The Timberline Theater ‘First Light’

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About a year ago we started construction of a 3 car garage with a living space above. I decided to build another theater in the space. ‘First Light’ was last Wednesday.

This is a combined 2 channel room and home theater. The 2 channel system is separate from the HT. While they both share L and R amplifiers and speakers, all the preceding electronics have dedicated power feeds and are isolated from each other with an XLR switcher.

The HT is a 9.4.6 Dolby Atmos theater with a 12’ diagonal CinemaScope 2.35:1 curved screen and a JVC 8k projector with an ISCO Anamorphic Lens and slide. 9 ‘bed’ channels, 4 subwoofers set up as a double bass array, and 6 Atmos height speakers.

This is a picture looking back into the theater. Two rows of seating. The front cabinet houses the 2 channel gear, the back houses the HT gear. The right wide front, right side, and right back surround speakers and the right Atmos height speakers are visible. The projector and lens are mounted so that they can be adjusted for centering, pitch, roll, and yaw. You can see the rear subs, entry door and kitchen area.

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This is looking towards the front of the theater showing the LCR SF Amati speakers and McIntosh MC 2301 300 wpc tube amplifiers. The front height and wide speakers are also visible.
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I can post more info if folks here are interested. It’s been a fun project with a lot of interesting challenges. The Trinnov processor is a game changer for multichannel immersive audio.
 
That’s awesome! Following!

Here I am trying to figure out the best way to attach an over the air antenna to my roof for my TV. You’re at another level!
 
I had a surplus LCD TV so I made an electronic movie poster. It’s at the top of the stairs leading into the theater.
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Looks fantastic. The Trinnov sure helps this set up a ton. FYI there was a Trinnov update Sept 9 and I believe there is another in the near future.
I suspect you will spend a fair bit of time there.
Enjoy
 
Thanks! I have climbed up the Trinnov learning curve. It’s like climbing Everest I am at base camp 2. Still a lot to learn but it’s getting easier. I’ll wait to upgrade until I’m a bit more comfortable with this beast. So far, it sounds spectacular.
 
Great looking place and room to enjoy music and movies. I've moved away from a HT system. But, this morning I woke up thinking what five BluRay music videos I would want to watch on your system. Not sure why this was my waking thought. But, here are five I use to watch fairly often.

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Great looking place and room to enjoy music and movies. I've moved away from a HT system. But, this morning I woke up thinking what five BluRay music videos I would want to watch on your system. Not sure why this was my waking thought. But, here are five I use to watch fairly often.

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Darrel,
I’ve been enjoying some 5.1 ch SACD’s that I really hadn’t heard properly before. They range from beautiful to bombastic and everything in between. But it’s all fun.

Thanks for the concert disc recommendations! I am always up for a good concert disc but really don’t know where to start. Recommendations are always welcome.

We had our first guests in the theater earlier this week. We watched Mandalorian and Grogu. Nothing like a space western to highlight the theater. :)
 
I opened my theatre with Fury (Brad Pit). If you want a reference show can't beat Maverick. Colour Avatar is pretty good. I'm fan of Joe Bonamassa. Live At Carnegie hall where he does an acoustic set was pretty good. I'm sure there is a ton more just can't think off the top of my head. I always liked the movie The Man who would be King with Sean Connery and Michael Caine.
 
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