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Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — My A/V Room was finally built out and the initial acoustic treatment installed, so the next task for my home theater was installing the equipment and cabling it all up. A full list of equipment that the room contains is also provided here in the first post. A/V […]

My Home Theater: The Equipment and Cabling It All Up

November 4, 2017 in Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Construction / Home theater equipment by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: Initial Acoustic Tests, Design and Acoustic Treatments — Now we have seen how the room was built, let’s review my home theater initial acoustic tests, design and acoustic treatments. Once the shell was complete and the doors installed and sealed I decided to see how the isolation performed, and what the rooms decay characteristics were like in its […]

My Home Theater: Initial Acoustic Tests, Design and Acoustic Treatments

October 29, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater: Installing the doors, HVAC and electrical systems — The next challenge for my home theater was installing the doors, HVAC and electrical systems. I mentioned in my second post in this series that any small holes or significant air leaks from either the inside or outside walls will significantly reduce its ability to reduce sound transmission. The […]

My Home Theater: Installing the Doors, HVAC and Electrical Systems

October 4, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater Room Construction Techniques — This second post in my quest for audio nirvana presents my home theater room construction techniques, and the acoustic absorption materials selected for the room. I thought that it may be more interesting to see how the room was built before reviewing my thought process for its design. Introduction The […]

My Home Theater Room Construction Techniques or My Quest For Audio Nirvana

September 15, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic

My Home Theater Design and Construction — After years of using the family living areas as make do listening and viewing rooms I finally had the opportunity to build my own dedicated home theater, or as I prefer to call it My A/V Room, and so I started my home theatre design and construction project. The room is not […]

My Home Theater Design and Construction

September 10, 2017 in Acoustics / Home Theater Construction / My A/V Room tagged Acoustics / Construction by fromvinyltoplastic