Yes, yes we do all need 110" screens with 3D DLP projectors that have 1ms response times (for gaming) along with 7.2 (two 10" subwoofers) surround sound.
Lucky Joe,
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I swear to God... the one thing that stuck out in that statement was "1ms response time". And I actually KNOW WHAT IT MEANS! :laughing:
I didnt think that would be happening too often, i was noticing a trend of big corps not wanting to spend like they had before. getting a conference room setup for $40k wasnt out of the question once it was installed and done. now getting $20k seems like it was pulling teeth. There is still a lot of money to be made tho because the markup and margins on some of the stuff has gotten very nice if it can be pitched just right
Yup, been there done that. I started doing residential stuff in 97 and it was really strong till 2003. When the housing market dried up, so did the HT market. My average client was in at 65K or so. Plenty of markup in speakers and wires, even some in audio. Video OTOH has always been a tough market, especially when you try to compete with big box stores. That's where I fell back on my background in architectural drafting and did the consulting.
One of the last big ones in 02 I did.... Had a client that built his own room out before I ever came along. Dual layer sheetrock on hat channel, isodamp in the walls and ceiling, staggered studs, the whole thing was done right, as far as basic construction that is. OTOH he had a Panasonic RPTV and some cheap speakers with a white leather pit group.
Then after I came along we did the room once at around 50K, custom speakers with dual 12's, MTM in the upper end. Then built twin 73" subs (4 NHT 12's in each) for the front corners. Popped in a fixed screen and a low end projector, plus all the sound panels and decorations.
About a year later we went back, full hog..... He ended up with 125K in the room and another 25K in the rest of the house. Had 4 surround setups including the theater and 8 two-channel zones.
Then it wasn't 30 days after it was all setup and going great when his wife hit him with divorce papers! 
He had the T3P's in the front. Used another middle section as a center channel. Top and bottom sections run from rack mounted amps, with a 3rd sub section in the rear running out of phase. (Still had the 73" custom subs behind the front curtains) Two sets of sides, (below) and one pair of rears (also below).
Heck RBH threatened to file suit over his speakers because he had to sell them and tried selling them online.
(They wanted everyone's head on a stick!) Problem is... he had the ONLY setup like that (
in that finish) in the US so there was no way they believed we were not trying to sell their products on the internet.
(Even though I had no freaking part in it!)
They are very 'manly' speakers indeed! Im the MAN
