Home Theater / Audio Setup Recommendations

Doog_de_Jour

I just got a new place and it’s time to upgrade my home theater / audio set up. Any recommendations?

https://youtu.be/EAyJmIXcyMg

Meek

Lots

Go to avsforum.com for some great info but I can help if you have specific questions.

75” Samsung 4K tv
Denon x3300w AVR
Klipsch 7.1 Atmos enabled speaker system
Roku Premier+ & NVIDIA Shield media players
DIRECTV 4K DVR

Tell me what u want to know

Cougzz

Good tip on the avsforum.com site.

55” LG OLED
5.1 SONOS surround with:
Playbase
Subwoofer
Play 1 (2)
Boost
Apple TV
DISH DVR

Expensive, but almost fool-proof.

Doog_de_Jour

Meek said:

Lots

Go to avsforum.com for some great info but I can help if you have specific questions.

75” Samsung 4K tv
Denon x3300w AVR
Klipsch 7.1 Atmos enabled speaker system
Roku Premier+ & NVIDIA Shield media players
DIRECTV 4K DVR

Tell me what u want to know

Thanks for the site @Meek, that will help a lot. Coincidentally I was looking at a similar Samsung TV at Video Only the other day that I really liked so I’m definitely leaning toward that brand.

My previous setup was just the display, an Apple TV, Sony BluRay player, and (unfortunately) the Comcast Xfinity cable/DVR. No separate speakers.

I’m not even sure what questions to ask but I know I want to get rid of Comcast, and have as much of this wireless as possible.

Getting that shit PAC 12 Network would be a plus too, but I don’t live in China, so that might be asking for too much.

Swaye

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Doog_de_Jour

Swaye said:

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Well that’s a fair trade off.

I’d PM you my address but you probably already have that information.

Swaye

Doog_de_Jour said:

Swaye said:

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Well that’s a fair trade off.

I’d PM you my address but you probably already have that information.

Pitchfork51

Swaye said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

Swaye said:

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Well that’s a fair trade off.

I’d PM you my address but you probably already have that information.

It's only stalking if you are ugly

Otherwise it's just a serendipitous coincidence


Or a John Cusack movie

YellowSnow

Fucking finance it!!

Doog_de_Jour

Pitchfork51 said:

Swaye said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

Swaye said:

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Well that’s a fair trade off.

I’d PM you my address but you probably already have that information.

It's only stalking if you are ugly

Otherwise it's just a serendipitous coincidence


Or a John Cusack movie

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/460179/

TL;DR - Lloyd Dobler was a stalker.

https://local.theonion.com/romantic-comedy-behavior-gets-real-life-man-arrested-1819565117

Pitchfork51

Doog_de_Jour said:

Pitchfork51 said:

Swaye said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

Swaye said:

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Well that’s a fair trade off.

I’d PM you my address but you probably already have that information.

It's only stalking if you are ugly

Otherwise it's just a serendipitous coincidence


Or a John Cusack movie

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/460179/

TL;DR - Lloyd Dobler was a stalker.

https://local.theonion.com/romantic-comedy-behavior-gets-real-life-man-arrested-1819565117

My only issue is them having a problem with learning just enough of a school subject to tutor a hot girl.

That's a classic move that will never go out of style!

Doog_de_Jour

YellowSnow said:

Fucking finance it!!

@YellowSnow you must have a set of Dominator MX speakers!

In all seriousness, what kind of set up do you have? I want the bored’s resident audiophile to weigh in.

Doog_de_Jour

Pitchfork51 said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

Pitchfork51 said:

Swaye said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

Swaye said:

I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.

Well that’s a fair trade off.

I’d PM you my address but you probably already have that information.

It's only stalking if you are ugly

Otherwise it's just a serendipitous coincidence


Or a John Cusack movie

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/460179/

TL;DR - Lloyd Dobler was a stalker.

https://local.theonion.com/romantic-comedy-behavior-gets-real-life-man-arrested-1819565117

My only issue is them having a problem with learning just enough of a school subject to tutor a hot girl.

That's a classic move that will never go out of style!

Yeah, that seemed a little nitpicky on the author’s part.

Pitchfork51

I threw a beer at my tv when wsu got the 5th down against us 2 years ago and scored. So the volume broke and I got a shitty sound bar.

Then I got a new TV.

I take the sound bar on the patio and lean it up against the wall and stream music to it over Bluetooth.

It gets rained on once a year.




I'm assuming that yellow snow has a better setup than this.

Doogles

For a simple setup with damn good sound, look at soundbars. Klipsch has some really good stuff. Wireless mount on the wall underneath the TV and it looks clean and sounds great.

If you're going from TV speakers to something else this is a great step. Something tells me these guys are going to try to get you to buy a 10k setup. If you're just branching out get a legit soundbar for 300-1000 and away we go...

Doog_de_Jour

Doogles said:

For a simple setup with damn good sound, look at soundbars. Klipsch has some really good stuff. Wireless mount on the wall underneath the TV and it looks clean and sounds great.

If you're going from TV speakers to something else this is a great step. Something tells me these guys are going to try to get you to buy a 10k setup. If you're just branching out get a legit soundbar for 300-1000 and away we go...

I don’t mind paying top dollar if it makes sense. But you’re right @Doogles, going straight from TV speakers to anything else is probably going to sound a lot better, so I can probably save some money there.

So keep the recommendations coming.

Doogles

Doog_de_Jour said:

Doogles said:

For a simple setup with damn good sound, look at soundbars. Klipsch has some really good stuff. Wireless mount on the wall underneath the TV and it looks clean and sounds great.

If you're going from TV speakers to something else this is a great step. Something tells me these guys are going to try to get you to buy a 10k setup. If you're just branching out get a legit soundbar for 300-1000 and away we go...

I don’t mind paying top dollar if it makes sense. But you’re right @Doogles, going straight from TV speakers to anything else is probably going to sound a lot better, so I can probably save some money there.

So keep the recommendations coming.

Go to your local bestbuy, check out the soundbar setups, find one you like, price check it on amazon, and purchase.

Here's a link to some options: https://www.techradar.com/news/audio/home-cinema-audio/tr-top-10-best-soundbars-1288008

Swaye

If you want a super simple setup that is still unreal for the money, get yourself two SVS PB-2000 subwoofers (about $1500 or so), and a Yamaha YSP-5600 Soundbar (roughly $1700). This is the exact set up I have and that soundbar is the best you can get for under 5 grand imo. It is unreal for a soundbar, and even tricks the ear by bouncing sound off walls to give a really impressive fake surround sound. Nothing like it for the money - and you don't have wires and shit going all over the room. And two SVS PB-2000's will absolutely rattle the windows in your house. These subs are not Best Buy Magnolia room stuff - they are far beyond it and absolutely crushing but precise base. For around 3 grand you can have a super simple but really effective system. Sure, 7-8 grand tower based full surround sound systems are better, but they aren't near twice as good - but they are over twice as expensive.

My 2 coppers.

Swaye

I shoudl also mention all of the stuff I mentioned is self powered, and with very good amps. So, no amp needed. Just run the cable connection into the sound bar, and sound bar to TV. Sound bar direct connects to the subs (must buy a splitter), and then you are off. 4 HDMI inputs on the Yamaha as well for blu ray, XBOX, whatever.

Killer set up for the money, and will melt your ears with no distortion. I didn't believe a sound bar could sound like that until I tried it. It's unreal.

Swaye

Also the Yamaha supports 4K pass through, so get a 4K TV. Lastly, be aware that those subs weigh about 75 pounds each. Huge. Heavy. Magnets. Bad ass. Makes that shit at Best Buy look and sound like toys.

Swaye

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