2018 Chuff thread - is it chuffy in here?

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dkersten:
My vision is becoming a reality.

At about 25% power and still 2 subwoofers short, the dishes in the kitchen above are rattling in the cabinets and the bottles in the minifridge 2 levels up are bouncing around, and that is despite major efforts at soundproofing. 21,000 watts just can't be contained...
For reference, this pic is 16' wide and 9' tall. The subwoofer enclosures are 5'6" tall and 25.5" wide.

jennifer:
Oh my that's just a wall of scary, I got/had a 750watt Yamaha that just blew up in testing on Halloween sound tracks, Jenn will have to look into that seeings how I will be needing some witch cackle and chains sounds pretty soon.... I would LOVE to see the rest of that pile, you know like amps and such (please?) ...Oh andI cant see where your missing the 2 subs either ::)

dkersten:

--- Quote from: jennifer on July 03, 2018, 01:18:38 am ---Oh my that's just a wall of scary, I got/had a 750watt Yamaha that just blew up in testing on Halloween sound tracks, Jenn will have to look into that seeings how I will be needing some witch cackle and chains sounds pretty soon.... I would LOVE to see the rest of that pile, you know like amps and such (please?)

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Here's a couple from a couple months back.

The top of the right rack is for whole house audio, the rest is theater. Emotiva didn't come out with their Atmos upgrade on that XMC-1 pre/pro yet (been saying next quarter for 2 years now) so I picked up a Marantz AV7703 as a temporary processor until the new Emotiva upgrade is out. Amps are Emotiva XPA-3 for mains, and two XPA-5's for surround and Atmos speakers. Subs are powered by Behringer inuke6000dsp's, 6kw each (about 3k RMS measured in reality). Each amp has a dedicated 20a circuit, with 220v for the Emotiva amps and 110v for the Behringer amps (they don't make a 220v version here in the states). Overkill on the electrical power, but I wanted enough for any future expansion before I started putting drywall up. I also have dedicated 20a 110v circuits for the network, and for the pre/pro and accessories. NVidia ShieldTV handles most of the sources for the system as it does Plex, Netflix, Amazon, and PSVue. All my blurays are ripped without compression but I still have a UHD bluray player that will go in the rack. There's also a 24v 350w power supply on the wall behind that rack for the LED lighting in the coffered ceiling in the theater. It is powered off a light switch in the theater room. Eventually I will get all my home automation stuff loaded up and set up as well.

The left rack is mostly network. Gigabit internet coming in via fiber optic, about 75 cat5e and cat6a runs terminating at the patch panels, a 24 port PoE switch, a regular 16 port switch, and a bunch of Ubiquiti enterprise network gear (USG, cloud key, and 3 hardwired wifi AP's). I put 7 cameras around the outside of the house and it all terminates here. Also in there is a Plex server, about 22tb of external storage, and 2 battery backups, one for the network and one that powers the projector in the theater.

jennifer:
"Before putting up dry wall?". OMG, There are no words, even Jenn is rendered speechless.... That's just awesome. ;D

dkersten:

--- Quote from: jennifer on July 03, 2018, 01:18:38 am ---Oh andI cant see where your missing the 2 subs either ::)

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2 more going in the back of the room. Short and squatty but the same internal volume, same 18" drivers, and same power to them as the others. Also not pictured is the 4 Atmos speakers and 4 surround speakers, each are DIYSG Volt 10lx's, 10" midbass drivers with coaxially mounted internal waveguides and compression drivers for the highs. All the speakers were built in my shop, with only the drivers and SEOS waveguides purchased (all DIYSoundGroup kits). Subs are Dayton UM18-22's from Parts Express, and each one takes about 2.5 sheets of 3/4" MDF and weigh close to 300 lbs each.

Aside from hiring out the mudding and taping, I have done 100% of this myself, from electrical and HVAC, to low volt wiring, to framing and drywall (2 layers of 5/8" drywall with green glue in between, mounted on hat channel and clips for sound proofing), riser and stage construction, all columns and trim work, paint, speaker building, acoustic design and treatments, etc. It has been my life every evening and every weekend since Christmas and I am about 700 hours into it with almost 100 hours of work left. I watched the first movie in there tonight, and although we were sitting on lawn chairs, I was pretty chuffed. I will post some pics when done in a few weeks, the room is looking really good but I still have 80 cloth panels to build and a few other details, like hanging the 200lb door and finishing the air circulation system for the projector housing.

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