hey, do you need to turn on the amp at the rack every time before watching a movie? Or do you have another way to turn on all the devices via the cinema room? Thank you in advance. I will start building a dedicated cinema room in a few months
The only thing I can't control remotely is the Beringer amp for the 18" subs. Everything else works with the Harmony Elite remote and hub system. So I just turn on that amp manually when I'm putting in the disc or before I sit down then the remote works for everything else. Thanks and good luck with your build!
I love the paint scheme you went with. I wish I would've seen that wall color 3 months ago when I painted my theater room. I just watched your paint vid where you made sure to paint the vents, cans, and grills black. Is there any reason you decided to use white electrical sockets and plates instead of black?
Thank you! As far as electrical sockets and plates goes, I purchased them way before we knew what color we decided on, and with the white trim i decided to just use what I had with white and see what happens. Might try black at some point, but for now probably just going to leave them white. They match the white baseboard trim also and you can't really see them when the room is dark. It's kind've like all the black is up high and the white is down low right now - that's how I justify it in my OCD mind 😂
@@TyEichele My room is a dark charcoal color and I have white baseboards and crown molding. I switched out my white plates, light switches, and sockets for black ones and it's one of my favorite parts of the makeover. It gave it a really sleek, contemporary look. No matter which way you go that's a beautiful design. Congrats.
@@TyEichele you’re welcome. I had a plug start a fire in a house once due to being backstabbed. Probably rare occurrence but since then I have always used the screw terminals (not to mention electrical code in my area requires it now).
Very nice. Your cable management is coming on well. I'm a huge sucker for cable management and use quite a few different lacing bars (rack tours on my channel). It really helps to keep the rack neat. As you are already doing, keeping the power away from signal cables is good, where possible. 😃 Your room is coming on really nicely - really enjoying the progress videos.
Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment - and I'll definitely check out some of your videos for ideas and inspiration! Thank you for letting me know that. 👍
@@TyEichele No worries. I wish I’d installed smurf tubes like you have. I have some permanently buried wires now with not a single way of accessing them. Oh well - live and learn. :-)
@@cableguydan Oh no! I don't even remember where I had that idea from, probably saw it somewhere. I just remember hearing how HDMI cables fail or just the need to be able to upgrade them as newer/better cables come out. I needed an easy way to swap them out if needed.
I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to unwanted noise and when I came from my 2 channel to a multi-channel setup, I couldn't believe how much my noise floor had risen. In my experience when running long speaker runs it absolutely essential to have your cables shielded! After hearing the sonic benefits of shielded cables, I ended up shielding my HDMI cables as well and lo and behold my room become even more quieter. Fortunately for you not only are your components positioned outside the listening area but most of your cables are in wall which of course will help with noise reduction but I most certainly would separate the power cables from other cables. Even my TVs power cable is routed separately. I just wouldn't take the risk! I've lost count how many times have gone through the reverse elimination process 🤯 As you probably already discovered yourself, sonically its kinda hard to hear where the faint electrical sounf noise is coming from. It's almost as if the room is producing noise itself! Take a look at this 3 minute short video and half way through you'll see how careful I've got my cables routed. I even go to the trouble where possible to only route the same cables with one another (cross cable contamination) Pays dividends in the end because even though my components are positioned less than 8-ft from my sweet spot, my room is so quiet.. sonically I'm unable to tell the difference whether my system is switched off or if it's actually switched on but just on pause! Seriously it's that quiet. Mind you as well as most of my cables being shielded, I'm also using a high performance AVR + matching power amps and of course an audiophile grade power conditioner th-cam.com/video/xvdqI5qZa6g/w-d-xo.html
Good suggestion about the lacing bar. One of those “i don’t know what I don’t know” moments for me.
Exactly! So glad someone recommended it to me 🙂
Only wish they had home theater stuff like this when I was remodeling my basement. Looks amazing.
Nice work
Thanks!
@@TyEichele I’m currently working on my theater setup .
hey, do you need to turn on the amp at the rack every time before watching a movie? Or do you have another way to turn on all the devices via the cinema room?
Thank you in advance. I will start building a dedicated cinema room in a few months
The only thing I can't control remotely is the Beringer amp for the 18" subs. Everything else works with the Harmony Elite remote and hub system. So I just turn on that amp manually when I'm putting in the disc or before I sit down then the remote works for everything else. Thanks and good luck with your build!
I love the paint scheme you went with. I wish I would've seen that wall color 3 months ago when I painted my theater room. I just watched your paint vid where you made sure to paint the vents, cans, and grills black. Is there any reason you decided to use white electrical sockets and plates instead of black?
Thank you! As far as electrical sockets and plates goes, I purchased them way before we knew what color we decided on, and with the white trim i decided to just use what I had with white and see what happens. Might try black at some point, but for now probably just going to leave them white. They match the white baseboard trim also and you can't really see them when the room is dark. It's kind've like all the black is up high and the white is down low right now - that's how I justify it in my OCD mind 😂
@@TyEichele My room is a dark charcoal color and I have white baseboards and crown molding. I switched out my white plates, light switches, and sockets for black ones and it's one of my favorite parts of the makeover. It gave it a really sleek, contemporary look. No matter which way you go that's a beautiful design. Congrats.
@@mark_in_mi Sounds really nice! I'll definitely keep it in mind for future reference as I finish everything out. Appreciate it! 👍
Nice work but I hate to see anyone backstabbing electrical wiring into outlets. The screws are MUCH more secure and safe.
Good to know! Thank you 👍
@@TyEichele you’re welcome. I had a plug start a fire in a house once due to being backstabbed. Probably rare occurrence but since then I have always used the screw terminals (not to mention electrical code in my area requires it now).
@@chriswhite8717 Oh wow that's not good at all! That's enough to make me want to fix them all! Thanks for sharing - appreciate it
Very nice. Your cable management is coming on well. I'm a huge sucker for cable management and use quite a few different lacing bars (rack tours on my channel). It really helps to keep the rack neat. As you are already doing, keeping the power away from signal cables is good, where possible. 😃
Your room is coming on really nicely - really enjoying the progress videos.
Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment - and I'll definitely check out some of your videos for ideas and inspiration! Thank you for letting me know that. 👍
@@TyEichele No worries. I wish I’d installed smurf tubes like you have. I have some permanently buried wires now with not a single way of accessing them.
Oh well - live and learn. :-)
@@cableguydan Oh no! I don't even remember where I had that idea from, probably saw it somewhere. I just remember hearing how HDMI cables fail or just the need to be able to upgrade them as newer/better cables come out. I needed an easy way to swap them out if needed.
I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to unwanted noise and when I came from my 2 channel to a multi-channel setup, I couldn't believe how much my noise floor had risen.
In my experience when running long speaker runs it absolutely essential to have your cables shielded! After hearing the sonic benefits of shielded cables, I ended up shielding my HDMI cables as well and lo and behold my room become even more quieter. Fortunately for you not only are your components positioned outside the listening area but most of your cables are in wall which of course will help with noise reduction but I most certainly would separate the power cables from other cables. Even my TVs power cable is routed separately. I just wouldn't take the risk! I've lost count how many times have gone through the reverse elimination process 🤯
As you probably already discovered yourself, sonically its kinda hard to hear where the faint electrical sounf noise is coming from. It's almost as if the room is producing noise itself!
Take a look at this 3 minute short video and half way through you'll see how careful I've got my cables routed. I even go to the trouble where possible to only route the same cables with one another (cross cable contamination) Pays dividends in the end because even though my components are positioned less than 8-ft from my sweet spot, my room is so quiet.. sonically I'm unable to tell the difference whether my system is switched off or if it's actually switched on but just on pause!
Seriously it's that quiet. Mind you as well as most of my cables being shielded, I'm also using a high performance AVR + matching power amps and of course an audiophile grade power conditioner
th-cam.com/video/xvdqI5qZa6g/w-d-xo.html