JohnnyAudio
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No, the camp as we call it here.
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Making my system family friendly
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I had just three red-lines before even co-habitating, decades ago:
#1 >> My music stays on day and night
#2 >> I don't do commercials
#3 >> I will not do 'software' but you will not do 'hardware'
So far, I haven't even spent a single night in the dog house!
I’m safe, it just the cat and me, and he does not has opposable thumbs,
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My 93 year old mother in law lives with us, she has age related cognitive decline.
She has her "shows," and I am not a TV guy, so we handed her the remote and she became a pro. With proper motivation, other than making sure they don't set the volume knob to "11," let them work it out.
That's sounds unkind, not meant like that.
She has her "shows," and I am not a TV guy, so we handed her the remote and she became a pro. With proper motivation, other than making sure they don't set the volume knob to "11," let them work it out.
That's sounds unkind, not meant like that.
I gave up.
Only TV, not even decoder, because the 2 remote controls were too difficult.
I had a nice home theater system set up, but I couldn't get it to be used.
Furthermore, every day the usual questions began: what about all those wires? but do we have to have all those speakers around the room? but how is it used? but it's difficult!!!…….
At a certain point I dismantled everything. Now I have two active Meridian speakers connected to the TV, but I only use them when I'm at home.
I moved to the cellar where I only listen to music... although a plan to redo my Home Theater crosses my mind...
Only TV, not even decoder, because the 2 remote controls were too difficult.
I had a nice home theater system set up, but I couldn't get it to be used.
Furthermore, every day the usual questions began: what about all those wires? but do we have to have all those speakers around the room? but how is it used? but it's difficult!!!…….
At a certain point I dismantled everything. Now I have two active Meridian speakers connected to the TV, but I only use them when I'm at home.
I moved to the cellar where I only listen to music... although a plan to redo my Home Theater crosses my mind...
If people can learn to semi master their smartphone apps and do basic things on their computers, then complaining about managing audiovisual is silly.
My ex-GF always complained about the system, yet she was smart enough to keep concealed communication channels alive to cheat on me. So... BS. It's very straightforward.
I do have a universal remote, yet no one likes to use it (even myself), it's weird.
A judicious amount of remotes ultimate seems the most straightforward way... I have two,,, one for the amp, one for the Roku (TV). Both are simple. Way more so than smartphone apps (I tried, abandoned) or universal remotes (you have to remember the workflow, and know how to get them out of the last device they were controlling).
My ex-GF always complained about the system, yet she was smart enough to keep concealed communication channels alive to cheat on me. So... BS. It's very straightforward.
I do have a universal remote, yet no one likes to use it (even myself), it's weird.
A judicious amount of remotes ultimate seems the most straightforward way... I have two,,, one for the amp, one for the Roku (TV). Both are simple. Way more so than smartphone apps (I tried, abandoned) or universal remotes (you have to remember the workflow, and know how to get them out of the last device they were controlling).
If your TV has an optical out, put it into the DAC and that's that. That's how I had my old TV setup.
