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Damn. Good thing you're not too far along. You can start over.

Lookin good!! Great job so far. Going to be tight as planned? Cool you found a couch to suit your curve plan.

Seating was a real problem. Nothing out there really fit the idea of a slightly curved couch with reclining seats. So I bought theater seating and compromised with a centered love seat. The curve is created by a big wedged arm. In the end I could only get 4 seats in.

Reread my write-up above … “speaker boxes” was referring to the speaker connection boxes and not the speakers … Which was how it read on the reread …

I Just bought an HDMI cable for the HT:

25' 8k HDMI fiber Optic Cable from Amazon (~$30)

After reading up on HDMI it seemed that getting a non-fiber HDMI cable that worked in the longer lengths (25ft+) was kind of iffy. So, I decided to go fiber. Now I'm trying to verify that it actually meets the 4k/120hz spec. But I think all my 4k DVDs are 24p ... at least that's what comes out of the player. I'm hoping to find a setting to get 60 out but haven't figured that out yet. Anyway, the above cable is working fine at 24 so far.

Just an FYI: I was able to get the DVD player to output 4k/60hz …
The HDMI cable had no issues. If one of the notebooks can do 4k/120hz I might test that … but since I really don’t do much gaming it would be just to see if it made its full spec.

Thought I’d put up an update.
Still waiting on the projector and front row seating.
Trying to figure out the carpet. I have access panels for running wires in platform but the carpet guys tell me the seams for them will not look too great. So looking into how to hid them better.

In the mean time I’ll start on the trim and installing the tops and height speakers.
Here’s a pict of the current state …

How did the sound isolation work out? Had a chance to test with the door on yet?

No, not yet ... the doors (inner and outer) will go on last as they will be a bit tricky.

The good news is that the projector will be here Thursday and the screen probably with-in the week.
Which means ... I better get moving ...

Unfortunately, a wrench might be thrown into the plan as my brother sent a email today that he (and family) might be coming to visit. So things might have to sit. We will see as he's a bit unpredictable.

Front Heights, Mid Top, and the projector are up ... working on rear heights.
The floor is pretty dusty ... so everything I touch gets white smudges on it. Already tryed the vacuum ... perhaps a mop will work ...
Still waiting on the screen.

Anyway, here is a pict.


I didn't bother smoothing out the back wall since it will be behind the screen and false AT walls.
Test of the Projector on a black wall ...