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Fundamental Customs Demo Home Theater

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I went to the local fancy multiplex theater one day to see some random action movie. And it made me angry. It made me angry that while I had a very respectable home theater system, it felt nothing like this mega big pro version. That night, I got to work on designing the new Fundamental ‘Pro Theater’ line of loudspeakers. Using speaker components usually found in nightclubs or other large venues, I designed these monster, 4 foot tall left, center, and right speakers along with a dual-18 inch subwoofer. All hidden behind a 150″ acoustically transparent screen.

This design takes a ‘brute force’ approach to home theater and it performs like nothing I’ve heard in a home before. The front end of the theater utilizes three JBL compression tweeters, twelve Eminence 8″ woofers, and two 18″ subs. It’s more impactful, more engaging than a standard home theater. In short, it’s just so much more… FUN.

A picture of the speakers was taken before the screen was installed. Then, that picture is used as a custom wallpaper for the Control4 On Screen Display. Visitors get a life-size peek at the Pro Theater speakers hidden behind the screen.

Liquor Shelf

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This shelf made of pine and iron pipe holds all your tasty treats. Along with a few fancy glasses with with to enjoy them. Designed to hold 6-7 bottles of your favorite spirit; Whiskey, Rum, Tequila, and more Whiskey. But not vodka. Vodka is gross, you guys.

This is made from solid pine. No veneer, no cardboard, no shortcuts. Iron pipe accessories give the shelf a more rustic look. It also attaches to the wall using a French cleat for a super solid and strong mount.

Custom LCR Speakers

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The great thing about a Fundamental Custom Speaker is that it’s designed and built specifically for you and your needs. Rather than drudging through catalogs and online forums, trying to find some existing product that kinda sorta hopefully works for your application, have Fundamental design one especially for you. It’ll sound better, it’ll look better, and literally nobody else in the world will have the same thing you do.

This client had a need for a great sounding speaker to fit a very specific space. Fundamental designed these speakers with two 5 inch woofers and a ribbon tweeter for clean, detailed sound that blended in with the room’s furnishings. A tuned, vented enclosure provides as much bass as possible from the small speaker enclosure. The client picked the cosmetics, the location, chose the color, and Fundamental Customs handled the rest. The end result is a unique, optimized, and 100% original creation that exists nowhere else.

Cabin in the Uintas

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This massive ‘cabin’ is for the family that wants to get away… but not quite get away from it all. Eight Samsung TVs, Sonos Audio Distribution, Klipsch and Polk speakers, Camera Surveilance, and a home theater with Epson Pro series proector 120″ screen, and a Fundamental Customs 18″ custom subwoofer.

An 18″ woofer needs a big box! But the owner of this theater didn’t want to clutter up the room with a large square subwoofer enclosure. Fundamental designed this bandpass enclosure to sit in the storage room adjacent to the theater with a vent that pipes the sound in through the wall. Trimmed out with the same wood as used to clad the walls of the room, it’s a nearly invisible solution for massive bass with no visual impact to the theater room.

Dead Deadmau5

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Dead Deadmau5 and an Umbrella Security Service
Blue LEDs powered by two 9v batteries

So, I had the idea that Deadmau5 needed to be more… dead. Presenting the Fundamental Dead Deadmau5 head. Does that just make it Headmau5? Whatever.

I used a 14″ inch light globe for the base, insulation foam with threaded metal rods for the ears, and some 100 mm clear Christmas ornaments for the eyes. An adjustable hard hat is installed inside to fit anyone’s head perfectly.

Sketch design on 14″ light globe
Cut holes for nose, mouth, eyes
Offset cutouts in about an inch with ABS
Route out mdf circles for the mouth
Mouth insert glue up
Grind out a channel for threaded rod
Threaded rods ready to glue to other half of ears
Fill recess with body filler
Paint the inside of the ornament, keeps the outside of the globe shiny and clear
Ear mock-up
Ears carved with cracks
Primer’d
First coat of paint
Mesh bent to fit mouth
Mouth mesh installed
Final touch, airbrush the teeth and cracked ears
Build Process

IKEA DJ Booth

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Who knew you could build a super cool, portable DJ booth from almost exclusively IKEA parts? I did.

This booth holds two Pioneer CDJ800s, 4-Channel Mixer, desktop computer running Serato Scratch Live, Jamo OnWall LCR speakers used as monitors, and wired with LEDs to match the the lighting in the rest of the room.

A few of the parts: (It’s been a while… )

KALLAX bookshelf
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/kallax-shelf-unit-20294619/

Laptop / Monitor Stand:
LACK shelf
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/lack-wall-shelf-black-brown-40430588/
CAPITA legs
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/capita-leg-stainless-steel-60263574/

Speaker Stands:
CAPITA angled legs (discontinued)

Locking Casters & Brackets:
Will update link if I can find them

Front trim:
Some random drawer front I found in a mix and match pile on the way out of IKEA.

Other Parts:
Angle Cut 2×4 and piece of 1/2″ MDF for CDJ stands

Home Depot 1″ aluminum angle stock and 1/8″ Clear Acrylic Sheet, Sanded on both sides with 80 grit to frost it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-in-x-96-in-Aluminum-Angle-with-1-16-in-Thick-800057/204325583

https://www.homedepot.com/p/OPTIX-48-in-x-96-in-x-1-8-in-Clear-Acrylic-Sheet-MC-100S/205351353

Portfolio Archive

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Want to know what other projects I’ve designed? Stuff I’ve built? Cars I’ve modified? Theaters I’ve installed? Check out my old site, CSD Audio. Same person, same service, same nutty obsession with making homes and cars sound incredible.

You’ll see I’ve been around awhile. These installation archives go all the way back to projects I completed back in the late 90’s all the way through 2016.

www.csdaudio.com