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shponglefan:
Looks cool!  Designing your own theater/media/arcade is pretty fun!

I do have a question re: the home theater (mainly coming from my own HT experience).  How are you factoring in acoustic treatment and speaker placement?

In my experience, subwoofers work best in room corners and you'll want a little space between the seating and any surround speakers.  For these reasons, I think the second layout you posted would be less ideal for the HT.  The first layout with the seperate arcade/HT areas would work better imho.  The only thing I'm not a fan of is the shuffleboard running down the wall.  I'd prefer to leave that wall bare to accomodate acoustic paneling.

Another question: are you thinking soundproofing?

yotsuya:
How about "rotating" the theatre so it's against the top wall? That way, you have a huge space for games.

Gamester:
shponglefan makes good points.  Speaker placement is obviously pretty important.  Those theater seats are RIGHT up against the walls on both sides and the rear.  I wonder if that leaves enough room for the surround speakers without having them right in your ears?  That's one reason why traditional theater layouts have aisles on each side of the seating...

Also have to be sure to factor in where the actual theater gear is going to go.

shponglefan:

--- Quote from: Gamester on July 28, 2013, 08:12:38 pm ---Also have to be sure to factor in where the actual theater gear is going to go.

--- End quote ---

Good point.  Assuming the first layout, that corner with the lone arcade cabinet would be an ideal spot for an HT equipment rack.

Maximus:
Yep HT rack and other bits and pieces need to be addressed, at the moment I'm just playing with basic space ideas to see what will fit and how it will feel.

Here's a no-walls approach to the original space, keeping it 100% social and mixed. 10 Cabs, 2 Cockpits, a driver, 2 pins, shuffleboard, 8 luxury theater seats, 4 bar seats and 140" screen.


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