x14'. There is a riser 12' back and another one 18' back. They are 8" tall and The front of each riser has a 2" gap anong the bottom to act as a bass trap. They are also filled with Insulation. I am constantly modifying this room to improve the sound. I have 3 Lascalas built into the front wall along wit an IB with 4 18" drivers. I had Heresy's on the sides and back but they were too bid and stuck out into the room. I built wedge shaped boxes in the wall and ceiling corners on the sides between the two rows and in the back. They have the same internal volume as the Heresy cabinets and I put the Heresy components in them. This also angles the sides and rears down towards the seats. I put insulation across the wall and ceiling corners down the side and across the back everywhere except where the speakers are. I then covered the entire ceiling wall corner with speaker fabric to hide everything. It looks really nice. I put a screen above the front Lascalas and I wanted as big a screen as I could get. I went with a 12" wide anamorphic screen. The bottom is right above the Lascalas and the top is right below the ceiling. The ceiling is painted black and the front Lascalas and IB is covered with black speaker cloth. My projector is really nice but doesn't have video ratio control to support anamorphic viewing. I do have a lens so I needed an AVR with ratio control. I also wanted Audyssey x32 to equalize the IB sub and the room. I bought an Integra 70.2 which was one of the only AVR to have all I needed. I have 8 seats in the room, 4 per row. I ran the Audyssey setup and used all 8 positions and got ready to be blown away. I wasn't, it sounded real good but I felt it wasn't quit what I expested. I tried different settings, turned Audyssey off and on, changed crossover settings and had it sounding best I could. Everyone who came by was blown away. I have since added 12 acoustic panels on the side and rear walls, which helped. One day I was playing around in the room listening to music on my phone and needed to go upstairs to do some things. I have a pair of Klipschorns in the living room and am running a old HK 7200 in stereo to feed them. I plugged the phone in and cranked them up and was really surprised that this sounded better than the movie room. The living room is similar size but more open. I was perplexed as to why this setup soundes better. My wife came home from work and I took her to the movie room, plugged the phone in, cranked up a song and asked her how it sounded. She said it sounds great. I then took her to the living room and did the same thing. As soon as the music started she began to smile. I asked why she was smileing and she said it sounds better in here.(the living room is her room) and I agreed. I said I have 7 speakers, 4 subs, acoustic treatment, Audyssey etc in the movie room and your plain ole living room with 2 speakers sounds better. She smiled and said (well thats Ok) and I said no it's not. A couple of weeks ago the Integra died and was sent out for repair under warranty. I moved the HK to the movie room temporarily and guess what the sound blew me away. I am really surprised the Harmon Kardon was the difference. No eq to the subs or room and everything sounder so much better. Now I have an Integra that does what I need except sound good and a Harmon Kardon that sound incredible but has none of the features I need. What to do? I would never imagine an AVR can make as much difference.

Funny this thread has come up. I have a HK7200 in perfect condition. I used it with 3 Lascalas across the front and 4 Heresy's around the sides and back. I needed HDMI switching and video scaling in my new room and bought an Integra 70.2. The new room has IB subs and acoustic treatments. The Integra has Audyssey x32 and all the bells and whistles. I moved the 7200 to the living room where i have Klipschorns and run it in 2 channel mode. I was blasting out in the theater one day and moved to the living room and was surprised at how the 2 speakers in the living room sounded better than 7 speakers with an IB sub and lots of treatment. I showed my wife and she smiled and agreed. I was thoroughly disappointed in this. I have used the Integra for 18 months and It died a few weeks ago and is sent out for repair under warranty. I moved the 7200 to the theater and was absolutely amazed at the difference it made. I was so giddy about how the room sounded. Now I have an amazing sounding room with the 7200 but no HDMI switching, which I must have and no video scaling, which I also must have. The Integra meets all my needs but I can't believe that an AVR can sound that different. I would try to sale the Integra which was $2000 and buy a new HK but they don't offer any with scaling so I am really stuck. Klipsch really do love Harmon Kardons.

I was in the lunch room at work the other day. Several guys at another table were talking about a speaker system this guy had bought. He is kind of arogant and was saying he set it up in his room and it was 1200 watts. He was sayin how it would blow people away. One guy knew I had a theater room people had bragged on before and asked me how many watts it was. How would you answer this? I said 130 a channel and everyon looked at the guy with the 1200 watt system and said wow. I have an Integra 70.2 which is 130 watts x7. I also have 3 lascalas and 4 heresys in the rear. I have an ib sub with 4 ib3 18's. As you guys know watts mean nothing in a Klipsch system. The other guy had a bose acoustimass system.

Looks like a fan upgrade. Thanks guys.

That is what I need but no way to run the wire, everything is finished. I was thinking of building one with the existing speaker wire 8ga, but was wondering if it would pick up any weird interference.

What I mean is , put an RCA plug on one end of the speaker wire and plug into sub out on my reciever. Then put a 1/4 inch plug on the other end of the speaker wire which is in the sub backroom and plug it into the Behringer sub amp.

I installed all of my equipment in a bar at the back of my theater room. I have 3 Lascalas in the front along wit an IB sub. I am powering the IB sub with a Behringer EP4000 amp. The amp is right behind us and is really loud. The room is finished and there is no way to run new wires to the IB backroom.I would like to put the sub amp in the IB backroom. Do you guys think there would be any major drawbacks to put RCA connectors on one of the speaker cables currently running from the bar to the subs and feed my sub out on my reciever to the sub amp input?

I have 3 pair or Heresy boxes. Two pairs have the grills. Everyone interested make an offer.

What year are your Cornwalls.