Ay-yi-yi
Well, obviously I'm late with posting my theatre pics. And here's why!
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Quite literally, one week ago, I had just completed my theatre install and setup. Finally, had the speakers and everything else positioned, set up, and I was starting to run Audyssey MultEQ XT32. I was getting ready to snap my photos when I noticed that damage on my ceiling above my Right Surround speaker.
Yup. Water damage
I live in a high rise, so I'm responsible for everything inside my apartment, but anything to do with the building itself is the responsibility of my strata. Unexposed leaky pipes are, somewhat thankfully, considered part of the structure, so my strata will pay for all the repairs to the pipes and my ceiling. But I say "somewhat", because that also means it takes longer than if I were to just call a plumber and do the drywall repairs myself.
So, alas, all of this meant I had to pull everything out of my theatre! That was fun, since I have a heavy amp, heavy AV Receiver, all my precious Ascend speakers, oh...and a 70" TV that I had to finagle off of its stand mount!
Yeah...so...that was last week. Pipes get fixed today. Drywall will be in the middle of the week. But then it needs to get mudded, primed, and the paint has to get matched. So I'm pretty much guessing that all of this week and next week are a bust
I'm so bummed out right now -- haha. Like, literally as I finally had my theatre all set up, this freaking water damage has to raise its ugly head.
The good news is that there was no equipment damage -- the water never actually leaked through. And I guess it's much better to have caught it now. But it's still a major bummer!
In happy news, though, Dave really like the gift that I got him! I gave him a custom made HTPC movie server with 10 Blu-ray demo discs loaded onto it. I'm putting up another thread explaining what I got him, and also because I'm sure he will need more input from as many forum members as possible as he familiarizes himself with Windows Media Center and all of its many capabilities! So head on over to DaveF's HTPC thread and lend him some advice if he ever needs it I really only use my own HTPCs as a movie server and for music, so I'm far from an expert when it comes to everything HTPC. But Dave seems genuinely excited and happy to have it, and we've already emailed back and forth a few times regarding different formats and adding more capabilities to the HTPC!
So, good news there. Bad news for my theatre. But it will all get sorted in time