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Home theater insanity: a $6.8 million obsession

• by Diane Rixon (RSS feed) on Mar 20th 2008 1:00PM
• Filed under audio and video, remodeling, electronics

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Taking the concept of home theater to extremes: the gentleman who spent a jaw-dropping $6.8 million on construction of a home theater. Not just any home theater. The ultimate home theater. I mean, this thing has everything. Owner, Jeremy Kipnis, says his creation is "the greatest show on earth."

The theater is a large room, eight feet high at the entrance and sloping up to sixteen feet high. The centerpiece is a massive eighteen foot laboratory grade screen. Equally impressive (or tasteless, depending on your view): a super-powerful audio system with sixteen eighteen-inch subs arrayed around the seating area for totally realistic surround sound.

Naturally, the whole thing can play "ungodly loud," according to Steve from Audio Video Interiors. Yes, it's basically like having your own personal IMAX theater to hang out in.

For more home theater fun and games, check out my earlier post on home theaters, and Jessi's home theater-planning post. Also handy: Anna's post on DIY projection screens.

Tags: audio, audio-system, Audio-Video-Interiors, big-screen, centerpiece, home, IMAX, Jeremy-Kipnis, laboratory-grade, loud, millions, money, movies, music, screen, sound, subs, theater, volume

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