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Not showing my theater room above the garage,, but it does have Klipsch's. Damn nice what you did, great 3D trick...

Oct 27, 2018

477

Oct 28, 2018

Looks really great. Seems you made a very wide sound. Why are your side speakers pointed in an angle? I'm surprised you don't have them directly on the Sid of your ears? From what I understand, picture audio production are recorded for the side-surround-speakers sound, to travel towards the side of our heads. I love the lighting and design of the room. The table is dope, since you can eat or be on your computer while watching a video. Great job and great post.

Oct 28, 2018

pslayer1

264

Oct 28, 2018

Fantastic space. Thumbs up!

Oct 28, 2018

Oct 28, 2018

rastus

Thanks man, appreciate it!

Oct 28, 2018

Oct 28, 2018

Thanks! You nailed it on the wide sound description. The field is very deep, and dome-like when listening to a good Atmos track or even a 5.1 or 7.1 track (the new upmixing techniques from Dolby and DTS are surprisingly good with the older tracks). The side speakers are actually positioned exactly where you expected them to be, though I completely understand why you asked. Klipsch's side speakers are two sided, but there is no way you could tell that from the camera angle. The premise is that they fill up the center of the room with a more enveloping sound since the side channels are often less directional than the fronts and rears (though they work well for directionality too). Here's what they look like head on:

Oct 28, 2018

Oct 28, 2018

This is awesome! Saving Private Ryan, hands down my favorite war movie

Oct 28, 2018

Oct 29, 2018

erickong

Thanks, man! Not only is Saving Private Ryan my favorite movie, it's also one of a limited number of older movies that is fully worth the UHD upgrade.

Oct 29, 2018

762

Oct 29, 2018

Very nice dude, u have impeccable taste! My only suggestions would be sound absorption on the ceiling arches where the sound reflects from the towers to the sofa and a Emotiva A-5175 amp. The reason for the power amp is because u have 9 speakers running off a 125w RMS x 2 receiver, that's around 25w RMS x 9 when all the speakers are working simultaneously. In heavy surround scenes like in Private Ryan the final standoff when everything is blowing up around you, the power amp will definitely make things sound a bit cleaner and more dynamic during these high stress scenes, leave no performance left on the table! Nice setup!

Oct 29, 2018

Ociano_Rules

Oct 30, 2018

That's incredible!!!

Oct 30, 2018

477

Oct 30, 2018

You made a great point. I went through the same fate. I have 4, FXiA6 side and rear speakers, as well as two tower speakers, and a large center channel speaker. Although my receiver is a $1600 Pioneer Elite, it doesn’t offer the power for a full 7.1 sound, even at that price; an amp is required.

Oct 30, 2018

ElectronicVices

2321

Oct 30, 2018

I've not found a receiver that can hold a candle to a quality outboard amp. The emotiva offerings are certainly worth their asking price. I've had a UPA-2 in my system in one way or another for around a decade, as well as a pair of XPA-100 monoblocks for my L/R. I still use the receiver for surround duties.

Oct 30, 2018

Oct 31, 2018

Thanks man, appreciate the kind words! While I understand your argument for external amplification, from my focus on cost/performance ratio, I respectfully disagree. Here’s where I’m coming from. My rule of thumb calculation yields roughly 39W of power per channel for nine channels on the Denon, but I’m ok using 25W. I typically listen to movies (and music for that matter) in the 80dB range according to my trusty SPL meter – need to keep my ears (and the kids’) in good shape. But let’s leave about 25dB of headroom for dynamic range and the occasional rock-out session. The Klipsch’s run at 8ohms, between 95-98db/W sensitivity, depending on the speaker. Using the least sensitive of them, I get to 107db with just 16W of power. Now, keeping in mind that there are two powered subs handling the heavy lift below 80hz, the scenario where I even begin to worry is one where all 9 remaining speakers simultaneously need to sustain more than 107dB, roughly the sound of 9 chainsaws operating at full power. Aside from the fact that that's not a realistic scenario, I’ve left the room long before that happens. I’ve been at this game long enough to identify clipping and distortion when I hear it. I’ve listened to many high intensity soundtracks on the system at this point, and the real-world experience is that it can handle anything that I throw at it, without even breaking a sweat - no clipping, no distortion and all that pristine Klipsch transparency intact. So while I have no doubt that adding an external amp could bump the performance up a bit, the Denon/Klipsch combo is no slouch. At this level of system, the Pareto principle is already in full effect. That last few percent of potential performance gets really expensive to pursue, not just in straight cash, but in opportunity cost as well. That said, I’m glad there are people who do pursue it. They drive a lot of the advancement that has led to great quality in mainstream gear like mine. On the acoustic treatments on the angled wall, you came very close to hitting one of my annoyances square on the head. Between the focus of the Klipsch horns, and the angle of the wall, the energy from that potential reflection point on the sloped walls fires well overhead of the seating position (you can’t see it in these pictures, but I actually put a panel at the back of the room near the ceiling to absorb this energy and tame a nasty slap echo). But the light fixture on the ceiling is dead in the middle of the reflection point for the center speaker. I tell myself the fixture is really just a small diffuser and move on with life :)

Oct 31, 2018

Oct 31, 2018

I shared my thinking on the external amping in my response to DFB above. While I completely get the sentiment, that was one of the easier decisions. I’m a bit surprised people didn’t focus on the bigger picture questions that I actually had to make tough choices on, like 7.2.2 vs. 5.2.4 or not going to a full 7.2.4 setup. Those were actually the tough ones :)

Oct 31, 2018

762

Oct 31, 2018

Well I’ll say u pretty much just schooled me right there, I can tell by the way your setup is done up that nothing in that room is an accident.

Oct 31, 2018

Oct 31, 2018

No accidents, but plenty of compromises :). And no schooling in a negative way intended. I took the time to write out my thinking for the people who might be coming down the road. MD seems to be trying to address the HT market more lately, and you really do need to plan in depth for a good result. For example, if I had just said, ooh that copper and black looks cool, but they had 85dB sensitivity instead of 95, then my post would have been more like, hey I spent a ton of money on all this stuff, why does the sound cut out during the explosions? I've learned a lot from the headphone experts around here, so hopefully this pays something back.

Oct 31, 2018

ElectronicVices

2321

Oct 31, 2018

Your stance on separate amps is pretty spot on, the one thing people lose sight of when considering the benefit of additional wattage is amp linearity and distortion. Distortion increases as you demand more wattage from your amplifier, if you are running at the the limit of what your amp is rated it will often be pushed into a less than ideal level of distortion and signal linearity. Think of it like an average person lifting a set of weights, while many can do it they will struggle. A weightlifter will be able to move the same weight with much less strain. Klipsch is pretty darn efficient so they may not benefit much from the extra wattage but an outboard amp provides benefits outside of simple horsepower.

Oct 31, 2018

StreetTwin70

Jul 18, 2019

Sick setup! Can i get some recommendations for my Media Room? I can provide the dimensions and details of the room. I can also provide what was suggested to me by the medial pro suggested by the home builder. I would like to have something built like this BAD ASS! :)

Jul 18, 2019

Jul 19, 2019

StreetTwin70

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. It's only gotten better since I posted this. I'd be happy to make some recommendations, and in the old Massdrop discussion world, you'd have had a half dozen other knowledgeable people weighing in as well. We'll see if that still happens.

Jul 19, 2019

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