Easyrider's Cinema Room Number Two

booyaka · 17 Feb 2014 at 11:16

only concern I would have is the venting for the amp. Is it an Onkyo?? If so they get very very warm and you need a good space around the amp otherwise it will overheat and shutdown.

Seriously need at least 10cm gap around the whole thing. I have that plus no back in the unit and it still gets damn hot!

easyrider · 17 Feb 2014 at 11:28

booyaka said:
only concern I would have is the venting for the amp. Is it an Onkyo?? If so they get very very warm and you need a good space around the amp otherwise it will overheat and shutdown.

Seriously need at least 10cm gap around the whole thing. I have that plus no back in the unit and it still gets damn hot!

There is more air circulation now than there was before...As the back and sides are open.I have left a gap on the top to allow for the vents. With a gap smaller than this in the other unit there was no issue.

So all is good

DiCe! · 17 Feb 2014 at 11:29

booyaka said:
only concern I would have is the venting for the amp. Is it an Onkyo?? If so they get very very warm and you need a good space around the amp otherwise it will overheat and shutdown.

Seriously need at least 10cm gap around the whole thing. I have that plus no back in the unit and it still gets damn hot!

Just about to buy an Ikea besta 4 bay unit and this is what I am worried about with my Onkyo. It doesnt come with a back but I am going to make one for cables. I expect I will add a fan into the ply to suck air out.

easyrider · 18 Feb 2014 at 09:36

DiCe! said:
Just about to buy an Ikea besta 4 bay unit and this is what I am worried about with my Onkyo. It doesnt come with a back but I am going to make one for cables. I expect I will add a fan into the ply to suck air out.

What Onkyo is it?

booyaka · 18 Feb 2014 at 10:46

DiCe! said:
Just about to buy an Ikea besta 4 bay unit and this is what I am worried about with my Onkyo. It doesnt come with a back but I am going to make one for cables. I expect I will add a fan into the ply to suck air out.

I left the back off both my av cabinets (ikea units) - lots of air flow - no problems but they still get warm!

randomshenans · 18 Feb 2014 at 12:49

I'm going to get a coolmasters setup for my rack, have a suck/ blow top and bottom to disperse the heat better. Silent (well, you know) fans with a automatic thermostat to come on when it gets too hot.

DiCe! · 18 Feb 2014 at 14:06

easyrider said:
What Onkyo is it?

onkyo tx-nr626

booyaka said:
I left the back off both my av cabinets (ikea units) - lots of air flow - no problems but they still get warm!

Trouble is my cabling is very thick, and I have cut it longer because it is great quality and at the moment it is in a bedroom, in the future it will be in a lounge so I need to hide the cables somehow, a back with cable management/cablox would be fantastic

darkwildchild79 · 23 Feb 2014 at 11:30

easyrider said:
Been busy, Installed the centre speaker and made me a lack AV rack...Ran Audyssey on the Onkyo with the mic and I'm happy with the results. All I need to do is install the rear in wall speakers...using my Denons at the moment (pay day) and bury the woofer cable behind the skirting board. The one I have is a tad long so I'm buying a shorter one.

nice set-up, when are you going to breakdown the whole specs for us...what keyboard/amp/ you know what i mean what are you working with in that rack??

DiCe! · 23 Feb 2014 at 12:52

Keyboard is a Logitech k400 I believe

easyrider · 23 Feb 2014 at 14:24

darkwildchild79 said:
nice set-up, when are you going to breakdown the whole specs for us...what keyboard/amp/ you know what i mean what are you working with in that rack??

Onkyo 876
I7 920 HTPC with 5450 GFX
Logitech K400 keyboard
Monitor Audio Bronze in wall speakers
Panasonic Plasma ST50 TV
Elite 120" screen
Optoma HD25E 1080p Projector
BK Gemini II Sub
Humax HD1001s 1TB Freesat Box

DiCe! · 23 Feb 2014 at 14:48

How do you find the Optoma? Guy I work with got one and it blew up after half an hour...."we wont recommend you to our clients if you dont ship a replacment now" got him a new one quickly though

easyrider · 23 Feb 2014 at 16:26

DiCe! said:
How do you find the Optoma? Guy I work with got one and it blew up after half an hour...."we wont recommend you to our clients if you dont ship a replacment now" got him a new one quickly though

Its ace...my last one i had for 5 years HD700x ....This one is quiet and the IQ is great...at a cost of £599 after flogging my old one for £200

darkwildchild79 · 23 Feb 2014 at 17:32

easyrider said:
Onkyo 876
I7 920 HTPC with 5450 GFX
Logitech K400 keyboard
Monitor Audio Bronze in wall speakers
Panasonic Plasma ST50 TV
Elite 120" screen
Optoma HD25E 1080p Projector
BK Gemini II Sub
Humax HD1001s 1TB Freesat Box

okay similar to what you had in your old project, do like your handy work good on your, cant wait to see more project.....

easyrider · 27 May 2014 at 15:31

darkwildchild79 said:
okay similar to what you had in your old project, do like your handy work good on your, cant wait to see more project.....

Cheers matey.

pioneer2000 · 29 May 2014 at 13:22

Easyrider - wat projector mount are you using?

I've been looking at a few on Amazon but comments would suggest that the Optoma's have slightly awkward mounting holes?

Also, is it an electric screen you have? Looks like a pulldown?

easyrider · 29 May 2014 at 13:40

pioneer2000 said:
Easyrider - wat projector mount are you using?

I've been looking at a few on Amazon but comments would suggest that the Optoma's have slightly awkward mounting holes?

Also, is it an electric screen you have? Looks like a pulldown?

Just a cheap one from a competitor ...yeah it's a pull down I just pull it down in front of the TV when I wanna watch a movie and pull it up when I wanna watch TV ..takes all of 10 seconds to do.

easyrider · 15 Feb 2015 at 01:44

Updated with screen in OP

Caged · 15 Feb 2015 at 12:03

I can highly recommend the Peerless PRGS-UNV-S projector mount. It has metal geared fine adjustment for pitch and roll which makes getting the geometry perfect really easy.

easyrider · 24 Sep 2015 at 16:55

For smoove