Room Details
Features
The columns are typical of this style of Theater room. They are both decorative and functional. The rear columns hide the side and rear surrounds (Axiom QS8 quadpoles). I treated the bottoms and tops of mine with hand made wood v-groove and finished them in a chestnut stain with satin finish.
Acoustics
The walls are a combination of acoustic materials (cotton and rigid fiberglass) of varying thickness covered by an acoustically transparent fabric from Guilford of Maine.
The carpet is a commercial grade Berber from Beaulieu.
In the rear there is a bar area with built-in mini-fridge. All the necessities of home...
Width - 14' 8 (with wall treatments)
Length - 19' (17' to screen wall)
Height - 10 (at center in front)
Riser height - 12"
Soffit build down - 12"
Screen - 8 wide 2.35:1 CIH
Distance eyeballs to screen:
Front - 8
Back - 13'
Room Facts
Lighting
The lighting is a combination of 4 downlights, wall sconces from Lowes and a blue rope light which is concealed in a tray built in the soffit and reflects off of a 45 degree angled portion of the ceiling providing a warm "glow" during movie viewing.
The whole system is controlled by a Lutron Grafik Eye 3106 and is operated from the remote control with appropriate light settings enacted when play, pause and stop are engaged on the movie.
The forward wall is a stage with a stepped radius front and three layers of walls -- a proscenium wall which hides various acoustic treatments including two acoustical cotton bass traps and a sealed membrane bass trap, a screen wall which is just framing covered with a black, acoustically transparent fabric and contains the screen all three front speakers hidden behind it and, finally, the actual back wall of the room. All front wall surfaces and the cavities created by the multiple walls are treated with acoustic cotton and/or rigid fiberglass to provide absorption and tame the room.