My Work

LanfearLanfear Join Date: 2006-11-15 Member: 58615Members
edited November 2006 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Yes first time I have decided to post something</div>Most of you know by now, and if you don't I work for a Home Theatre company. Now since I am fairly proud of the work we do, and we get to go into some massively expensive houses to work on stuff.

I will be listing the equipment used underneath the pictures, in case one is curious.

So, occasionally I will update this thread with works in progress, and completed works that we have taken pictures of. Keep in mind while reading this, these pictures are of actual houses we are working on/worked on.

So, to start, a basic remodel of the basement near Canton, SD (Look it up if you want to know where it is.)

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*edit* Fixed image size issues, yay for ifranview, and DOWN WITH GIMP.


Monitor: Panasonic 50' Plasma
A/V Reciever: Sherwood Newcastle 671
DVD Player: Samsung
Satellite: Dish Network HD20
Surge: Panamax MX8-EX
CD Player: Pioneer 5-disc changer.
Remote: Universal MX-600

Rack:
Sanus Glass equipment shelves

Speakers:
OEM Preference Center channel
Russound 6.5 Inwall speakers (front)
Russound Contrator 623 Surround sound speakers.
PSB Subsonic Zero subwoofer.

The equipment was in a closet around the corner which you can't quite see in the second picture, it is to the right of the wall on the right hand side of the picture.

So, that is a taste of what I do, and I will keep updating this thread. As we do more.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Anyone who can afford a giant TV like that can afford a much less ugly piece of furniture to stick right under the TV.
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  • KGB_GaralKGB_Garal Join Date: 2005-06-09 Member: 53476Members
    Everything in that room except for the TV looks hideous =\ Like they're stuck in the 80s or something.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I thought you were in police training?
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  • AbraAbra Would you kindly Join Date: 2003-08-17 Member: 19870Members
    Thats looking like some solid work there, Lanfear. Nice job!
    What did it cost the buyer?
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1582363:date=Nov 30 2006, 11:59 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 30 2006, 11:59 AM) [snapback]1582363[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Anyone who can afford a giant TV like that can afford a much less ugly piece of furniture to stick right under the TV.
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    Or a recliner that doesn't look like it's made of pleather.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    That looks like the kind of room you stick your least favorite child in without letting them out for 15 years so they go insane. Nice tv though.
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  • LanfearLanfear Join Date: 2006-11-15 Member: 58615Members
    Little bit of background on the consumers...

    They are mid 60's or thereabouts, you can't expect to be modern. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    Total cost: $14,500. US

    The next couple of jobs will look nicer and are more modern which you will see soon.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    I hope the next one looks nicer. If I was to spend THAT kind of money on a home theater system there had better be no wires showing. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Well, hell. I'd post pictures from work, but it's a little boring to just show concealed faceplates and jacks tucked away here and there. And the interesting bit (racks) we aren't allowed to photo for security reasons. :b
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Same here Talesin - they'd toss me in federal prison if they caught me taking pictars.

    And Cyndane, I know a lot of folks in their mid-sixties who are more hip re: modern than most on these forums. Nice try - no cigar for again trying to stereotype an age group older and wiser than yours. <img src="http://www.ibparcade.com/style_emoticons/default/chair.gif" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1582486:date=Nov 30 2006, 05:04 PM:name=Depot)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Depot @ Nov 30 2006, 05:04 PM) [snapback]1582486[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    I hope the next one looks nicer. If I was to spend THAT kind of money on a home theater system there had better be no wires showing. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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    i like wires. they let you move date from point to point. they should be displayed so that they are non-intrusive and allowed to do their duty. yay for visible wiring!
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Yeah Blackmage, all of that clutter looks real nice on that expensive setup. NOT.
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    I'd post pics too but then I'd be breaking my NDA :/
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Lanfear, how dare you come here and show off your work? My indignation knows no bounds! I shall now proceed to rant and rave and generally make an ###### of myself!

    Oh wait, that's what everyone else is already doing. Pissants.
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    heyyyy... I wasn't moaning :(
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I'm sorry, I thought it was readily apparent who that was aimed at. You weren't moaning. There there. I offers the shinies for appeasement!
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  • LanfearLanfear Join Date: 2006-11-15 Member: 58615Members
    edited December 2006
    Obviously since most people decided not to read the post, that equipment isn't showing. As I stated orginally it is in a closet behind the couch you see in the second picture. Excellent reading comprehension, some of you.

    Naturally, that isn't why I started this reply, it is time for Project number #2.

    Again this is done by older people who actually do have taste for a more modern look. Of course some old people assume I was blanketing it as a stereotype, when they don't live here and know the norm.

    <img src="http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8217/closeuphf5.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    <img src="http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8014/pictures007kz8.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    Equipment:
    Sherwood Newcastle 971 A/V Reciever
    Hitachi 55inch Plasma
    Panamax 5300 Surge Protection
    NAD 514 DVD Player
    Motorola HD/DVR cablebox (Same one Comcast uses)
    MX-600 Universal remote control

    Speakers:
    Pinnacle LCR 15
    Russound 6.5 Surround Sound
    Kef Cherry Oak subwoofer 10inch

    Stands/etc.
    Sanus VMPLc

    Total Cost: $23,500
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  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    I love how the speakers are in the wall that looks great. The whole picture is runied by the furniture though....

    In the second room, is that thing under the TV the speaker?
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  • LanfearLanfear Join Date: 2006-11-15 Member: 58615Members
    Yes, it is the left, center, and right speakers.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    You left the door open and a buttefly appears to have taken up residence on the television. They're going to have to chase it away with a cane.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Did you rip that room out of Half-Life 1 or something?
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    awww... I want a butterfly for my TV now.
    Did that come with it or is there someplace you can buy sticky butterflies to slap on all your furniture? :o
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1582892:date=Dec 1 2006, 11:52 AM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Geminosity @ Dec 1 2006, 11:52 AM) [snapback]1582892[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    awww... I want a butterfly for my TV now.
    Did that come with it or is there someplace you can buy sticky butterflies to slap on all your furniture? :o
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    Butterflies are attracted to sodium so you might just wanna lightly dust your TV with kosher salt and elave the door open or something.
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    knowing Dundee, if I did that I'd just end up with a TV covered in wasps or bluebottles... that or find seagulls in my room stealing my clothes* :/



    * a flatmate of mine back in university came back into their room once just in time to see a seagull flying out their window carrying one of their socks.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Project #2 looks much nicer, but the furniture is some kind of ugly. What part of the world is this> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />
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  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    Knowing our dearest, mebbe somewhere around the SD area.
    Hmm. That second looks nice, but the wallset speakers on the first one are just too nice (if a little bit of a ###### to upgrade <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />)

    And the second seems a bit cheap (labour cost wise...)
    USD23,500 ~ GBP15,000

    Now, given that a decent 55" plasma will set you back the better part of about 7-8 grand (depending on how you haggle...) that's over 1/2 the total cost just in the screen.

    But still, if I had 15gran, I'd do something good with it, like use it as a deposit for a flat...
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  • LanfearLanfear Join Date: 2006-11-15 Member: 58615Members
    edited December 2006
    Gem: The butterfly was an addition done by the home owners wife. I belive she bought it from a local store, but I don't know which one. I never asked, it does look nice where it is though.

    Patch: A good plasma 55" costs around 5,000 US, currently, when we sold the set yes it did go for around 7500 US. To be fair it wasn't that cheap of an install + labor. We don't normally have upwards of 50,000 spent with us just for one room. Now if we are doing a whole house (distributed audio/video/coax/phone/central vac/home theatre room/etc.) We can run anywhere from 50K starting to above 500K all depends on equipment etc.

    Thaladrin: That is a real room, in the real world. You should step outside and explore it. (Its larger then HL1/HL2 worlds)


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    This next project will be a while before it is completed. We are doing the entire house when it comes to the wiring so I figured I'd take a few pictures of the landscape to start with as the inside isn't anywhere near done.

    <img src="http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3554/skybuilders008bk3.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    <img src="http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6729/skybuilders007do1.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    <img src="http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4982/skybuilders003ej7.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    <img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4958/skybuilders004hn7.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    Oh, that white stuff, is called ICE. Say it together kids, Iii Ceee Eee, that is what happens when water freezes in a waterfall.
    I omitted the front yard as it isn't nearly as complete.

    Ignore the construction material in these next two, the first one is of the basketball court upstairs. The second one is of the elevator, which runs in this three-story house.
    <img src="http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1172/skybuilders002ps2.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    <img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4807/skybuilders006jy1.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Don't patronize us, we know what ice is. Honestly, you act like we've never played de_survivor or the winter version of cs_assault in Counterstrike. Sheesh.
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  • LanfearLanfear Join Date: 2006-11-15 Member: 58615Members
    Just covering the bases tycho, you younglings live in weird parts of the world where "seasons" don't exsist.
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  • briktalbriktal Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20021Members, Constellation
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    i like wires. they let you move date from point to point. they should be displayed so that they are non-intrusive and allowed to do their duty. yay for visible wiring!
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    There was plenty of visible wiring where I worked. And we learned that it is way too easy to make expensive electronics catch on fire.
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