Tom Adams Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Was in Atlanta this past weekend (for a boat show - my other weakness/hobbie) and went to a HT specialty store (and for the life of me I can't remember the name of the place ). The place had several HT rooms of varying size/price/elaboratness. One thing I found interesting was their rather limited menu of audio equipment. Didn't ask them about this, but I suppose it allows them to concentrate on the HT as a whole. Anyhow.... Two of the HT rooms were done using Acoustic Innovations' semi-custom HT stuff. I was very very impressed by what I saw. The smaller room was 12'x20' and had simple, but tasteful cloth covered side columns that not only concealed the side surrounds, but also included halogen lighting top & bottom. The fixed 92" diagonal screen was trimmed out with cloth covered panels that matched the columns. The panels to the side of the screen concealed the R&L mains and the top & bottom panels concealed the sub and center channel. I asked the salesperson what something like that cost and he said that the room as it appeared was around $4200 which included the screen and all the speakers (Triad's I think he said). The projector in that room was a Runco 510 (sweet, but expensive) and wasn't included in that $4200 price. On the drive home the wife & I came to the conclusion that if someone wasn't "into" audio/video equipment, yet wanted a very nice, custom looking HT, this wouldn't be a bad way to go. We figured that using this package plus a projector in the $3000 range, a moderate HT reciever and DVD player; one could put together a very cool HT for $10,000. No doubt many of us here with "skills" could duplicate the panels & stuff Acoustic Innovations has, but I think what we'd spend in time & effort wouldn't yield any real savings. Like I said...I was very impressed with what I saw. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewishAMerPrince Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Hi Tom, I live quite close to AI's headquarters in Boca Raton, FL and my profession takes me in there frequently. I agree they offer great stuff for the money, especially their seating line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewishAMerPrince Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 duplicate deleted...anyone know a way to delete a post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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