Home theaters
The equipment in a theater is the part you choose last and replace first. You keep the room: how much sound it holds in, how quietly it is cooled, and whether everyone can see the screen.
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01 The theater, taken apart
Build the room
before the equipment.You choose the projector, screen and speakers last and replace them first. NXG builds the structure, the air and the sightlines once.
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02 Isolation
Isolation is
in the framing.Staggered studs keep the two faces of the wall from touching. Add resilient channel, layered drywall for mass and a seal on every penetration. All of it ends up behind a surface, so it has to be in the drawings.
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03 Air
Cool the room
without the hum.A windowless room with a projector and an equipment rack heats up. Larger, lined ducts move the air at low speed, the return sits away from the seats, and the equipment lives in a closet outside, so the room stays cool and quiet.
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04 Sightlines
The riser comes from
the row in front.Seat distance and screen size set each other. The second row sits on a riser, and the eye level of the row ahead sets its height. The riser gets framed before the floor goes down.
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05 Light
Keep the room dark
for the picture.Seal the doors, black out any glazing, and use dark, low-reflectance finishes around the screen. A dark matte surround costs the same as a light one.
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06 Showtime
Lights down.
Step lights on the riser, a dimming scene for the room, and a cable route to every powered seat, framed in before the drywall.
A room built
to hold sound in.
Isolation is framing, not foam
NXG keeps sound out of the bedroom above by decoupling the structure: independent or staggered framing, resilient mounting, mass in the right layers, and every penetration treated. Panels stuck to a finished wall change how the room sounds inside it and do nothing measurable about what escapes.
Isolation is why a theater belongs in the drawings. Every part of it that works is behind a surface, where a retrofit can only build over it.
The quietest thing in the room should be the air
A room with no windows, a projector and a rack of electronics makes heat, and in a Las Vegas house cooling it the ordinary way puts a register and a duct run into a space where the noise floor matters.
Larger ducts moving air more slowly, lined runs, returns positioned away from the seating, and equipment placed outside the room are the levers. Get this wrong and the fix means opening the ceiling.
Sightlines and the second row
Seat distance and screen size set each other. Once there is a second row, it needs a riser, and the riser height comes from the eye level of the row in front rather than from a standard.
Riser structure, step lighting, the handrail if there is one, and the route a cable takes to reach a seat with a motor in it are all framing decisions made before the floor goes down.
Light, and the surfaces it lands on
A projected image is only as good as the room is dark. Doors get seals, any glazing gets blackout, and you choose the wall and ceiling finishes for low reflectance as much as for color.
A dark matte surround costs the same as a light one, and it stops light bouncing off the walls back onto the screen.
- Isolation
- Decoupled framing and layered mass, designed in
- HVAC
- Sized and detailed for a low noise floor
- Geometry
- Screen, seat distance and riser height set together
- Light
- Sealed openings, low-reflectance surfaces
- Licenses
- NV B‑2 #0091645
NV C‑17 #0092664
NV C‑3 #0092662
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Or call (702) 913‑7007 · info@nxgbuilds.com
What owners ask
about a theater.
Can you soundproof a room after it is finished?
Only partly, and only by building over or opening up the walls and ceiling. Isolation comes from the framing rather than foam: independent or staggered structure, resilient mounting, mass in the right layers, and every penetration treated. Added decoupled layers cost floor space and ceiling height, and they cannot change the framing already behind the surface.
Why is the air conditioning the hard part?
Because a room with no windows, a projector and a rack of electronics makes heat, and in a Las Vegas house cooling it the ordinary way puts a register and a duct run into a space where the noise floor matters. Larger ducts moving air more slowly, lined runs, returns positioned away from the seating, and equipment placed outside the room are the levers.
Do I need a riser for a second row?
Once there is a second row, yes. The riser height comes from the eye level of the row in front rather than from a standard dimension, and seat distance and screen size set each other. Riser structure, step lighting, a handrail, and the cable route to a seat with a motor in it are framing decisions made before the floor goes down.
Does the room finish affect the picture?
Yes. A projected image is only as good as the room is dark, so doors get seals, any glazing gets blackout, and you choose the wall and ceiling finishes for low reflectance as much as for color. A dark matte surround costs the same as a light one.
Tell us what
you’re building.
Send the details below or call. We reply within one business day.
- Phone
- (702) 913‑7007
- info@nxgbuilds.com
- Office
- 3277 E Warm Springs Rd, Ste 200
Las Vegas, NV 89120 - Hours
- Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm
Saturday, 10:00am–3:00pm - Licenses
- NV B‑2 #0091645
NV C‑17 #0092664
NV C‑3 #0092662
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