The media room in the new basement is the one feature that everyone is most excited about. This weekend we went out and tried out theater seating. After shopping at a few stores and reclining in a lot of chairs, we picked four chairs in a straight formation from Berkline.
We opted for a higher end chair that doesn’t have any power. It is really comfortable and looks and feels well built. Plus I wasn’t that excited about running four power cords across the floor as the seats are not adjacent to the wall.
Equipment selection has been stressing me out for a while. When we were roughing in the room we had a sales guy from one of the local home theater stores come out and give us some advice and a quote. Nice equipment, but it was a little pricey for my budget, almost $12000. Since it included about $1200 in labor I decided to tackle it myself.
So, with budget in mind, here’s the equipment selection: Read the rest of this entry »
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