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The Bat Barn

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The room was recently featured in a video production for a UK AV forum. If anyone is interested, you can see the video here...



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High Definition WMV : http:// Why? Well, it's a barn, and I wanted to create a "bat cave" viewing environment, from the perspective of ambient light. Also, we have bats living in the rafters of the main house (not the barn - they're a protected species :-). It took about 8 months of work to turn the room from uninhabitable to really quite cosy. Dimensions are 31ft long x 15ft wide x 14ft at the highest point of the ceiling.The room was recently featured in a video production for a UK AV forum. If anyone is interested, you can see the video here...Standard def : http:// www.avforums.com/tv/index.php?videoid=67 High Definition WMV : http:// www.avpodcast.co.uk/videohd.wmv?v=67

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Help, it's stuck!

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One of four 18" Fi IB drivers in use in the infinite baffle subs. Here, I'm trying to remove the magnet from my fillings :-)

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The Screen Wall

Uploaded Nov 26, 2008 09:19:04

Carada Brilliant White 10ft wide custom 2.37:1 fixed screen

Sonus Faber LRC

and the pits of doom :-)



The screen wall is covered entirely in acoustically transparent fabric, behind which is a thick layer of rockwool for mid/high freq absorption. Either side of the screen wall, on the pitched walls, are panels of black velvet for reflected light absorption.

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Acoustic panels (ceiling)

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There are six acoustic absorption panels hanging from the ceiling. Each consists of a 2ft x 2ft timber frame & contains blocks of dense rockwool. The panels are covered in acoustically transparent cloth.

One of the main challenges...

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...was having to design the room around a fixed mounting location for the projector. Without putting in extra beams, or creating unsightly supports, the pj was always going to have to be mounted on this middle beam. On top of that, I had to factor in the anamorphic lens, which is fussy about throw ratio (to avoid geometric distortion), and also height of the screen off the floor due to the pitched ceiling. Calculating the exact size of custom screen to order was a tense process! Fortunately, I did my sums right & it worked out ok ;-).

Kit List

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From the top...

Rotel 1075 5 channel power amp

Audiolab 8000AP processor (upgraded from Rotel 1068 in picture)

Behringer Feedback Destroyer

Squeezebox 3

CI Audio DAC & PSU

Pioneer DV-575 SACD/DVD

Toshiba EP-35 HD-DVD

hp pull-out keyboard/monitor

Sony PS3 (Region A)

Samsung BDP-1500 (Region B, not in pic)

Mapletree Audio tube headphone amp

HTPC - diy running Windows Home Server w/ 3.5TB storage

Rotel RB 850 2-channel power amp (rears)

T.Amp 2400 2-channel power amp (subs)

APC Smartpower 1400 UPS

Also....

Sony VW60 Projector

Prismasonic FE-1500R anamorphic lens

Carada Brilliant White 10ft wide custom 2.37:1 fixed screen

Sonus Faber LRC speakers + iron/walnut stands

M&K 55MKII Tripole surrounds

Diy Infinite Baffle subwoofers, 4 x 18" Fi drivers

Lutron 3104 lighting controller

Logitech Harmony One remote

Woo Audio WA22 Balanced headphone amplifier

Sennheiser HD800 headphones

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Reading area

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A comfy chair where I sit to take time out from work, read one of the movie books you can see on the shelf, or just chill out with a beer/whisky. A fridge/cooler is next on the list of things to get!

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The Office

Uploaded Nov 26, 2008 09:18:44

This is where I work from home. Yes, the temptation to pick up the Harmony One remote & start playing is always in the back of my mind :-).

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The projector is Sony's VW60 "Black Pearl". In front is a Prismasonic FE-1500R horizontal expansion, remote motorized anamorphic lens.

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ATI Eyefinity setup - 3 x 24" monitors driven by two 5850 cards in Crossfire

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