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 Jan 31 2007, 08:49 AM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Member Posts: 409 Joined: 6-May 06 Member No.: 19,427  |
Hi Everybody,
The screen has been installed for a few weeks, but last night I tweaked my lens a little more and finally took some pictures I'm happy to share with others. I built a prism HE lens based on Mark Techer's Aussiemorphic lens. Instead of using Mark's MDF housing, I made mine from Aluminium. http://www.users.on.net/~michaelcarey/pics/lens/ I ordered an OZ Theatre Screens Majestic 2.37:1 scope screen with the Evo3D fabric. It's a quality screen, easy to assemble and the fabric fastening system is simple but very effective. Thumbs up! I made some aluminium frames to hold the screen around 400mm away from the back wall. One day I hope to cover the wall behind the screen with some kind of acoustic treatments or curtains (mainly to hide the old blacked out window!). Here are some photos of the screen installed and in action. The files are a little big, I was playing with the manual aperture and shutter speed on my camera and forgot to reset the resolution. http://www.users.on.net/~michaelcarey/pics/newscreen/ My projector is an old Sony VPL-W400Q, so please excuse the image quality, plus I still have to align the LCD polarizing plates after I disassembled and cleaned the optics a few months back. There is a slight blue/cyan tinge along the left hand edge. I have also included some pics of my HT equipment and seating arrangements. The front row of seats (the modular lounge is bolted together) has four Aura Bass Shakers fed with the LFE channel. Regards, Michael. |
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Jan 31 2007, 09:32 AM
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DTV Forums Master  Group: Senior Member Posts: 13,911 Joined: 11-June 04 Member No.: 4,140 |
very nice.
I will have a CIH setup, one of these days ... Andrew. |
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Jan 31 2007, 10:07 AM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Senior Member Posts: 6,183 Joined: 5-February 05 From: Sydney Member No.: 8,274 |
The whole setup is a masterpiece Michael. That is a true movie enthusiast's HT, congratulations and well done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jan 31 2007, 10:13 AM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Member Posts: 149 Joined: 11-October 06 From: Emu Creek Vic Member No.: 25,593 |
Well done nice work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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Jan 31 2007, 03:48 PM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Senior Member Posts: 5,389 Joined: 21-November 03 From: S.E. Melbourne Member No.: 1,674 |
Excellent work on the CIH there Michael - looks very cinematic
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Jan 31 2007, 09:19 PM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Member Posts: 122 Joined: 24-June 05 Member No.: 11,430 |
Congrats, nice set up too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Feb 1 2007, 07:24 AM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Member Posts: 89 Joined: 16-January 07 Member No.: 29,825 |
I drool with envy ... love the exit sign over the door, gives it that "hey I'm in a cinema and no one is crunching their chips" feel.
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Feb 1 2007, 09:32 AM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Senior Member Posts: 2,635 Joined: 15-February 06 From: Brisbane Member No.: 17,217 |
QUOTE (gobberon @ Feb 1 2007, 07:24 AM)  I drool with envy ... love the exit sign over the door, gives it that "hey I'm in a cinema and no one is crunching their chips" feel. Got to love CIH. Really well done Michael (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Mark |
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Feb 1 2007, 10:22 AM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Member Posts: 409 Joined: 6-May 06 Member No.: 19,427 |
Thanks for all the great comments guys! I do love watching movies...
BTW, in the shot showing the seats, DVD rack and equipment... the metal frame hanging from the ceiling is my old 16:9 screen frame! It's going to be recycled as an acoustic panel... |
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Feb 1 2007, 04:52 PM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Member Posts: 1,726 Joined: 23-September 05 From: Perth Member No.: 13,522 |
Nice setup (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Can I ask how and what you're controlling all the gear in the room at the rear with?
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Feb 1 2007, 05:19 PM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 5,592 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Melbourne Member No.: 726 |
Looks fantastic Michael, with a real attention to detail and setup. I notice the two Whise subs up the front too, how do they perform...? Very nice....
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Feb 1 2007, 05:28 PM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Member Posts: 409 Joined: 6-May 06 Member No.: 19,427 |
QUOTE (Thudd @ Feb 1 2007, 04:22 PM) Nice setup (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Can I ask how and what you're controlling all the gear in the room at the rear with? I have a Philips Pronto TSU3000, but it's suffered from the dreaded touch screen failure, I'm still undecided what to do with it yet. So for now, I use individual remotes. I only need a couple for a movie... the main Yamaha DSP-A1 remote, the DVD remote and the remote for the Clipsal C-Bus lighting system. I have a Xantech IR distribution system with an IR receiver mounted near the screen (plus another IR receiver in the lounge room). QUOTE (nobby @ Feb 1 2007, 04:49 PM) Looks fantastic Michael, with a real attention to detail and setup. I notice the two Whise subs up the front too, how do they perform...? Very nice.... I love my Profunder 624! I bought it about three years ago and power it with a Yamaha P2500 amplifier in bridge mode (around 700 watts). Very tight and clean bass response, with more than enough SPL.. but I've got to change their location. The enclosures used to be around 2 metres apart (as you can see, they double as my centre channel speaker stand) and this provided a much smoother bass response across the seating locations. Where they are at the moment, some seats get great bass, a couple are lacking somewhat and one other (back left corner, near the equipment rack) gets way too much bass! I'm thinking of putting the Profunder 624 enclosures under my current speaker stands (I didn't have them turned on, but the speaker stand stars light up too!) I've also been thinking about getting the Velodyne SMS-1 subwoofer processor. Regards, Michael. P.S. I just ran the images through a web album generator, they are little smaller now... |
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Feb 1 2007, 06:13 PM
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DTV Forums Member  Group: Member Posts: 730 Joined: 2-October 05 From: THE VORTEX Member No.: 13,695 |
Very nice set up. Another one joins the club!!!
Look forward to seeing your set up soon. Ben |
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Feb 1 2007, 07:17 PM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Member Posts: 725 Joined: 30-November 04 From: Brisbane Member No.: 6,927 |
How wide is the screen ?
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Feb 1 2007, 09:37 PM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Member Posts: 409 Joined: 6-May 06 Member No.: 19,427 |
QUOTE (land_down_under @ Feb 1 2007, 06:47 PM) How wide is the screen ? The dimensions of the screen are 1281mm x 3036mm. |
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Feb 2 2007, 06:33 AM
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DTV Forums Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 5,592 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Melbourne Member No.: 726 |
QUOTE (michael_c @ Feb 1 2007, 06:28 PM) I love my Profunder 624! I bought it about three years ago and power it with a Yamaha P2500 amplifier in bridge mode (around 700 watts). Very tight and clean bass response, with more than enough SPL.. but I've got to change their location. The enclosures used to be around 2 metres apart (as you can see, they double as my centre channel speaker stand) and this provided a much smoother bass response across the seating locations. Where they are at the moment, some seats get great bass, a couple are lacking somewhat and one other (back left corner, near the equipment rack) gets way too much bass! I'm thinking of putting the Profunder 624 enclosures under my current speaker stands (I didn't have them turned on, but the speaker stand stars light up too!) I've also been thinking about getting the Velodyne SMS-1 subwoofer processor. Regards, Michael. P.S. I just ran the images through a web album generator, they are little smaller now... Hi Michael, When you move them around have a good read of this excellent research into sub location - the results are worth a try IMO: http://www.harman.com/wp/index.jsp?articleId=1003 |
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