We have one. Klipsch speakers. Can’t remember how much the projector was. We bought it used from a sports bar that was closing and it was pennies on the dollar for what a new one will run you. You will have to replace the lamp every few years, and those suckers are a couple hundred per punch, but that’s about the only cost after you set it up. I’d also suggest painting the room (ours in the basement) a dark color. We did maroon and ceiling is dark blue

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Posted by Obtuse1

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Posted on 7/30/20 at 5:20 pm to Woolfman_8

First, if you can control the light in the theater and especially if you are willing to go very dark on the paint (Bat Cave) get a PJ. There is NO comparison between a 120+ wide acoustically transparent screen and a TV.

I just ripped out my HT to start over. Will be using a Sony VW695ES and a 132" wide (151" diagonal) 16:9 AT screen. I have to start building the boxes for the subs, 16 18" and 2 21" subs all in LLT alignments tuned to ~12 hertz. They will be powered by multiple Crown pro amps. The pre/pro will be a Marantz 8805 13.2 surround sound processor. The front speakers will be DIY Soundgroup Titans, the sides and backs will be Soundgroup HTM-12 and the 6 Atmos speakers will be Soundgroup Volt 10s also driven by Crown amps.

Cost for the AV equipment is looking like about $55k with me doing all the work and $10k is acoustic treatments and various other upgrades, will be reusing the seating.

Pic of the raw 21" drivers:

One with a CD on the dust cap for size reference

An HT can be done with a budget of a couple of thousand or tip the scales at over $500k. If you are even semi-serious do a deep dive into the AVS forums plenty of info for every budget level.

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