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Recommendations for a new Basement home theater.

Hello All,

Creating an open floor plan basement theater, about 1200 square ft.
Basement is all foundation wall currently

Can I have an opinion on the below for a novice.

What cables to use and would all the gear listed below, run thru an A/V receiver,
and is an additional amp be necessary?

What would the connections and your opinions be on the below, do i go with ethernet as well as i believe the majority of the gear is hooked up with HDMI.

All electronic gear will be housed in a ventilated closet utility audio room with a dedicated circuit breaker 20 amps
.
Using roxul for installation as well as foam insulation boards in between studs with 5/8 thick sheet rock.

All will be hard wired to a network. Can anyone tell me about wiring?

Router is on the second floor, do i need a separate router,, not sure how they create a home network for the
basement.

The incoming fios signal and hub box is located inside the garage, do they grab the line from there
to bring the signal in the basement. Want to make sure im getting the best connection out there.


TV - Sony 85 inch x900h on wall
Speakers- Kplish reference premium atmos speakers either 5.1 or 7.2.
marantz a/v
Turntable
Cd player
vcr dual deck - go video
nvidia shield pro
media streamer/ripper
cable box verizon fios
dvd player
cassette deck.
speaker wire 14/4 gauge CL 2
cable connection HDMI, Ethernet, svideo cable
universal remote or control 4

slipkids

Showing 1 response by erik_squires

erik_squires
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Save all the money you were going to spend on expensive cables and use it for room acoustic panels.  Talk to GIK Acousutics or ATS Acoustics. Make sure to ask them about delivery times before you commit.   I like GIK, but they are a little more expensive than ATS and right now they are about 3 months delivery.

For networking you really only need Cat 5 or Cat 6.  Having 1 GigE switches and routers is a great idea.  Consider putting your network devices in the HT on their own surge protector.  If you are running a long distance, shielded Ethernet is a good idea, but make sure your switches support it.

Yes, get whole house surge protection, but they also recommend (with good reason) surge protection at the devices. I have both, and I've just lost a laptop I forgot was charging without a local surge protector.

Best,

Erik
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