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Doog_de_Jour
Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
in Yellow Snow's Record Shoppe
I just got a new place and it’s time to upgrade my home theater / audio set up. Any recommendations?

https://youtu.be/EAyJmIXcyMg
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  • Meek
    Meek Member Posts: 7,031
    edited March 2018
    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
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  • Cougzz
    Cougzz Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 307 Swaye's Wigwam
    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.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    I will only give advice if you let me in to do the set up. I will wear saran wrap and a speedo.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    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
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    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!
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    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.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    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.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    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.

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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,731 Founders Club
    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...
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    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.
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,731 Founders Club
    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
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    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.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    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.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    edited March 2018
    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.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    FRANNY
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,731 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    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.

    Fuck Orkin. You may have a six fig job in audio sales.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,342 Founders Club
    Doog_de_Jour said:

    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.
    No Dominator MX. Just some vintage ADS L-810s from circa 1980. They can blast the AC DC and LZ records at very high volume with zero distortion and great detail.

    Alas, I'm a terrrible resource on home theater. My interest is more 2 channel hi fi which is a different animal. I do know this gear pretty well.

    My amplification is McIntosh MAC 4100 receiver which was the most bad ass receiver of the late 70s or early 80s. I'm pour so I tend to buy used. A new comparable McIntosh receiver or integrated is about $6500. Turntable is a Rega P3 which is the best in the market at its price point.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,793 Swaye's Wigwam
    Pitchfork51 said:

    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.

    pretty high tech compared to my low life setup -

    and general info to all the other comments - BestBuy is shit.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    I was gonna comment, but I'm about to throw up.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,342 Founders Club
    RaceBannon said:

    Whatever you decide make sure to buy it through Amazon

    @oregonblitzkrieg

    No McIntosh on Amazon. Oh wait some asshole retailer does have some Mac gear through them.
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  • Rapeculturedawg
    Rapeculturedawg Member Posts: 899
    edited April 2018
    -65” Samsung KS9000 4k tv
    -Denon x4300h AVR
    -Klipsch RF-62's, RC-52, RB-62's, 4 Onkyo surround speakers for height, and a Definitive subwoofer @DoogieMcDoogerson gave me.
    -Xbox One X

    Looking to upgrade my sub in the near future.

    reddit r/hometheater is a pretty good resource.


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  • Fenderbender123
    Fenderbender123 Member Posts: 2,989
    I bought a 65" Sony X900e and some Klipsche Reference Premier speakers (5.1 setup) about a year ago and have been very happen with them.

    The TV is beautiful. The colors are amazing. No hyperbole there at all. The blacks are literally as close as you can get to OLED quality but without all the other drawbacks of having an actual OLED TV. People don't believe me when I tell them how blown away they will be when they see it. Then they watch it, and they're like "holy shit this is beautiful". And since it's a 2017 model, you can find them a lot cheaper now. Haven't researched Sony's 2018 models, though, so don't know much about them.

    The speakers sound good too. Especially the center channel. That's where all the dialogue and good stuff comes from on movies and TV shows. I can hear every little detail in the way people speak. And the bass is good enough without a sub. If you like to actually rumble in your seat, get a sub. I don't really give a shit about that. I just like to hear the bass and for it be smooth and loud, not overpowering. The smallest set of fronts on Klipsche's premier line give me more than enough bass, as I actually have to turn it down about 50% on my receiver so that I don't piss off my neighbors (I live in a condo), and even then it's still very loud.
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