About two years ago, Mark purchased a pair of HT3's, an HTC center channel, HT1's for surrounds and a subwoofer, all for his Boston-area family room. This year it was time to pull out all the stops for a dedicated home theater.
This was a large project with a number of companies involved. The company chosen to do the installation suggested another line of speakers. But Mark informed them that the speakers were not in play.
As we discussed the requirements for his project, it soon became obvious that every speaker in the system would be customized to a certain extent.
Here is a picture of the entire setup...
Mark chose to have three HT3's up front behind a transparent screen. But there was no room for rear porting. So the speakers were all side ported. The left HT3 was ported to the left, the right HT3 to the right and the center HT3 to either side.
Just inside the left and right mains will be two massive subwoofers. The cabinets were designed to be the same depth as the HT3's and all other dimensions were adjusted accordingly. The drivers in these 15" subwoofers are massive - almost 50 pounds each!. The port lengths were so long, we had to fold the ports into the cabinets. As you can see, the drivers are offset to one side of the cabinet. The ports take up much of the other side of the cabinet internally and continue across the bottom of the cabinet, exiting on the sides.
On top of the subs you will notice a pair of new, custom Veracity bipole/dipole speakers and a pair of modified HT1's. All of these speakers were designed to be wall-mounted in columns. For that reason, we limited the depth to 8" for both models. The width is also the same for both. And both are down ported.
From a sound perspective, this should be a truly impressive set-up.
We should have more pictures and descriptions available in the next few days.
Mark, here's to a totally engaging cinematic experience!
- Jim
