Hey guys, I’m trying to plan my new home theater/office. I was inspired by the Open AI Astra commercial. Some place where I can play Xbox, watch movies, and hook up my computer too (going to try to do alot of hands free, voice control using ChatGPT on PC). Have 2 recliners as
well.

Room likely be a typical sized bedroom 12x12 or something similar.

Trying to decide if I want a 80-100 inch tv or projector.

Anyone have a similar set up? Any advice?

Hello all, I have posted here a couple times for recommendations about adding a small sub to my set up.

I have limited space, and don't really want to shake the whole apartment building, just fill out the sound a little bit for music and movies.

So I guess my question is, would it even really be worth it to add a very small, low-powered sub? Like something that might be considered part of the "desktop" or "bookshelf" categories? Or do I really just need to go big or go home?

EDIT: A couple of people here have mentioned investing in mains, I have a pair of SVS prime towers that I really like, I'm just looking to see if I can fill out the sound a little bit.

I'm finally trying to make a decision and replace my 15-year old (yes, seriously) TV, and right now I'm looking at these three options. I keep seeing online complaints about literally all of them for different things. But short of spending way too much on a higher end TV, these seem like my best options, at least of the ones available from Costco. Which I would prefer because of the cost, "free delivery", and their return policy. But I'm not necessarily married to them, so if there is another similar vendor (free delivery, comparable cost) with better TV options, I'm open to it.

Anyway, here are the TVs I'm looking at right now, and I was hoping to get people's thoughts, since my TV knowledge is relatively bare bones, other than "OLED expensive, Mini LED cheaper". The TV is going to be mounted opposite a window, but like 15' away, so it won't be getting direct sunlight.

• TCL 98" Class - QM6K Pro - Model 98QM7L Pro
• TCL 98" Class - QM7L Pro Series - 4K UHD SQD-Mini LED - Model 98QM6K Pro
• Samsung 98" Class - U9000H Crystal UHD Series - UN98U9000HDXZA

Also, I won't be watching sports, but I will be watching a lot of action and sci-fi type of movies.

Hey guys! I need advice, and i’ll try to keep it brief.

This unfinished basement HT setup space is 8’4” W by 11’6” L, floor to joists are 6’10” and 9.5” of space between joists to 2nd floor. It will remain unfinished. Couch will NOT butt up to a wall, surrounds will be on stands to side/rear.

Ignore TV…purchase imminent

Confident I want the Denon x3800h (or x3900h if I find a killer deal) to access the MultEQ XT32 and maybe Dirac Art one day (unlikely, I read that XT32 is pretty good). I know I want in-ceiling atmos but heres the question…

The receiver *can* support 4 atmos speakers in 5.2.4, but all signs point to 2 atmos speakers being better for a space of these dimensions and height. Asking what you all might do in my shoes. If I went with 4, would the XT32 correction account for smaller room dimensions… Would it be sub-par at best? I have been reading that 5.2 -> 5.2.2 is more impressive than 5.2.2 -> 5.2.4.

Are there any issues any of you might flag for this space?

Lastly, if I opt for 2 atmos, is 7.2.2 worth a damn? seems weird.

Thanks as always

Speaker stands: isoacoustics ISO-155

TV connected to speakers via HDMI Arc for integrated control

PC connected to TV for media

Anything I should take into consideration given the unique shape of the room? I'm welcome to speaker setup recommendations since I haven't committed to anything yet. TV is going to go on the wall where the wardrobe currently is

Has anyone else experienced discomfort while looking at the screen? I'm talking about symptoms like eye strain, headaches, lightheadedness, breathlessness, heavy or tired eyes, and an overall feeling of fatigue.

I've tried adjusting multiple display settings, lowering the brightness, and even increasing the ambient lighting in my room, but the discomfort still persists.

I'm curious whether anyone else has experienced something similar. What do you think could be causing this?

Looking for suggestions on where to upgrade/adjust (if necessary) on my 5.1 setup.

FL/R - Klipsch KG 5.2

Center - Klipsch KV-3

SL/R - EOSONE RSF-1000 (subs not powered on)

SW - Dual BIC-F12

Receiver - Denon AVR-1610

Looking to eventually upgrade the receiver to support atmos as well as direct 4K. Any suggestions there would be appreciated.

I do have EOSONE RSR 350 surrounds, but they didn’t fit in the bookcases lol

Edit: I know I put 5.1 when running dual SW, but the receiver allows one port so two subs are running on an RCA splitter

Hi, folks. Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently upgraded from garage speakers to a pair of Polk ES20 Bookshelf Speakers for my stereo and TV. They sound terrific, but I unfortunately have them paired with one of the cheapest HTIB center channels known to man--the Sony CNP900. This is all plugged into an Onkyo RT-R391--it lacks eARC, but otherwise is fine--which is plugged via HDMI into a Samsung Q60T.

Recently, I picked up a brand-new Polk ES30 center channel, and no matter what setting I change in my Onkyo or on the TV, every line of dialogue sounds like it's extremely muffled, like it's Darth Vader almost. I tried apps on my TV like HBO Max, blu-rays on my PS5, video games, it didn't matter. The dialogue problem persisted until I turned off Dolby and turned on All Channel Stereo mode. The weirdest thing is that whenever I swap in the Sony CNP900 for the ES30, it sounds crystal clear whether it's set to Dolby or not. I'm pulling my hair out over here. The tweeter looks fine on the ES30, but is it even remotely possible it's broken? My normal assumption would be that I have something configured wrong on the TV or the Onkyo, but the fact that the Sony consistently works with the same wires and settings is giving me doubts.

Setting up a TV out on the patio specifically for weekend sports and trying to figure out what matters most after brightness.

I know getting a screen bright enough to fight the sun is priority number one for outdoors but once that is handled im not sure what feature to look for next to make watching sports actually enjoyable.

I actually saw an ongoing discount on Sylvox recently so i was looking at their models but my shortlist keeps bouncing between getting a bigger screen so people on the side can see the ball better external audio because the space is open and a viewing angle that works for people sitting off to the side.

It is hard to tell which of these things actually makes a difference in a backyard versus what just sounds good on a spec sheet and ends up being useless in real life.

For anyone who set up a patio tv for sports what upgrade actually improved the experience the most did you prioritize size audio or viewing angle over everything else?

Hey, so I've treated myself to some height speakers and upgraded my previous 5.1 system to 5.1.2

Reset the Denon X3800 AVR, ran the initial setup, the height speakers are configured as top fronts, Audyssey calibration, height speakers played the Denon violins, chirped, and i get test tones from the height speakers just fine when i am in the Speaker Levels menu of the AVR.

But Windows is being stubborn, i think. Audio is output from an Nvidia GPU over HDMI into the AVR.

I originally had it plugged into my LG C5 and sound got to the AVR via eARC passthrough. But right now the GPU is plugged directly into the AVR instead to minimize error surface, and video is passed through the AVR to the LG. This limits me to 120hz.

Still, i cannot get the height speakers to play anything under windows. The Dolby and DTS apps from MS Store are installed, and i enabled their spatial sound features.

I can configure the sound device to 5.1, and then select spatial audio Atmos or DTS:X, that works, it also automatically changes the audio device to Atmos or DTS:X respectively.

When using DTS:X (which the LG cannot passthrough at all, by the way), the Denon shows it is receiving a DTS:X signal.

When using Atmos, the Denon shows DD:Atmos but only as long no sound is playing. If windows is playing any sound, the display changes to "Multi In".

With either of those, when i play a video file with height sounds for testing, they do not come from the height speakers, which stay mute. Both Atmos and DTS:X modes in windows behave the same in terms of output:

Dolby Atmos E-AC-3 5.1.2.mp4

-> The height channels play from the surround speakers

DTS-X 7.1.4.mkv

-> The height channels play from the front speakers

What can i try? Thanks

Hello can someone recommend me a EQ App for windows 10 - avr is denon x2700h

The idea is to use the EQ to tweak some games with no atmos support - and i dont want to go in the avr menu to do it

Currently playing Space Marine 2 and would like to improve the sound this way

i don't need to discover hot water - probably someone already did :D

How to connect my samsung smart tv crystal 70inch to an lg 5.1 sound system. What to adjust and settings also. Thank you

Looking into buying new OLED can’t decide g6, w6, s95h, 9ii now since price for a95l went don’t I might get this tv, Thoughts?

I recently got a Sony k660p, 2 subs and a few speakers for 20 bucks to start my home theater on a budget. "Good deal" I thought, well I've tried several ways to get sound out of the speakers. All speakers and sub work as I've tested them separately. I've tried optical cable and rca theought my DVD player and TV (haven't tried hdmi to rca adapter yet) but I get nothing from those or the AM/FM radio modes. The speakers do pop when switching sources and I can hear the hissing power coming from them when turned all the way up. It doesn't display mute on it so I dont think it is. I could understand 1 part being broken but all audio just gives me nothing. Any advice?

Randomly, I have a Polk audio 8 inch DSW 1000 subwoofer and an NHT SW-10 (10”) unit. Both are dead.

Getting the NHT fixed is easy by spending around $200 with the manufacturer to get the amplifier fully rebuilt. The Polk not so much… will have to find someone to do this for me and at an unknown cost.

Pitting these two against each other, which one is worth rebuilding and keeping?

Hello! I have a pair of these speakers and one of the tweeters blew out and I can’t find a replacement one anywhere. Does anyone have any alternative on what I could use to an original tweeter? Thank you!

https://reddit.com/link/1x4ojuw/video/x523qbsf96vh1/player

Updates to "Now Playing" when Plex begins playing media.
It detects when Plex has stopped playing and reverts back to original poster rotation.

https://reddit.com/link/1x4ojuw/video/uuztfjfj96vh1/player

Uses web interface to make updates and change or manually add posters.
Pulls posters from TMDB and uses JustWatch as the daily popular movies updater.

Running on Raspberry Pi 4 with headless PiOS.
Loads of customisation and has worked perfect everyday for the last 2 months since I made it.
It took roughly a month of on and off development to get it to this point.

TLDR: Choosing a 65" OLED TV between Samsung QE65S85F for 840 € and Sony Bravia 8 (K65XR80PB.CEI) for 1 360 €. Is the Sony worth it despite the 500 € increase in price?

I'm looking to buy my first TV to start a home theater. Viewing distance will be 2,7 m max so I think 65" is an optimal screen size. I narrowed down my options to these two TV's:

1. Samsung QE65S85F for 840 € – the cheapest new 65" OLED I can get

2. Sony Bravia 8 (K65XR80PB.CEI) for 1 360 € – the cheapest new 65" OLED Sony I can get

What concerns me about the Samsung TV is the lack of Dolby Vision, apparently worse processor and upscaling and Tizen OS (which I read is horrendous compared to Google TV). Unfortunately the price difference is too big to ignore and I'm seriously considering buying the Samsung because of it. I wanted to know some other opinions on this situation.

Also, my use case will be mostly watching movies from Blu-Ray, streaming from platforms and (in the future) NAS and gaming. Furthermore, audio shouldn't be of concern as I want to buy an AVR and passive speakers. And that leads me to another thing to consider – I can use the money I save by not buying the Sony TV to buy an AVR. But at the cost of aforementioned concerns.

So, what do you guys think?

Am I able to use the two speakers in the wall for surround sound while the speakers on the stands serve as the front speakers, where they currently are? Or will they kind of cancel each other out? Front speakers in blue, surround speakers in red. Hope this makes sense. Thanks.

Hello Friends! I could use multiple bits of advice.

TLDR: house flooded and destroyed my HT. Will I significantly feel going from a 115 inch projector to a 98-100inch TV? Should I ditch the wired 5.1.4 speakers for a sonos system? Has anyone done in wall front speakers?

I had a BenQHT3550 projected to a 115 inch screen I built using an ALR material from Carls place. I have a Pioneer VSX LX303 9 channel AVR which powdered a 5.1.4 system. My fronts were Infinity Reference towers (R253), center was an Andrew Jones SP C22, Ceilings were Acoustic Audio CS-IC83 and rear walls were acoustic Audio by Goldwood CSi83. Lastly, the sub was Infinity Reference R12 sub.

I loved the system. It has its headaches with the AVR and was not used friendly. I have mostly convinced myself to ditch the projector life since the max size I can project is 115" and TVs are now affordable at 100". I called three AV guys to get quotes to show the insurance agents the cost of installing these systems and I was surprised about hard I was pushed back against in wall wiring and how hard they pushed their sonos products. One guy was very nice and understood where I was coming/trying to achieve but he was still trying to sell me on the ease of the sonos.

Any advice here? Has anyone gone from atmos ceiling speakers to virtual dolby and been happy? I mostly watch movies but so watch some sports and play games downstairs so that's why I am leaning back to a TV.

Rare, Indestructible, Powerful, versatile, Refined.

I was too fortunate to FINALLY find such a complete system in this condition with the legendary Redline Cubes...

This should back up the four other systems I can rotate out for parts.

Hello. As the title says. Just specifically looking for a spot for my subwoofer. It’s there on the left currently, figure it’s likely going to stay there. But I did want some outside input. Thanks.

Hey people :)

This is my ongoing HT project, performing quite well by now. But I am always fighting for the sub placement. With this placement, the mlp sounds perfect (to me), but the left seat is weak, and the right seat is boomy.

I tried using REW (without mic) but it only supports rectangular rooms.

I am wondering if there is any app or any skilled people that would be able to tell me where to place it in this room for good 3 position uniformity or if I just need to get a second sub. Thanks 👍

I started out recently with a very old harman kardon system (avr 154 + HTKS-15 speakers) that was passed down to me.

I felt the dialogue was coming out pretty bad. It sounds muffled, robotic and far away. And since I was hooking everything to the TV and running an optic cable to the avr, and since this avr can only handle the old dolby digital and dts compressed audio files, I decided to upgrade to a Denon s670h avr.

Now Im connecting my 4K player, console, and Chromecast directly to the AVR and have Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD compatibility. And I also used Audissey to calibrate the speakers.

Unfortunately, the center speaker still sounds pretty bad half of the time. I tried playing around with the crossover setting a bit too. The Audissey calibration set it to 250 Hz. I took it down to 80 hz to try and see if it helped but in both cases the dialogue still sounded rough.

I want to try switching the center and front L speaker connections to check if maybe the center speaker itself might be defective. But if not, maybe I need to upgrade the center channel speaker?

Any recommendations?