Thanks for the video! I am surprised that the open cabinet doors (for the center channel) does not bother you visually. I would think taking the doors off wouldn’t look bad.
Years ago I used to cable I found that using single feed through bushings on the drywall to pass the speaker wire through then using braided wire protector was so much cleaner astetically then putting speaker terminals plates near externally mounted speakers. It costs alot less money too.
Looks awesome. I'm building my home theater right now and am really leaning towards an 83" OLED vs. messing around with an Epson 4050 and 120" SI Black Diamond. I get the immersive comments but don't really want to mess around with different gains, different materials, different lumens, etc. etc.
Love ❤️ your setup; super clean and I also can’t stand projectors! In walls sound like crap, And the best in-walls that are megadollars sound average at best. Totally agree with Matt! One change: IMO don’t put the center in the cabinet, put it on top. Destroys dialogue intelligibility…get the consoles from Salamander but they have their own drawbacks.
Couple years back I spent an eight hour shift in 115 to 120 degree temperatures.. I must have drank a gallon of water that day. As for humidity though, Mike deserves a two week vacation, especially after setting up the awesome garage at the Helen House.
If anyone thinks the room's aesthetic is not pleasing, know that Matt is his own toughest critic. I am sure he will provide an update with an even better set up.
@@peterjohnson8631 LOL! No, but Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) is ALWAYS a concern. Plus, I caught something in her tone in the video that made me think she really hated the way those speakers looked in the room.
I love your home theater content more than your car content, must mean i'm getting old since i'm more interested in hi-fi nowadays. BTW you should try and in-wall for your rear speakers, they are really good now day's especially when they have back boxes.
Why not just made alittle hole for wire to come thru behind the speaker and put that plastic thingy they put on the wire for say cable for a better look..
Matt, have you thought about some sort of curtain system to segment the “theater” to the rest of the house. May help with the sound being projected out into the rest of the house. I’m sure there’s something OG out there to get the job done. 😉
@@q1joe I mean with matt’s budget and a good dialed in jvc and good screen you can get pretty darn close and damn good by anyone’s standard’s. You don’t need OLED ink blacks to have an amazing viewing experience. especially if sound is on point. I hate this argument
You'd need a laser light cannon with the amount of ambient light coming in that room and bouncing around off of white walls and ceilings. Or only watch late at night. Or put in motorized shades. I prefer a projector, but a TV is probably best unless he changes things to control all that ambient light.
I did that once, but I hated jerking around with it. 2.35:1 screen and dealing with switching to 1.78:1. I will likely never do another projector and won't have to do it once OLED and other technologies get to larger sizes.
Matt, I know you hate hearing it, but when it comes to home theater you know just enough to be dangerous. You bought very good gear, but the speaker locations in the room and seating position are terrible. Sofa should not be up against the back wall. Dirac can't "fix" these major errors! You made an attempt at acoustic treatments, but in a room that size, you didn't go far enough. The room should be Munsell Gray, not white. The center should NOT be in the cabinet, like you already mentioned. With a house your size, you probably should have put an equipment rack in another room or closet so any fan noise is not a problem. I feel like you just jumped into the theater design without any professional guidance. Fly me down there and we can get everything sorted out and performing 1,000% better. You have a nice room and gear to start with, but the execution is a mess and I hate to see such resources underperform. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's like buying a BMW M3, putting bargain tires on it, loading it up with an extra 1,000 pounds of weight, and only driving around the block at 10 MPH...
You are missing the point. This is a room with a TV and some nice speakers. It is not a theater room, nor do I want that. I did that once and never used it. This is making the best use of a basic room.
@@ObsessedGarage OK, it's your money. If casual use was the goal,, you could've just bought some Bose acousti-mass cubes and a Denon AVR on sale at Costco instead and made your wife a lot happier... Sorry, I don't mean to be a d*ck, I like your OG stuff alot. I'm as Obsessed about AV, that's all. If I had your money, I'd do it differently. Just my two cents...
Got that right. Best use of a basic wouldn’t have speakers hanging off the walls in the wrong locations. Not to mention aren’t they like $1000 a pair? Then you run 50’ of cheap 12 g to them? Through connectors. Your sound loss to the speakers negates any money spent on speakers or amplification. If you have a compromised room, spend accordingly.
I’m sure you get enough critiques but: High side surrounds are not effective In my surround system, the surrounds are a fraction of the sound impact. The visual impact of having in walls offsets what you are trying to achieve with the audio. The fronts are way too far apart to give proper imaging The center is useless firing through a piece of wood High end two channel amplification with proper front placements give the best quality, with nothing else! Even with a ghost center. The other speakers are fill. Spending a ton is a waste compared to better placement of all the speakers
@@ObsessedGarage wow that’s funny. Bunch of people have already said the side speaker placement doesn’t work (given you can’t locate them due to the location). I guess you open the cabinet when using the center, so maybe that works. You are using expensive surrounds with cheap amps. Running speaker wires through a connector results in huge quality loss. Doubling the connectors is hugely degrading. As I said, the surrounds add little anyway. Match the quality of your speakers relative to running 50’ of low grade 12 gauge wire through 2 connectors. Doesn’t make sense. You really think you get a decent center image sitting 10’ away from speakers 10’ apart???
Full credit for trying to do it yourself but I'm sorry, you're actually doing more damage than good. Home theatre speakers supposed to be strategically placed! You've got 2 height speakers and 4 Atmos speakers all within a few feet of each other. You're not going to experience no sense of scale! If you want to see how it's done properly, click on the red dragon video hit the high-end Dolby Atmos video. "I would rather listen to $1,000 setup which is done correctly then listen to a $50,000 setup done incorrectly" 🤔 If you wish for advice I'll be happy to help you.
Ohhh, yeah after doing a little more research, dual 9 1/2, 500 watts etc. At first glance they looked small for that space but probably more than enough. 🔊
I’m with you. Very few people use a dedicated theater room with a projector. But a family room or lounge with surround sound can be a lot of fun.
Professional spender doing what they do!
Thanks for the video! I am surprised that the open cabinet doors (for the center channel) does not bother you visually. I would think taking the doors off wouldn’t look bad.
The music + scene at 1:50 is perfect editing
Years ago I used to cable I found that using single feed through bushings on the drywall to pass the speaker wire through then using braided wire protector was so much cleaner astetically then putting speaker terminals plates near externally mounted speakers. It costs alot less money too.
Looks awesome. I'm building my home theater right now and am really leaning towards an 83" OLED vs. messing around with an Epson 4050 and 120" SI Black Diamond. I get the immersive comments but don't really want to mess around with different gains, different materials, different lumens, etc. etc.
Love ❤️ your setup; super clean and I also can’t stand projectors! In walls sound like crap, And the best in-walls that are megadollars sound average at best. Totally agree with Matt! One change: IMO don’t put the center in the cabinet, put it on top. Destroys dialogue intelligibility…get the consoles from Salamander but they have their own drawbacks.
Couple years back I spent an eight hour shift in 115 to 120 degree temperatures.. I must have drank a gallon of water that day. As for humidity though, Mike deserves a two week vacation, especially after setting up the awesome garage at the Helen House.
At least Matt acknowledged the jankiness, even if he didn’t actually call it janky lol
Because he's an adult...
I wonder how those side surrounds will sound since it’s not at ear level
Thanks for sharing. Coming along great.
I used Lutron covers for mine to give the plates a cleaner look. That way I wouldn’t see the screws on the cover plates.
Looking good guys!
It's funny how the camera lens hides the size of that room until you are up on the ladders...WOW!
If anyone thinks the room's aesthetic is not pleasing, know that Matt is his own toughest critic. I am sure he will provide an update with an even better set up.
Those speakers hanging off the wall like that in a room like that. Hmmm. I bet Matt changes that.
Surprised his wife is ok with that, even for a bachelor pad, not great
Looks Janky
Yeah, looks dumb.
@@richardmesser1091 she's not Ok with it, I guarantee you.
@@peterjohnson8631 LOL! No, but Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) is ALWAYS a concern. Plus, I caught something in her tone in the video that made me think she really hated the way those speakers looked in the room.
Lol, your surrounds is my main speakers 🤣🤣
Small budget so i use the emit 10 for surrounds !
Very nice setup btw !
With all the effort gone into the components wouldn't closing the room off make a massive difference?
I was pondering the same, but I guess he's doing the best with what he has and doesn't want to make such a drastic change to the house.
Temporary home. Plus he's most likely not bothered and Shelly not wanting to do it.
lol Yea I agree with most here. I am all for the OG gratuitous way, but this is a bit ridiculous to walk into when you come through the front door.
You and the family always seem so busy I’m surprised you have the time to actually sit and watch a movie.
do you know the size of the fans in the NAD ci-150 ? can be changed to noctua !
very common practice for very noisy NETGEAR switch fans !
A wise man once said, looks janky
I love your home theater content more than your car content, must mean i'm getting old since i'm more interested in hi-fi nowadays. BTW you should try and in-wall for your rear speakers, they are really good now day's especially when they have back boxes.
Why not just made alittle hole for wire to come thru behind the speaker and put that plastic thingy they put on the wire for say cable for a better look..
Matt, have you thought about some sort of curtain system to segment the “theater” to the rest of the house. May help with the sound being projected out into the rest of the house. I’m sure there’s something OG out there to get the job done. 😉
Blue plastic tarp
@@richardmesser1091 lol. I said OG, not hillbilly. 😂😂
Why not a front projection system with a bigger screen? Much more immersive experience for movies.
You’ll never get a screen that looks as good as a display.
@@q1joe I mean with matt’s budget and a good dialed in jvc and good screen you can get pretty darn close and damn good by anyone’s standard’s. You don’t need OLED ink blacks to have an amazing viewing experience. especially if sound is on point. I hate this argument
And a display will never give you a more theater like experience than a front projector.
You'd need a laser light cannon with the amount of ambient light coming in that room and bouncing around off of white walls and ceilings. Or only watch late at night. Or put in motorized shades. I prefer a projector, but a TV is probably best unless he changes things to control all that ambient light.
I did that once, but I hated jerking around with it. 2.35:1 screen and dealing with switching to 1.78:1. I will likely never do another projector and won't have to do it once OLED and other technologies get to larger sizes.
Not sure how this is gonna sound. Are those channels placed correctly?
I can tell you... NOT GOOD. It's set up all wrong and Dirac isn't gonna "fix" it.
No they’re not
You gonna do any dressings for the window or is the reflection not an issue with the OLED?
Mad respect for your content but the heights are too close together. The ones closer to the tv should be maybe 3-4 feet farther from the back ones.
Matt, I know you hate hearing it, but when it comes to home theater you know just enough to be dangerous. You bought very good gear, but the speaker locations in the room and seating position are terrible. Sofa should not be up against the back wall. Dirac can't "fix" these major errors! You made an attempt at acoustic treatments, but in a room that size, you didn't go far enough. The room should be Munsell Gray, not white. The center should NOT be in the cabinet, like you already mentioned. With a house your size, you probably should have put an equipment rack in another room or closet so any fan noise is not a problem. I feel like you just jumped into the theater design without any professional guidance. Fly me down there and we can get everything sorted out and performing 1,000% better. You have a nice room and gear to start with, but the execution is a mess and I hate to see such resources underperform. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's like buying a BMW M3, putting bargain tires on it, loading it up with an extra 1,000 pounds of weight, and only driving around the block at 10 MPH...
You are missing the point. This is a room with a TV and some nice speakers. It is not a theater room, nor do I want that. I did that once and never used it. This is making the best use of a basic room.
@@ObsessedGarage OK, it's your money. If casual use was the goal,, you could've just bought some Bose acousti-mass cubes and a Denon AVR on sale at Costco instead and made your wife a lot happier... Sorry, I don't mean to be a d*ck, I like your OG stuff alot. I'm as Obsessed about AV, that's all. If I had your money, I'd do it differently. Just my two cents...
Got that right. Best use of a basic wouldn’t have speakers hanging off the walls in the wrong locations. Not to mention aren’t they like $1000 a pair? Then you run 50’ of cheap 12 g to them? Through connectors. Your sound loss to the speakers negates any money spent on speakers or amplification. If you have a compromised room, spend accordingly.
Hi Matt, do you still use Blu-ray for movies as everything on stream is compressed and don’t get the potential out the high end gear.
Matt, which PC laptop did you choose?
Did you get the flagship, or just what was necessary?
I got a basic Dell XPS 13". They are all junk compared to a Macbook Pro, so it doesn't really matter.
Where can I get those acoustic wall panels from
GIK Acoustic
I think black speakers would be more cohesive.
I’m sure you get enough critiques but:
High side surrounds are not effective
In my surround system, the surrounds are a fraction of the sound impact. The visual impact of having in walls offsets what you are trying to achieve with the audio.
The fronts are way too far apart to give proper imaging
The center is useless firing through a piece of wood
High end two channel amplification with proper front placements give the best quality, with nothing else! Even with a ghost center.
The other speakers are fill. Spending a ton is a waste compared to better placement of all the speakers
Every single thing you just stated is wrong.
@@ObsessedGarage wow that’s funny. Bunch of people have already said the side speaker placement doesn’t work (given you can’t locate them due to the location). I guess you open the cabinet when using the center, so maybe that works.
You are using expensive surrounds with cheap amps. Running speaker wires through a connector results in huge quality loss. Doubling the connectors is hugely degrading. As I said, the surrounds add little anyway. Match the quality of your speakers relative to running 50’ of low grade 12 gauge wire through 2 connectors. Doesn’t make sense.
You really think you get a decent center image sitting 10’ away from speakers 10’ apart???
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Dymo labels or something would be much less hidious than those marker text's.
Looks janky …
สายสะดือมนุษย์สังเคราะห์ Humensythetic?
Curious what brand of wall plates are those?
Metra
Full credit for trying to do it yourself but I'm sorry, you're actually doing more damage than good. Home theatre speakers supposed to be strategically placed! You've got 2 height speakers and 4 Atmos speakers all within a few feet of each other. You're not going to experience no sense of scale!
If you want to see how it's done properly, click on the red dragon video hit the high-end Dolby Atmos video.
"I would rather listen to $1,000 setup which is done correctly then listen to a $50,000 setup done incorrectly" 🤔
If you wish for advice I'll be happy to help you.
They are 10' apart bro.
What couch is that?
It’s from Lazyboy.
@@ObsessedGarage thanks!!
Sooo... When are you going to add subs to this situation 😁
I think I saw 2 small sub sitting up against the front wall...?
There are two DynAudio Sub 6s. Those subs are nasty.
Ohhh, yeah after doing a little more research, dual 9 1/2, 500 watts etc. At first glance they looked small for that space but probably more than enough. 🔊
@@bert4910 Would probably be enough for some if it wasn't open to essentially the rest of the house
Monoprice cables?
Metra
12g from a 500’ reel. Doesn’t matter. Quality decay after 50’ is incredible
This is too far.
Big Tv is good i dont like projector!
looks terrible. looks like something a high school kid would do.
Says the child that doesn't use capital letters.