This is probably one of my favorite room tours and discussions ever. It was great to get to know Dolye and get a deep and insightful look into his journey. Thank you!
Doyle is a wonderful man. He is always willing to share his knowledge and welcome you to share in his experience. So many great people here locally that share my passion for this hobby
Anyone who reads Floyd Toole when building a theater gets some mad respect. Perlisten and the NZ9 is end game stuff. Well done! That white mini split would drive me nuts in the otherwise black room. ;)
High 5 on Dr. Floyd Toole! U can't see the white rectangle in the dark ; ) Highly recommend consulting with Matt Pose as well. His rate is a bargain right now.
Wow. Having a separated stand alone structure like that is so dreamy. It hits all the WAF and makes everything so much less complicated. That’s great. The ceiling work was 🤯
Hey Doyle, looks like we are neighbors! We lived in Cinco Ranch for 18 years, now we are in Cross Creek Ranch…right down the street! Your theater is what I dream of! Jordan showcased our theater too!
This system is just mind blowing!!! I have Perlisten subs also (D15s) ,BUT, I cant for the life of me understand why you have an NZ9 with a panamorph lens on a 110" scope screen, you have sooo much room in there to fit a nice big screen.
Good point sir. I prefer a 35 degree viewing angle which is what I have from the MLP. It's closer irl, though I'm sure many would want a wider viewing angle ; )
Nice video. This caught my attention on several levels - I had family in Katy (long ago) and just ordered some Perlisten R series for home theater. Great home theater and location. Everything is bigger in Texas. (including the budget for this theater - wow😳)
CONGRATULATIONS to the owner and to you. Happy to see some Houstonians. It’s about time to put HTOWN on the AV Map. Please don’t only focus on super high end theaters… Think about us in the middle 😂
There are quite a few of us. I sought a meet up on AVSForum but seems that hasn't happened in years. Now I'm just meeting many one on one. What a wonderful hobby this is
So, For the past 45 days my wife and I, were looking at homes in Katy and Cypress, and ultimately on Sunday we decided on Aledo near Ft Worth... However, it is great to hear enthusiast anywhere, to include the Houston Area....
@@doyleshafer The Bass fills the room... It's not central located at the Seat level! It's more up front Bass... Trust me! Try it! You'll feel and hear the difference...
This room is phenomenal. Good job on the video. If Doyle is willing to let people come over to check out his theater, then please let me know. I live in the Houston area and would love to experience his set-up.
@@hatoraidcowboy I just upgraded my seats from an Ashley furniture brand to Valencia Oslo. Next year I am planning to upgrade from a Denon X6300 processor to an Anthem AVM 90 and a tonewinner 8300 amplifier. Then another year after that, I want to upgrade from all Klipsch speakers to Focal or better. I upgraded my Klipsch subs a few years ago to two PB2000 pros and two PB3000s, but after seeing Doyle's setup, I would love to have subs on that level. I forgot to mention that I want to upgrade my Sony native 4k projector to a JVC laser, but that is several years down the road.
Understanding the primary concern with the projector was the noise. That is understandable. That aside, I enjoy what is an immersive experience in my light-controlled room. Having a scope lens and video processor makes it even better for my use case. I usually don't have regrets about my purchases, but the one I ponder from time to time is the decision to by an LG OLED for my great room. I think the picture is wonderful, and without a doubt better than my 86 in LG LED. That said, the OLED is not in a light controlled room. I have 12 windows which bring in quite a bit of natural light. As such, I can't fully appreciate the benefits of OLED in my use case. Given that, I feel I could have saved a couple thousand dollars and gone with a larger screen and have been just as happy. I've been thinking about the 98 in TCL for that space.
My only issue with large tv’s in a dedicated Home Theater is the limitation of speaker placement. For ME….I dont get that cinematic feel watching movies on a large tv vs watching content on a projector and a screen. But to each his own. 😀
Hah so I have a signature? In all seriousness I came into this project after he had some Of the gear and acoustic panels. A really common part of my work is to undo what another acoustic expert did. We all have different opinions on how to achieve good sound. Some really believe in killing the room. I don’t believe in that and the feedback I generally get is very positive. Like Doyle noted, he made a simple change, it made a notable difference, so be then removed a lot of the absorption material. That brought the room back to a reasonable level and sounded better. I love what Doyle has done with his space and the ceiling is wild. This is a true enthusiasts theater. It’s dripping with passion.
@@PoesAcousticsI saw those diffusers and thought they looked exactly like the GUD panels you spoke about in a video you did. Then he said he consulted with you, made sense.
I can’t recommend a single amp but a Buckeye Amps NCx500 3-channel for the front and a MC502MP 8-channel would be perfect. However, I would rethink the setup on just one detail. I would do the normal 7 channel ear-level speakers and get 4 ceiling channels if you can. You will not experience any height movement front to back in your room with only 2 ceiling speakers. You have to have a minimum of 4 to get a true atmos experience. 2 ceiling speakers will not properly image the room as a cohesive whole as atmos relies on a minimum of 2 layers of dual-stereo (quadraphonic) sound (4.1.4, usually 5.1.4).
Amazing setup. But...lol...please put some velvet tape over that mini split in the top left corner...would drive me crazy and cost you like $6. But man...awesome setup.
@@hatoraidcowboy S Center S bookshelves 2 S15s getting the S5m for Right and Left Anthem Avm70 with anthem MCA 525 and MCA 225 power amplifier S5ms coming soon atmos going with the R surrounds
No real reason. I've always liked Dirac and got a large discount on my unit. If purchasing now, it could go either way but still leaning towards Storm because proper Wave Forming setup is more of a pain than Dirac ART.
I know it's a been a long time since this video has come out but this guy should upgrade his screen if he's got the cash left to a Screen Innovations Black Diamond. He can even get the same size and keep his entire layout the same but his video will DRASTICALLY improve. Like.... night and day difference.
Man, I love dirac, but I also hate the feeling I get when Im so bad at it. They have a streamlined version of it, and yeah, I can set it up. But I never heard one of these pro rooms, like when Matt calibrated it. And even this home owner at 48 minutes says the same thing. I wish dirac would release like a whitepaper or a book on how to get the full 100% out of the thing. Next month, ill be buying a sony 5000es to test out. My room has that non conventional speaker placement, and I want to see if sonys spatial mapping can make it sound better than my novice attempt at dirac with an onkyo rz50.
@@hatoraidcowboy I wish you luck, please keep us posted. I've heard so many horror stories about Emotiva processors. Someone shared with me, friends don't let friends buy Emotiva processors. Another shared Emotiva is to processors what Tesla is to cars. Very sexy, they capture you but you end up conflicted and frustrated about your purchase.
@@hatoraidcowboy instead of you facing/looking At or Into the camera, you’re turned and looking towards a different direction. It’s like if you were facing or talking to someone, and someone at say, the 8 o’clock position was filming you from that angle. Just curious what made you film it that way.
JTR is a different high end focus IMO. It’s perfect for a behind the screen theater setup where you plan on hiding the speakers. They dominate the room far more than Perlisten, don’t have aesthetic quality and are more aggressive than refined in sound, which is preference not a drawback. You get more for the money with JTR but you also lose more space in your room.
Zeta zero ref speakers are technically better with much bigger soundstage. Price is over $100k. MBLs are also better. No worries you will upgrade in 6 yrs ;)
Maybe. but knowing human nature he will get bored quickly and feel the need to spend another $200k for 0.5% improvement and better looking gear!@@hatoraidcowboy
Great video. I just love the passion Doyle has for the this hobby. His theater sounded awesome before, can’t wait to hear it now with all the upgrades.
Perlisten? One step up from Klipsch. Why not sell your house and do a real upgrade to a Magico M9 Home theater setup? And, a 3,000 lumen JVC Z9 projector? Get a real projector like the Sony VPL-GTZ380 🙂
To be honest, nothing special. Just OLED asus laptop with razor sharp and bright screen and my own DIY speakers with drivers 0.9% worse than Perlisten at 95dB, levels I never reach anyway, just 88dB max. But my cabinets are baltic birch reinforced with slate, not worse than his subs in that area. Total cost $1k and $899 for the laptop. Yeah i know, my set up is a disaster! @@hatoraidcowboy
@@hatoraidcowboy I’m sure it’s not but those speakers and subwoofers are over powering that small ass screen. Lol… even Shane and Don Dunn was roasting the shit out of that screen 🤣
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This is probably one of my favorite room tours and discussions ever. It was great to get to know Dolye and get a deep and insightful look into his journey. Thank you!
Wow, thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed the tour and I appreciate your kind words. 😀
Doyle is a wonderful man. He is always willing to share his knowledge and welcome you to share in his experience. So many great people here locally that share my passion for this hobby
3:08 I'm here for the people 🎉😁
Bad Influence lol
This guy right here >_< hahaha
@@doyleshafer yea he is!!! There are a few of these out there!
Anyone who reads Floyd Toole when building a theater gets some mad respect. Perlisten and the NZ9 is end game stuff. Well done! That white mini split would drive me nuts in the otherwise black room. ;)
High 5 on Dr. Floyd Toole! U can't see the white rectangle in the dark ; ) Highly recommend consulting with Matt Pose as well. His rate is a bargain right now.
What an amazing awesome theater!!! Talk about WOW just WOW!! ❤🎉
Had me at dungeons and dragons… love it
Man. I bet that storm audio is ammmmmazing. I heard it at mwave. So stinking good. The best
Wow. Having a separated stand alone structure like that is so dreamy. It hits all the WAF and makes everything so much less complicated. That’s great. The ceiling work was 🤯
Yea that ceiling was incredible
Hey Doyle, looks like we are neighbors! We lived in Cinco Ranch for 18 years, now we are in Cross Creek Ranch…right down the street! Your theater is what I dream of!
Jordan showcased our theater too!
That is one beautiful awesome killer system! 👏 🙌 🔥
You know what, you should do this kind of content top priority in your channel , just love home theater tours 😍
Thanks man. I’m trying to do more locally. Got a few more in the pipeline
This system is just mind blowing!!! I have Perlisten subs also (D15s) ,BUT, I cant for the life of me understand why you have an NZ9 with a panamorph lens on a 110" scope screen, you have sooo much room in there to fit a nice big screen.
Good point sir. I prefer a 35 degree viewing angle which is what I have from the MLP. It's closer irl, though I'm sure many would want a wider viewing angle ; )
Amazing home theater man. Love your equipment choices and integration. You gotta be proud.
Holy shit. Did this guy win the lottery? ❤
😂
Nice video. This caught my attention on several levels - I had family in Katy (long ago) and just ordered some Perlisten R series for home theater. Great home theater and location. Everything is bigger in Texas. (including the budget for this theater - wow😳)
Thank you! Yea Doyle’s setup was the inspiration for calling the series Everything Is Bigger In Texas! Lol
What’s the rest of your setup like?
Great video. Loved that it was an hour, so much Info.
Thank you and thanks for the feedback!
watched the whole thing. Amazing! and Doyle too.👌👌👌
Thanks!
CONGRATULATIONS to the owner and to you.
Happy to see some Houstonians.
It’s about time to put HTOWN on the AV Map.
Please don’t only focus on super high end theaters…
Think about us in the middle 😂
LOL
There are quite a few of us. I sought a meet up on AVSForum but seems that hasn't happened in years. Now I'm just meeting many one on one. What a wonderful hobby this is
It would be nice to have get-togethers as a crew.
So,
For the past 45 days my wife and I, were looking at homes in Katy and Cypress, and ultimately on Sunday we decided on Aledo near Ft Worth... However, it is great to hear enthusiast anywhere, to include the Houston Area....
@@michaelslocumbsr.2286 What influenced you and your wife to chose Oklahoma over Texas?
Amazing!!!! Love to see our Texans)) I live in Plano area btw:)
🙌🙌 Howdy! 🤠
21:50 'better go get me some cardboad now' .. man i love you! really coming out of your shell!
Yes sir! Stacking the Sub's is a total different Sound...I like them Stacked instead of single configuration.
Oh no don't say that...but since we are here...what's the main difference >_
@@doyleshafer The Bass fills the room... It's not central located at the Seat level! It's more up front Bass... Trust me! Try it! You'll feel and hear the difference...
Also, since your ceilings are high the Bass will elevate being stacked...My ceilings are 12ft...
This room is phenomenal. Good job on the video. If Doyle is willing to let people come over to check out his theater, then please let me know. I live in the Houston area and would love to experience his set-up.
Thank you! Doyle is in the comments section so I’m sure he’ll see it himself 😃
@@hatoraidcowboy I am slowly upgrading my theater, so this setup is truly an inspiration on what to strive for.
Noice! What are you upgrading from?
@@hatoraidcowboy I just upgraded my seats from an Ashley furniture brand to Valencia Oslo. Next year I am planning to upgrade from a Denon X6300 processor to an Anthem AVM 90 and a tonewinner 8300 amplifier. Then another year after that, I want to upgrade from all Klipsch speakers to Focal or better. I upgraded my Klipsch subs a few years ago to two PB2000 pros and two PB3000s, but after seeing Doyle's setup, I would love to have subs on that level. I forgot to mention that I want to upgrade my Sony native 4k projector to a JVC laser, but that is several years down the road.
Nice Setup, that room must sound amazing.
One of the best I have experienced so far.
Understanding the primary concern with the projector was the noise. That is understandable. That aside, I enjoy what is an immersive experience in my light-controlled room. Having a scope lens and video processor makes it even better for my use case. I usually don't have regrets about my purchases, but the one I ponder from time to time is the decision to by an LG OLED for my great room. I think the picture is wonderful, and without a doubt better than my 86 in LG LED. That said, the OLED is not in a light controlled room. I have 12 windows which bring in quite a bit of natural light. As such, I can't fully appreciate the benefits of OLED in my use case. Given that, I feel I could have saved a couple thousand dollars and gone with a larger screen and have been just as happy. I've been thinking about the 98 in TCL for that space.
My only issue with large tv’s in a dedicated Home Theater is the limitation of speaker placement. For ME….I dont get that cinematic feel watching movies on a large tv vs watching content on a projector and a screen. But to each his own. 😀
At the beginning he was like i'm not looking at speakers anymore, If you spent thirty six thousand on just the subs then yeah.
Never say never my friend >_
Fabulous system the bass must be out of this world. How large is your room and your screen? 11:56
Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!
That video was awesome. Great interview awesome room fastest hour ever. Was actually sad when it was over 😂
Lol Thanks man glad it was enjoyable 😃
How was Grimani's speakers and acoustic treatment in that storm audio demo at CEDIA?
It was pretty noice. Everyone was impressed
Four d2 15’s and a d2 12? That has the be the most clean, tight ,visceral and accurate bass ever.
Pretty much!
@@hatoraidcowboy y’all are doing big home theater things down in H town
@@darealestwon Yessir!
Excellent setup, however i would put a bigger screen
I get it. Nothing wrong with that at all. You might be a savage like Youthman sitting 9ft from a 150" screen!
Can tell he consulted with Poes. I watch all his videos. This is an insane room, really cool tour.
Thank you!
Hah so I have a signature?
In all seriousness I came into this project after he had some
Of the gear and acoustic panels. A really common part of my work is to undo what another acoustic expert did. We all have different opinions on how to achieve good sound. Some really believe in killing the room. I don’t believe in that and the feedback I generally get is very positive. Like Doyle noted, he made a simple change, it made a notable difference, so be then removed a lot of the absorption material. That brought the room back to a reasonable level and sounded better. I love what Doyle has done with his space and the ceiling is wild. This is a true enthusiasts theater. It’s dripping with passion.
@@PoesAcousticsI saw those diffusers and thought they looked exactly like the GUD panels you spoke about in a video you did. Then he said he consulted with you, made sense.
What is the best power amp that can support a Perlisten R7t setup with 6 surround speakers and 2 ceiling?
@doyleshafer
I can’t recommend a single amp but a Buckeye Amps NCx500 3-channel for the front and a MC502MP 8-channel would be perfect.
However, I would rethink the setup on just one detail. I would do the normal 7 channel ear-level speakers and get 4 ceiling channels if you can. You will not experience any height movement front to back in your room with only 2 ceiling speakers. You have to have a minimum of 4 to get a true atmos experience. 2 ceiling speakers will not properly image the room as a cohesive whole as atmos relies on a minimum of 2 layers of dual-stereo (quadraphonic) sound (4.1.4, usually 5.1.4).
WOW
Amazing setup. But...lol...please put some velvet tape over that mini split in the top left corner...would drive me crazy and cost you like $6. But man...awesome setup.
Check out the updated tour
What do you like most about Doyle’s End Game Home Theater?
This in Houston?
@janthonywj Yup Katy
I love this guy. Get a Houston HT crawl group going!
@janthonywj I’ll keep it in mind!
I like that he went with cheaper atmos speakers so he could get more of those insane subwoofers
I need to connect with this guy. I have a pretty sweet room in Katy and I'm considering sound treatments but....... That price point 😅
What’s your setup like?
You guys were standing for way too long. Id fall over lol 😆
Yea it was a long time to stand but the time flew by lol
Great speakers I have Perlisten as well. My wife love the clarity of them and to me it says a lot she still can’t see 4K 😂😂😂
LOL Which Perlisten speakers do you have?
That is hilarious >_
@@hatoraidcowboy S Center S bookshelves 2 S15s getting the S5m for Right and Left Anthem Avm70 with anthem MCA 525 and MCA 225 power amplifier S5ms coming soon atmos going with the R surrounds
How much does it cost the speakers and processors , amps
He didnt disclose that information.
Great room brother. Is this on a first or second floor?
First floor. It was previously his garage.
Why storm instead of trinnov?
No real reason. I've always liked Dirac and got a large discount on my unit. If purchasing now, it could go either way but still leaning towards Storm because proper Wave Forming setup is more of a pain than Dirac ART.
I know it's a been a long time since this video has come out but this guy should upgrade his screen if he's got the cash left to a Screen Innovations Black Diamond. He can even get the same size and keep his entire layout the same but his video will DRASTICALLY improve. Like.... night and day difference.
@MyFatherLoves Thanks my guy. I have updated my video. You can catch it in the updated home tour.
Where is the centre channel speaker?
Underneath the screen
Great set up, your White AirCon unit is absolutely destroying your front end.
LOL I wonder if they make black ones?
@@hatoraidcowboy I would get it sprayed matt black, or get it wrapped..
😂 I'll get to it one day
Man, I love dirac, but I also hate the feeling I get when Im so bad at it.
They have a streamlined version of it, and yeah, I can set it up.
But I never heard one of these pro rooms, like when Matt calibrated it. And even this home owner at 48 minutes says the same thing.
I wish dirac would release like a whitepaper or a book on how to get the full 100% out of the thing.
Next month, ill be buying a sony 5000es to test out. My room has that non conventional speaker placement, and I want to see if sonys spatial mapping can make it sound better than my novice attempt at dirac with an onkyo rz50.
I’m very curious to test out Dirac on the RMC-1. Let me know what you think with Dirac vs Spatial mapping
@@hatoraidcowboy I wish you luck, please keep us posted. I've heard so many horror stories about Emotiva processors. Someone shared with me, friends don't let friends buy Emotiva processors. Another shared Emotiva is to processors what Tesla is to cars. Very sexy, they capture you but you end up conflicted and frustrated about your purchase.
I thought this edit was done. Give me some content to watch before the football games come on. What's the hold up. 😂😂
Gotta build anticipation lol
Why the decision to shoot you talking to something/someone off camera (?) instead of looking into it? Nice setup.
What do you mean?
@@hatoraidcowboy instead of you facing/looking At or Into the camera, you’re turned and looking towards a different direction. It’s like if you were facing or talking to someone, and someone at say, the 8 o’clock position was filming you from that angle. Just curious what made you film it that way.
@aerodude73 There was no one else in the room. I was probably looking at the speakers occasionally as I was talking about them
if this Perlisten solution is HT end game, what about RBH or RTJ (JTR) speakers? lol
I havent heard RBH but JTR is also Endgame 😀
I believe Gene Dellasala has an RBH theater and is super happy with it 😁
I have never listened to JTR, but have listened to Perlisten. They sound amazing.
@XudenGroupLLC They do! Especially the Limited Edition.
JTR is a different high end focus IMO. It’s perfect for a behind the screen theater setup where you plan on hiding the speakers. They dominate the room far more than Perlisten, don’t have aesthetic quality and are more aggressive than refined in sound, which is preference not a drawback. You get more for the money with JTR but you also lose more space in your room.
Hey! That isnt matt poes that you interview!
That was Matt Trinklein from Storm Audio. But Matt Poes also assisted Doyle in acoustic calibration
Your screen is so small. Why?
Zeta zero ref speakers are technically better with much bigger soundstage. Price is over $100k. MBLs are also better. No worries you will upgrade in 6 yrs ;)
He doesnt need to upgrade 😄
Maybe. but knowing human nature he will get bored quickly and feel the need to spend another $200k for 0.5% improvement and better looking gear!@@hatoraidcowboy
@@quant2011 Whats wrong with that >_< lol
This guy is no joke but he's spending some seriously money 🤑🤑💰💰💰
Yup!
@@hatoraidcowboy I'll still go with the Zidoo 2000 pro😉
@MrBjorn6 Did you get the new one?
@@hatoraidcowboy Of course to go with my Nakamichi Dragon and my AWOL 3000 in my basement
Great video. I just love the passion Doyle has for the this hobby. His theater sounded awesome before, can’t wait to hear it now with all the upgrades.
Perlisten? One step up from Klipsch. Why not sell your house and do a real upgrade to a Magico M9 Home theater setup? And, a 3,000 lumen JVC Z9 projector? Get a real projector like the Sony VPL-GTZ380 🙂
Did you just say Perlisten is one step up from Klipsch??? 🤯 Sir……LOL
So whats the total to watch shitty movies innthe garage? $150k? If projector alone is 29k
What does your Home Theater consist of?
To be honest, nothing special. Just OLED asus laptop with razor sharp and bright screen and my own DIY speakers with drivers 0.9% worse than Perlisten at 95dB, levels I never reach anyway, just 88dB max. But my cabinets are baltic birch reinforced with slate, not worse than his subs in that area. Total cost $1k and $899 for the laptop. Yeah i know, my set up is a disaster! @@hatoraidcowboy
All that money spent on speakers and subwoofers but a little ass screen 🤦🏻♂️
Its not that little
@@hatoraidcowboy I’m sure it’s not but those speakers and subwoofers are over powering that small ass screen. Lol… even Shane and Don Dunn was roasting the shit out of that screen 🤣
@@Xstream718 Hehe and I'm probably going smaller my guy...OLED😁
@doyleshafer 😮