allgonoshow Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hey guys, I put on offer on a nice new home today. It has a prewired HT room in the basement, which is cool. One odd thing, the pigtails for the speakers, all come thru the walls, but the pigtails for the avr are in the adjacent room, is this something that is done from time to time. Seems odd to me. The builder wasn't there, only an agent, so I couldn't get to much info. Anyone used this arrangement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBXeRo Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 some have an equipment room for everything that powers the theater and this could be what they were angling for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 some have an equipment room for everything that powers the theater and this could be what they were angling for.Yup. It's a good thing that the equipment wiring is going to a different room. If you're going to have a dedicated theater, you don't really want your equipment to be out in the open -- not only is it æsthetically displeasing, but the displays and indicator lights on the equipment will wind up preventing the room from being completely dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgonoshow Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 I suppose that makes sense, I hadn't seen that set up before. There is a 20x37 rec room in the basement as well as a large great room upstairs. I am going to need some gear!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted January 29, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2012 but the displays and indicator lights on the equipment will wind up preventing the room from being completely dark. People often say that but I have my equipment front center, under my projection screen. They are located behind fabric and the lights can be seen through the fabric but once the lights go out and the movie starts, I have never once noticed they are there. There is just so much contrast between the very bright screen vs the darkened room and even the lights from the equipment. Just my 2 cents. To the OP, one great benefit of having your gear in another room is that audio gear generates heat and some gear have fans which are noise. Less noise and less heat in a room is a good thing. Only bad I can think of is you have to have RF to transmit or use IR repeaters and you will not be able to see the display on your receiver or Pre/Pro and to change a movie, you might have to exit the room to do so. Some trade offs either way you do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I'd rather have the rack in the back of the room in a 19" rack mount. I'd like to be able to "tinker" with things in the same room. The pre wiring will make for a sleek setup. It's not abnormal at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Only bad I can think of is you have to have RF to transmit or use IR repeaters and you will not be able to see the display on your receiver or Pre/Pro and to change a movie, you might have to exit the room to do so. Some trade offs either way you do it. Most modern receivers will have an on-screen display that shows at least as much information as the front panel display does. I have all of my equipment in an enclosed closet (and I do use IR-RF repeaters to control it) and I get more than enough info from my receiver's OSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted January 29, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2012 My Emotiva UMC-1 does, but my previous Yamaha RX-V1800 would not show the volume on the OSD. Never knew what volume it was set at (few surprises). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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