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By Arlen Schweiger/Electronic House

Rain Man would have desired to check the little Jeopardy as good as Peoples Court in this home theater.

Physically, its the same expanse which would have had guests like Tom Cruise as good as Dustin Hoffman over while director Barry Levinson (The Natural, Rain Man) screened movies upon the then-state-of-the-art actuation complement featuring dual Runco CRT models.

But some-more recently, underneath brand brand new ownership, it was instance to provide this Hollywood hangout room settled in Northern Californias abundant Marin County the makeover. After all, the aged projectors beamed onto the 4:3 screen, as good as nows the age of CinemaScope 2.35:1 home viewing.

Local law electronics proRolling Thunder Group of San Rafael, Calif., was tasked with you do the drama transformation, along with the little some-more rooms in the multimillion-dollar home.

We creatively were contracted to redo the family room system, kids room complement as good as reinstate the backyard speakers. Of course, you couldnt wait to intend out hands upon the redo of the sacred theater, says Rolling Thunders Jeff Symonds. The complement had obstructed functional as good as was unusable. With dual Runco CRT projectors, 4:3 bound screen, the ton of weird programme gear as good as an original Crestron controller the size of the 22 TV you began discussions to make it the fun room for the owners as good as her dual kids to enjoy.

With the owners existence female, the expanse could not turn the typical mancave sort of wall-rattling theater. author as good as the homeowner worked upon the thought of branch the room in to the Buddha Bar, as good as regulating the forged out expanse among the existent woodworking which housed the 4:3 shade as good as swing design there.

Thats how the big head came in to play, as good as it gets covered by the 116-inch law Da-Lite shade upon film nights. As for the receptive to advice system, the face speaker locations which creatively went at the behind of the perforated 4:3 shade were changed to next where the Da-Lite shade drops down, as cupboard boxershorts were replaced to house SpeakerCraft front-channel speakers as good as dual absolute JL Audio subwoofers at the behind of law grills.

Other pieces of the drama puzzle were changed as well. The primary gear from the aged complement was previously in an unfinished broom closet underneath the stairs. Two Middle Atlantic racks of alternative gear from the previous complement were unprotected in the woodworking in the behind of the room, says Symonds. We motionless to immigrate all the gear for the brand brand new complement in to the woodworking as good as pleasing brand brand new matching cupboard doors to censor it all. This right away leaves access to the closets eager heat, lighting, electrical as good as alternative systems which were previously inaccessible. All part of the brand brand new zen-like atmosphere in here.

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