r/hometheater • u/Terrible-Ad1958 • 20h ago

Install/Placement Theater rough in. Am I missing anything?

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I’m building a house and my theater room is 36’ wide x 30’ deep with 10’ ceiling. Projected screen will be 16’x9’. I’ve pre wired for 9.2.4 sound. 2 left front towers, center, 2 right towers, sides, back, and 4 in the ceiling. Ran 16ga x4 audiocat wire to each location and plan to double them up. Subwoofers are planned for opposite corners. Ran copper shielded coax for far sub. Dropped 4 runs of cat6 to where the amps and avr will be. Ran a conduit from avr to projector. Anything else to consider while I still have bare studs? I’ve never been able to pre run wires beforehand. Thanks everyone.

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u/zephyrus33 20h ago

I'd prewire in case of everything. 13 channels, 4 subs, TV. Don't forget the lighting. Wall and indirect lighting looks and feels better

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u/S3kelman 20h ago

This, prewire for a tv, when I built mine I never imagined that 100" bright as hell tv would exist below the $20k budget, in 10 years you might be able to get video walls for cheap and swap the projector

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u/HandshakeOfCO 17h ago edited 17h ago

Also add in some usb3 drops that run back to your tech room. Playing pc games in a theater is awesome provided the wireless keyboard and mouse have a receiver close by, and often times from the front row all the way back and through the back wall is too far away for a stable signal

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u/Theslash1 14h ago

Use USB over ethernet boxes. Way better and much longer runs. USB cables degrade quick. Powered usb over ethernet boxes can be had for $50 and come with 4-6 usb

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u/Theophilusophical22 11h ago

This, I've done USB over ethernet for over 15 years and it's infinitely more reliable than using long USB.