| What is this?
The GarageMAXX is a private home cinema build into a plain, standard garage. It
features a 2.4m x 1.35m screen, two rows of seats (the second one on a
35cm high platform), 6.1 sound and digital video projected from a projection booth which
also serves as the entrance and as a small bar. The auditorium size is
5.2m x 2.60m.
You can see plenty of pics in the
Gallery.
Currently, the hardware consists of the following units:
Video:
- Sharp XV-10000U
 DLP Projector
- Custom made 16:9 screen
 (2.4m x 1.35m) with vertically adjustable black
masking for maximum contrast 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 viewing
Audio & Sensorics
- Jamo D6
 THX Ultra speaker set in 6.1 configuration (one back surround)
- Denon 3802
 A/V Receiver, digitally connected to the HTPC
- Behringer Feedback-Destroyer Pro
 (DSP1124P) serving as an parametric
equalizer for subwoofer equalization and bass shaker prefiltering
- Technics SA-AX6 surround amp
 driving a total of 4 noname bass shakers, each
of which tuned with a 2.25kg weight for lowered resonance frequency
Signal Source
- HTPC:
- Asus K8N-E Deluxe Board with a Athlon 64 3400+ CPU,
on board digital output sound (NForce3), a Radeon 9600pro dual head for driving the
projector (via DVI) and the control monitor, a total of 813 GB
HD space and 512 MB of RAM. Since it's
located in the engine room, noise is not an issue. The machine is networked with
the rest of the house via a Gigabit Ethernet
- ZoomPlayer Professional for media playback
- Girder + USB Uirt Receiver for remote control
- Additional SB Live 5.1 card with the kxproject driver suite
for controlling the bass shaker chain
- Various custom written utilities for the system integration (shaker and
light control, etc.)
Other machinery
- Marantz RC3200 (aka Pronto Neo) remote control
- Radio controlled light and dimming controls
- NoName IR/Radio bridges for IR control from the viewing room
- Original 1969 Bosch fridge :)
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