So I joined a few Facebook groups about home theatre, and you can guess, most of the setup there are Klipsch. Klipsch is the most popular setup, and it is not even close.
So I wonder, while the majority of ASR are probably into Hifi/stereo setup alone, there must be a significant portion of you guys and gals are into Home Theatre. Show us your setup
@delta76
Mine is still heavily on being in the, “a work in progress” side of things.
and… not Klipsch.
and… it’s in a 100 year old house with 11’ ceilings. So there is pretty much one dual purpose room available.
And the puppy is generally running wild in it.
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Me first (And apologies for the mess…
metoo (regarding a mess).
I have an existing 2 channel, so the goal was to integrate the 5.1 in with that.
I had purchased a used center channel shipped to
@Amir, and it was tested and reported on ASR.
Erin had also tested my front speakers last year.
In both those threads a few people added PEQ settings to acheuve a smoother FR… so I need to poke those into the AVR, and also the DAC for when I use that.
Also purchased 2 pair of used surrounds for the set up.
(it is my first HT attempt)
Current the 2-channel “back bone” is in another house.
So I am using the surrounds as both LF/RF and LR RR (rear surrounds) with the LS speaker visible near the didgeridoos.
The TV will jump off the hearth to live in front of the window, as further mentioned below.
I did minimal room treatment because it's the living room and even having a sound absorbing curtain is not approved by my wife. Still a significant improvement over the tv speakers, but I could do better.
I did make that wooden whale to use as a coat rack, and it was supposed to have hooks for coats and be near the front door. However the Mrs hijacked into main lounge room as she said, “It looks nice, i though it was going to look like s___”...
We sort of agreed on a table in front of the main window with a TV lift so we can look out during the day and at night the TV can raise up.
That is a work in progres with the saws, sanders, etc.
The Mrs talked about the room having an ocean theme, and also making some curtains or macrame hangings.
I asked about having some manta rays on the macrame, and was met with a few questions, flowed by that would be great.
They would be layed up from veneer or maybe fibreglass on a mould that is the curved shape of a manta ray.
Obviously I want them as a diffuse scattering devices, by they will identify as artistic elements.
The second scheme is to have some a roughly 4’ x 4‘ square cloud absorbers that also have some down lights or upwards lighting.
And I will stuff the surrounds in that I am using for atmos, along with absorber around the perimeter into those. Maybe ~14 square feet for each of the two panels as 6” rockwool.
I may try some corner absorbers hidden in a bookshelf... later…
2-Channel side (eventually it’ll be in the picture):
- Preamp: Nagra Jazz with HT bypass (used)
- Amp: PrimaLuna Dialogue HP Premium (used)
- Speakers: Vandersteen 2C (purchased new)
HT-side:
- TV: LG OLED 65”
- HT-processor: Lyngdorf MP50 (used)
- Center channel: Vandersteen VCC-5 (used)
- Rear Surrounds: Vandersteen VSM (used)
- Center and surround amps: AIYAMA A07. (purchased new)
- Cables: DIY Mogami StarQuad 2534, and Neutrik XLRs terminated into RCAs at the amps.
I‘ll likely run the cables under the floor with Nuetrik chassis connectors on the TV side on the floor and have them come out behind the sofa the same way.
(After the floor is sanded and refinished… they are under the USG at the moment.)
Most of the AVRs do the calibration deal and mine is no exception and has a mic.
It sounds pretty good so far, it just took me a while to figure out that a ARC comes in through the output, like Pinocchio going backwards out of the donkey house.
The subs are coming into the picture soonish… (more saw and sanding work)
@delta76 I think I have a thread on it. In any case, if you (or anyone) has sage advice… then I am all ears.
Nobody interested or are there no home theaters at asr?
Having a subforum might help?
Some of those systems and rooms, in the thread, look very well done.