billbixbyakahulk
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A v1 build got finished this week with something I rarely see done properly: the screen hangs on hinges at the top of a nook so it swings up out of the way, with gas struts either side taking the weight. The struts are still being sorted. Behind it sits a Denon X1800H, three Klipsch R-5502-W II in wall for the LCR, RP-502S II surrounds, CDT-5650-C II in the ceiling for Atmos, one SVS PB-1000 Pro, and a Valerion VisionMaster Max throwing onto a SilverTicket fixed frame.
The hinge is the clever bit and also the bit I would watch. A fixed frame holds its tension because the frame stays square, and hanging one off two hinges while struts carry the load puts a twist through it every single time it moves. Struts fade too, as anyone who has owned an old hatchback can confirm. If the frame is decent aluminium and the struts are specced above the screen weight rather than at it, this probably lasts years, but I would plan on retensioning the material after a season of swinging.
The other thing that jumps out: seven Klipsch and one PB-1000 Pro. A single sub in a rectangular room means whoever sits off centre hears a different bass response than the main seat does, and that gap is normally wider than anything a speaker upgrade would fix. Second sub before any other spending, and it does not need to match the first.
Anyone here actually running a swing up or drop down fixed frame? I want to know whether the tension held after a year.
The hinge is the clever bit and also the bit I would watch. A fixed frame holds its tension because the frame stays square, and hanging one off two hinges while struts carry the load puts a twist through it every single time it moves. Struts fade too, as anyone who has owned an old hatchback can confirm. If the frame is decent aluminium and the struts are specced above the screen weight rather than at it, this probably lasts years, but I would plan on retensioning the material after a season of swinging.
The other thing that jumps out: seven Klipsch and one PB-1000 Pro. A single sub in a rectangular room means whoever sits off centre hears a different bass response than the main seat does, and that gap is normally wider than anything a speaker upgrade would fix. Second sub before any other spending, and it does not need to match the first.
Anyone here actually running a swing up or drop down fixed frame? I want to know whether the tension held after a year.
