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Show Us Yours: Aviston's superslick entertainment room has been tastefully accented with a Carolina football theme.

David Carnoy
Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, including headphones and speakers. He's also an e-reader and e-publishing expert as well as the author of the novels Knife Music, The Big Exit and Lucidity. All the titles are available as Kindle, iBooks, Nook e-books and audiobooks.
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This is Aviston. He's a fan of North Carolina sports. A big fan. He's going to show us his AV setup as part of CNET's Show Us Yours series.

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How big of a fan? Decorative mini helmet lights big.

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"This is the front view of my custom home theater," Aviston says. "I used metal art to cover in-wall speakers to give it some design while the room is not in use. Often people don't even know that this room has speakers and a TV in it."

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"Once the metal art is removed you can see the pair of Klipsch R-5800-W II speakers. I use these for my RF and LF speakers along with one Klipsch R-5502-W II as my center channel," Aviston says.

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Curved-for-comfort seating arrangement.

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Close up of the front speakers.

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An Epson Powerlite HC2030 Home Cinema 2030 2D/3D 1080p projector. A Klipsch R-5650-S II speaker is hidden in the wall on the right, part of a pair Aviston uses as his rear surrounds.

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The rear Klipsch speaker exposed.

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Aviston removed the legs from a media cabinet and attached it to the wall, so it looks like it's floating. Inside you'll find an Onkyo TX-NR636 AV receiver, DirectTV DVR and Android streaming box. There's an Amazon Echo Dot and Nintendo Switch on top of the cabinet, along with a temperature sensor for an Ecobee 3 smart thermostat. 

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Nighttime view of the floating cabinet. "I installed remote led lights underneath the cabinet," Aviston says.

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The 120-inch electric screen is hidden until called upon to descend. 

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Projector on.

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LED lights above and below the screen can be turned off.

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The LEDs change colors.

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A Klipsch Reference R-12SW sub sits behind the sofa.

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Side view of 5.1 surround sound in-wall speaker setup.

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Another look at the projector.

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Side view from the other side of the room.

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Recent additions: A Harmony hub with remote, Echo Dot, Nintendo Switch and Ecobee 3 sensor. "Now the system is completely voice activated along with smart light switches that are controlled by my Samsung SmartThings Hub," Aviston says.

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