Jacob
how many square feet
i can afford anything basically but i just want to know how big it should be
Answer
It all depends on what you can afford ($15,000...$100,000...etc) and how many people you want to entertain. A bigger home theater is going to require bigger speakers, possibly more speakers, more amplifiers, a bigger display, more furniture and of course a house that has a bigger room.
When you say you can afford anything you do realize that you could easily spend $250K on high end audio equipment and speakers to fill a large room. A pair of Von Schweikert speakers can run well over $100K.
Ideally you want a room that has a higher ceiling and ideal room dimensions. A cube is the worst shape and anything that has dimensions that are multiples of one another is not good for accoustics (ie: 20x10x10). A good sized HT that will seat 6-8 people might be 16x12 with 9 or 10 ft ceilings. If you wanted one with a bar at the back or a pool table 22x16 or so might fit.
Best thing to do is to draw it out first and get the dimensions of the furniture that might go into the room. Take into account what HT equipment you have or will buy including the size of your display. The first row of seats should be about 1.5X the screen widths back from the screen.
Bigger is better for bass. If you can afford anything and are looking to have maybe 2 or 3 rows of 4-6 seats. Then a 30' long by 18' wide by 12' high would be awesome. Make the walls non parallel, build seating risers, have a fiber optic star ceiling, a stage with motorized curtains, have a bar in the rear with a popcorn machine, use remote controlled dimming/lighting in a few banks, have a 10-12 foot wide screen and some nice Berkaline seats to fill everything out and you'll impress a lot of people. Plan to spend in excess of $50,000 on equipment, furniture and construction for something like that. A real fancy decorated one might go above $100K.
The forum link I provided is an excellent resource. The first sticky post at the top has an ideal room dimension calculator.
It all depends on what you can afford ($15,000...$100,000...etc) and how many people you want to entertain. A bigger home theater is going to require bigger speakers, possibly more speakers, more amplifiers, a bigger display, more furniture and of course a house that has a bigger room.
When you say you can afford anything you do realize that you could easily spend $250K on high end audio equipment and speakers to fill a large room. A pair of Von Schweikert speakers can run well over $100K.
Ideally you want a room that has a higher ceiling and ideal room dimensions. A cube is the worst shape and anything that has dimensions that are multiples of one another is not good for accoustics (ie: 20x10x10). A good sized HT that will seat 6-8 people might be 16x12 with 9 or 10 ft ceilings. If you wanted one with a bar at the back or a pool table 22x16 or so might fit.
Best thing to do is to draw it out first and get the dimensions of the furniture that might go into the room. Take into account what HT equipment you have or will buy including the size of your display. The first row of seats should be about 1.5X the screen widths back from the screen.
Bigger is better for bass. If you can afford anything and are looking to have maybe 2 or 3 rows of 4-6 seats. Then a 30' long by 18' wide by 12' high would be awesome. Make the walls non parallel, build seating risers, have a fiber optic star ceiling, a stage with motorized curtains, have a bar in the rear with a popcorn machine, use remote controlled dimming/lighting in a few banks, have a 10-12 foot wide screen and some nice Berkaline seats to fill everything out and you'll impress a lot of people. Plan to spend in excess of $50,000 on equipment, furniture and construction for something like that. A real fancy decorated one might go above $100K.
The forum link I provided is an excellent resource. The first sticky post at the top has an ideal room dimension calculator.
home theater decoration help?
Barath
we are bulding a new house and we have a pretty big, closed off darkened room dedicated to being a home theater. we already got the equipment(projector, screen, surround sound speakers and reciever) down, but we need to decide on carpet, lights, decorations, chairs and all that stuff. Is there an online store that sells this stuff?
Answer
don't forget that most decorations actually serve a purposes....like sidelights with panels (they are normally very expensive acoustic panels), so much can go wrong when you set things up yourself, and sound can be an art of precision, at least consult with an expert before you go off on your own-just to make sure that a decoration is just that. Many furniture stores sell home theater seats.....there is a huge markup in furniture, so make sure you check out your
furniture store.....sometimes they have incredible deals. I would never buy such items online, but if you frequently do, then you must be comfortable with it. Good luck
don't forget that most decorations actually serve a purposes....like sidelights with panels (they are normally very expensive acoustic panels), so much can go wrong when you set things up yourself, and sound can be an art of precision, at least consult with an expert before you go off on your own-just to make sure that a decoration is just that. Many furniture stores sell home theater seats.....there is a huge markup in furniture, so make sure you check out your
furniture store.....sometimes they have incredible deals. I would never buy such items online, but if you frequently do, then you must be comfortable with it. Good luck
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