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oldfarmer50

nyccarguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

@imidazol97,
Storm started here last night and will continue into tomorrow morning.
At least the snow is the light stuff.
I'll have to take a picture of the Explorer if I can find it.

The Weather Channel right now is showing video of the Stamford FD pulling two people out of a submerged truck in a pond. They went flying off the road.

We see a lot of that here as well when the AWD folks figure they’re immune to the coefficient of friction on icy roads.

I saw that here on the local news. There’s no pond in Cummings Beach Park. That’s the Long Island Sound! The guy must have been screwing around doing donuts!

Well at least he was doing something right.

oldfarmer50

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

No wonder those things are listed as vermin. :@

graphicguy

roadburner said:

qbrozen said:

I can't recall the last time we used our blu-ray. It has gone the way of CDs for us. "oh, what? I gotta stand up and walk over there to put a disc in? heck no. I'll just push a button and stream something."

My son and I like to give my primary 7.1 setup a good workout. The basement 5.1 system is better suited for streaming.
And before you ask, I still listen to CDs on my Rotel RCD-855 as well.

Going retro these days. Finding vinyl (good vinyl) almost always sounds better than CD and even hi-res streaming. Certainly better than CD.

Showed this turntable before, but this is some of the work I did on it. Probably last another 40 years.





Still use my Home Theater 7.2 system in the Home Theater room.

snakeweasel

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

snakeweasel said:

As I sit in my home office I look out to my back yard where the recently fallen snow is pristine with just a set of rabbit tracks going across my back yard where they suddenly stop at a spot where the snow is pretty much disturbed. There are no other tracks in the area. RIP bunny rabbit.

Hawk.

As I mentioned before, I work during the spring and summer as a groundskeeper at a baseball field. A few times a season I am greeted in the morning with a pile of feathers, and less often a pile of rabbit fur, in the outfield.

A pile of feathers or fur usually means something like a coyote or fox or feral cat or dog. Hawks and the like usually carry off their prey.

snakeweasel

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

Since that &%$# woodchuck is wrong more than it's right expect an early spring.

qbrozen

graphicguy said:

roadburner said:

qbrozen said:

I can't recall the last time we used our blu-ray. It has gone the way of CDs for us. "oh, what? I gotta stand up and walk over there to put a disc in? heck no. I'll just push a button and stream something."

My son and I like to give my primary 7.1 setup a good workout. The basement 5.1 system is better suited for streaming.
And before you ask, I still listen to CDs on my Rotel RCD-855 as well.

Going retro these days. Finding vinyl (good vinyl) almost always sounds better than CD and even hi-res streaming. Certainly better than CD.

Showed this turntable before, but this is some of the work I did on it. Probably last another 40 years.





Still use my Home Theater 7.2 system in the Home Theater room.

Look at all that newfangled electronical doohickies in there! Puh-lease! You don’t know nuthin bout listenin to no vinyl! :b

driver100

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

Michaell said:

qbrozen said:

roadburner said:

qbrozen said:

I can't recall the last time we used our blu-ray. It has gone the way of CDs for us. "oh, what? I gotta stand up and walk over there to put a disc in? heck no. I'll just push a button and stream something."

My son and I like to give my primary 7.1 setup a good workout. The basement 5.1 system is better suited for streaming.
And before you ask, I still listen to CDs on my Rotel RCD-855 as well.

I used to have a better setup but we just didn’t feel it was worth the effort when we moved to this house. Now we watch movies using just 3.1. The humanity!

Yeah, same with us. Soundbar with a small sub.

Same here. I don’t know what you call small but by audiophile standards my soundbar with a 12 inch sub is pretty small. Nothing like that washing machine size job that we saw last week.

jmonroe

Being a Troglodyte, I use what comes with the TV.

Good word - Troglodyte I had to look it up), that would be me too, I don't need enhanced sound on a TV (a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned.)

driver100

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

Who's going to believe what a giant rodent says?

driver100

graphicguy said:

roadburner said:

It looks like Best Buy isn’t going to drop prices significantly on any of the 75” TVs I’ve been considering. Ditto for the Panasonic DP-UB820 4K Blu-Ray player. Last year BB cut $150 off the price, this year the discount is only $100.
As for other local options, the HTS dealers are apparently not interested in selling anything if they aren’t able to tack on a ridiculous “installation” fee.

I’m surprised you can find stock on those 75” TVs at Best Buy. My 15 year old printer finally gave up the ghost and I went to 2 Best Buy stores to buy another. Neither had stock. They said they’d gladly order one for me, though. If I had known that, I could have stayed home and ordered from Amazon.

When you are living in isolation and can't go out TV takes on more importance, Netflix is booming....TVs are going to be scarce. Some businesses are prospering during the pandemic.....Amazon especially, the perfect business for the times. Our Keurig broke down, we can have a new one the next day....incredible!

venture

driver100 said:

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

Who's going to believe what a giant rodent says?

I'm sort of convinced that if he sees his shadow there's 6 more weeks of winter and if he does not see his shadow there is only a month and a half of winter left.

ab348

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

Up here his cousin Shubenacadie Sam apparently stuck his head out of his burrow where he lives. Since it was during the middle of the east coast snowstorm the media is reporting his prediction as an early spring. Riiiight.

roadburner

graphicguy said:

roadburner said:

It looks like Best Buy isn’t going to drop prices significantly on any of the 75” TVs I’ve been considering. Ditto for the Panasonic DP-UB820 4K Blu-Ray player. Last year BB cut $150 off the price, this year the discount is only $100.
As for other local options, the HTS dealers are apparently not interested in selling anything if they aren’t able to tack on a ridiculous “installation” fee.

I’m surprised you can find stock on those 75” TVs at Best Buy. My 15 year old printer finally gave up the ghost and I went to 2 Best Buy stores to buy another. Neither had stock. They said they’d gladly order one for me, though. If I had known that, I could have stayed home and ordered from Amazon.

They have the 75” Sony TVs I’m considering, but they are priced about $500-$1000 more than the same or equivalent sets were priced last year.

tjc78

I run the full spectrum for audio and video. Family room is just the TV and whole house audio. Master bedroom is a sound bar, sub and rear speaker kit. My office is retro vinyl and CD. Finally the theater room. It’s a full indulgence that we’ve already spent more coin on than I care to admit (not counting the equipment I already had).

I built the riser for the rear row last weekend and now have to get it carpeted. From there it’s “done” ... at least until I upgrade the receiver and go Atmos.

Oh and the “washing machine” subwoofer was worth every penny.

stickguy

We just listen to the tv speakers. Good enough for us. If I actually put in a DVD I could fire up the receiver and big tower speakers. I just never bother.

roadburner

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

snakeweasel

stickguy said:

We just listen to the tv speakers. Good enough for us. If I actually put in a DVD I could fire up the receiver and big tower speakers. I just never bother.

Same here, we just use the speakers that come with the TV. We used to have a sound system at the old house but we just never thought it was worth the effort to install it in our current house.

Since we are talking about this subject let me ask does anyone know anything about Bang & Olufsen? I have never heard of them and they are the speakers on my laptop. For laptop speakers they sound pretty good.

driver100

ab348 said:

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

Up here his cousin Shubenacadie Sam apparently stuck his head out of his burrow where he lives. Since it was during the middle of the east coast snowstorm the media is reporting his prediction as an early spring. Riiiight.

Seems like every little town has it's own little rodent so they can get their name on a map :@

driver100

roadburner said:

Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

Not that essential for some of us, most movies aren't worth watching on anything more than a regular TV. Most aren't worth a special trip downstairs to watch!

tjc78

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

We are lucky as half the theater room is under our breakfast area which has no second story above it. You can hear the rumbling slightly in my Mom’s room across the house, but it doesn’t bother her enough we can’t use it. I don’t know if the previous owners added extra insulation or not. They did pre-wire for the projector but weren’t using the room as a theater.

I also agree with the audio in the theaters. It’s never that great other than being loud. I’ve always been into home theater even going back to the first Dolby surround receivers (no center channel) and VHS HiFi. Much different then.

snakeweasel

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

jmonroe1

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

That ain’t funny. So why is that guy smiling? :@

jmonroe

roadburner

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems(although the most I can do with my 5.1 system is set the SPL using my Rat Shack analog meter).
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

snakeweasel

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

Michaell said:

qbrozen said:

roadburner said:

qbrozen said:

I can't recall the last time we used our blu-ray. It has gone the way of CDs for us. "oh, what? I gotta stand up and walk over there to put a disc in? heck no. I'll just push a button and stream something."

My son and I like to give my primary 7.1 setup a good workout. The basement 5.1 system is better suited for streaming.
And before you ask, I still listen to CDs on my Rotel RCD-855 as well.

I used to have a better setup but we just didn’t feel it was worth the effort when we moved to this house. Now we watch movies using just 3.1. The humanity!

Yeah, same with us. Soundbar with a small sub.

Same here. I don’t know what you call small but by audiophile standards my soundbar with a 12 inch sub is pretty small. Nothing like that washing machine size job that we saw last week.

jmonroe

Being a Troglodyte, I use what comes with the TV.

Good word - Troglodyte I had to look it up), that would be me too, I don't need enhanced sound on a TV (a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned.)

I’ve called you nicer things than that yet you got all irate with me when I did. Go figure.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

stickguy said:

We just listen to the tv speakers. Good enough for us. If I actually put in a DVD I could fire up the receiver and big tower speakers. I just never bother.

I bought a 40 inch sound bar with a 12 inch sub about 6 or 7 years ago and I’ve noticed a BIG difference in the sound quality. Probably because my ears aren’t what they used to be the sound is much cleaner than the TV speakers.

jmonroe

roadburner

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Not if the LFE is truly present AND you are listening to the movie at reference levels(or higher). The movies that get things rattling tend to be from the MCU, ST, SW, or other action-adventure titles.

roadburner

jmonroe1 said:

stickguy said:

We just listen to the tv speakers. Good enough for us. If I actually put in a DVD I could fire up the receiver and big tower speakers. I just never bother.

I bought a 40 inch sound bar with a 12 inch sub about 6 or 7 years ago and I’ve noticed a BIG difference in the sound quality. Probably because my ears aren’t what they used to be the sound is much cleaner than the TV speakers.

jmonroe

The Panasonic plasma in the 5.1 system has speakers that are just completely unlistenable. so I use the 5.1 system 100% of the time. In contrast, the Kuro Elite in the 7.1 system has surprisingly decent speakers which are more than adequate for casual TV watching. Still, NBC in particular has really outstanding surround sound on their sports broadcasts so I use the HTS whether the source is OTA or streaming.

jmonroe1

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Yeah, like the last sound that bunny rabbit made in your back yard the other day.

jmonroe

roadburner

One excellent example of a movie that gives my system a workout is Master and Commander.

fintail

Same here, and my $500 Costco special 65" Samsung TV seems awesome to me, fine for streaming video. My DVD/Blu-ray player isn't even hooked up. I do have a few Sonos speakers, that's about as with-it as I need to be.

stickguy said:

We just listen to the tv speakers. Good enough for us. If I actually put in a DVD I could fire up the receiver and big tower speakers. I just never bother.

fintail

Looking at the weather models, he's not correct for my region anyway. For most of this winter, a "cold snap" means returning to normal.

driver100 said:

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Who's going to believe what a giant rodent says?

stickguy

Our bedroom tv (40” LG) came with a sound bar. Just never hooked it up. No good place to put it and I seem to recall it was a bit of hassle to use. I think it needed TV remote in addition to cable, and maybe turned itself off? We watch that tv only before bed, and the news or late night talk show doesn’t really need one.

Eventually we will get new main family room tv and move the current 52” Sharp (about to turn 10 YO!) to the basement, when the Sony DLP finally dies. When we do, will probably get a nice integrated sound bar and wireless sub as long as it will automatically turn on with the TV and tie into the Xfiniti remote that runs the TV.

I should just have TJC pick out components and come over to set it all up!

stickguy

Based on how it goes in the car, long before the sub would start booming, my wife would be yelling at me to turn the volume down, and asking if I am deaf.

The fancy stereo in the Acura is lost on her.

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Yeah, like the last sound that bunny rabbit made in your back yard the other day.

jmonroe

Yes. We are having the memorial service for bunny rabbit this weekend. In leu of flowers donations can be made to the retire snakeweasels mortgage fund.

tjc78

stickguy said:

Our bedroom tv (40” LG) came with a sound bar. Just never hooked it up. No good place to put it and I seem to recall it was a bit of hassle to use. I think it needed TV remote in addition to cable, and maybe turned itself off? We watch that tv only before bed, and the news or late night talk show doesn’t really need one.

Eventually we will get new main family room tv and move the current 52” Sharp (about to turn 10 YO!) to the basement, when the Sony DLP finally dies. When we do, will probably get a nice integrated sound bar and wireless sub as long as it will automatically turn on with the TV and tie into the Xfiniti remote that runs the TV.

I should just have TJC pick out components and come over to set it all up!

Happy to help. Our bedroom system is all Samsung. Wireless sub and rear speaker amp (speakers connect to that with a wire). It’s all hooked up with HDMI and the TV controls the volume. We use it with the X1 remote. Very slick.

tjc78

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Not if the LFE is truly present AND you are listening to the movie at reference levels(or higher). The movies that get things rattling tend to be from the MCU, ST, SW, or other action-adventure titles.

This. Try watching the depth charge scenes in U-571 without some vibration on any decent system. Same thing goes for the opening to Edge of Tomorrow and (as you said) most any of the recent Marvel movies. Avenger’s Endgame is pretty amazing on a good system.

tjc78

stickguy said:

Based on how it goes in the car, long before the sub would start booming, my wife would be yelling at me to turn the volume down, and asking if I am deaf.

The fancy stereo in the Acura is lost on her.

I guess I’m lucky... my wife loves to rock out as much as me. I can usually hear the thumping when she pulls up.

Michaell

stickguy said:

When we do, will probably get a nice integrated sound bar and wireless sub as long as it will automatically turn on with the TV and tie into the Xfiniti remote that runs the TV.

Our kids set up the soundbar and wireless sub when we bought a new TV; we also have Xfinity and it all turns on with one button from their remote. Don't think you'll need professional help

stickguy

I know. Was really just kidding. Mostly like advice on what to get. Install should be easy.

stickguy

Princess saved some money up and after discussing options, decided to pay off the rest of her car loan. So 5 year loan paid off in 2.5. Not really a big deal since still seems she will be selling it somehow in 3-4 months, but having the title in hand will certainly make it easier, especially with a private sale or. If I take it. Would have had to pay it off then anyway.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

Princess saved some money up and after discussing options, decided to pay off the rest of her car loan. So 5 year loan paid off in 2.5. Not really a big deal since still seems she will be selling it somehow in 3-4 months, but having the title in hand will certainly make it easier, especially with a private sale or. If I take it. Would have had to pay it off then anyway.

I thought you already made up your mind to buy her car. Is this just part of your negotiation strategy?

jmonroe1

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Yeah, like the last sound that bunny rabbit made in your back yard the other day.

jmonroe

Yes. We are having the memorial service for bunny rabbit this weekend. In leu of flowers donations can be made to the retire snakeweasels mortgage fund.

I would have attended the service but since the famous PA rodent said, “6 more weeks of winter” and I don’t like to drive in the snow, I won’t be able to attend. All is not lost though, Edmunds is forwarding my donation to the @snakeweasel fund.

jmonroe

omarman

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

So the groundhog wears a hat and gloves now? Or just another doppelganger pic?

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

Six more weeks of winter.

No wonder those things are listed as vermin. :@

Years ago there was a young single guy in our department who was an avid outdoorsman. To keep his shooting eye calibrated he found a farmer not too far from here who told him, “you can come onto my property anytime you want and shoot as many of those ‘ground pigs’ as you have bullets. I’m tired of them ruining my crops”.

jmonroe

andres3

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

@imidazol97,
Storm started here last night and will continue into tomorrow morning.
At least the snow is the light stuff.
I'll have to take a picture of the Explorer if I can find it.

The Weather Channel right now is showing video of the Stamford FD pulling two people out of a submerged truck in a pond. They went flying off the road.

We see a lot of that here as well when the AWD folks figure they’re immune to the coefficient of friction on icy roads.

I drove up to the mountains to take the little one up to the snow Saturday early in the morning to beat the mad crazy crowd rush from San Diego that thinks snow is a miracle.

Early in the morning, it was very cold, and it had snowed the night before, the roads were cleared, but there was black looking water on the roadway in spots, but you could feel it was actually ice. Makes the back end twitch, even at lower speeds, and even with AWD. Still, I wasn't worried about getting stuck on the side road parking spots by open fields in the forest, whereas it seemed tow trucks were having a field day with 2WD pickups and small crossover/SUV's and minivans. Parking along the side of the road where there's snow sometimes conceals just how sharp of a drop-off and rut there is by the side of the road. The snow was soft and easy to get pretty deep in it.

By the time we were coming back home around noon, there was a traffic jam going up, caused by people that don't understand it's a bad idea to park along a highway; especially if you can't clear the white line!!! Idiots.
CHP was out in force threatening parking citations; a good use of their time.

Funniest thing was watching a group of humans try to bounce on the bed of a pickup to give the rear wheels some traction. Didn't work; I'm sure they had to call the tow truck too.

andres3

roadburner said:

One excellent example of a movie that gives my system a workout is Master and Commander.

I forgot how I got it, but many years ago I got a Blu-Ray sound sampler disc with 2 minute clips of like 10 movies. Master & Commander was one of them! Blu-Ray is so much better than DVD; it really was a game changer.

andres3

fintail said:

Same here, and my $500 Costco special 65" Samsung TV seems awesome to me, fine for streaming video. My DVD/Blu-ray player isn't even hooked up. I do have a few Sonos speakers, that's about as with-it as I need to be.

stickguy said:

We just listen to the tv speakers. Good enough for us. If I actually put in a DVD I could fire up the receiver and big tower speakers. I just never bother.

When it comes to TV's, Samsung has been doing it "right" for a very long time now. I think they were the first to give Sony some real competition.

My first HDTV was a LCD projection Sony; probably about 18" deep w/ a 42" screen. My 2nd was a Sony SXRD which was a "slim" projection advanced LCD type tech that outperformed the usual LCD stuff out there, and was only about a foot deep with a 50" screen.

My 3rd is my current, a 60" top of the line Samsung Plasma 1080P with smart TV tech. This one is the best yet, and it fits on the wall. I plan to use it until something fails.

roadburner

roadburner said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Not if the LFE is there and you are listening to a movie at reference levels(or higher).

tjc78 said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

My philosophy is is that if you can rattle things all over the house you have way to much bass.

As I said, the sub has been properly calibrated/equalized so it only rumbles when there is actually LFE in the soundtrack. If you audition a HTS at most stores the sub volume is cranked up to impress the rubes. That’s not the case in either of my systems.
As an aside, when we installed a hardwood floor in the family/HTS room I knew that the spiked feet on the sub would be a non-starter, so I replaced them with the crazy cheap($50) SVS “SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System”- I only wish I had installed it sooner.

Again if you can rattle stuff on the other side of the room your bass is to high. Sounds like that are exceedingly rare in nature and when they happen it's usually not good.

Not if the LFE is truly present AND you are listening to the movie at reference levels(or higher). The movies that get things rattling tend to be from the MCU, ST, SW, or other action-adventure titles.

This. Try watching the depth charge scenes in U-571 without some vibration on any decent system. Same thing goes for the opening to Edge of Tomorrow and (as you said) most any of the recent Marvel movies. Avenger’s Endgame is pretty amazing on a good system.

One good BD 7.1 demonstration scene I like is from Furious 7- from the drop out of the C-17 to where Dom drives the Charger off/down the cliff side. The surround effects are outstanding.

andres3

tjc78 said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

We are lucky as half the theater room is under our breakfast area which has no second story above it. You can hear the rumbling slightly in my Mom’s room across the house, but it doesn’t bother her enough we can’t use it. I don’t know if the previous owners added extra insulation or not. They did pre-wire for the projector but weren’t using the room as a theater.

I also agree with the audio in the theaters. It’s never that great other than being loud. I’ve always been into home theater even going back to the first Dolby surround receivers (no center channel) and VHS HiFi. Much different then.

Ahhhh.... VHS.... VCR's. Brings back the memories. I remember Panasonic was the go-to with Hi-Fi VCR's at the end of their life cycle. Who here had one?

roadburner

andres3 said:

tjc78 said:

roadburner said:

One reason I put together a couple of decent HT systems is because with a few exceptions the local movie theaters had mediocre sound systems. My son agreed and also liked the fact that at the RB Movieplex here are no dimwits talking, phoning, or otherwise making noise. The only downside is that we can’t watch anything at reference levels once my wife goes to bed- because the sub rattles things at the other end of the house(and yes, it’s properly calibrated using Audyssey MultEQ).
Now with all of the COVID hysteria I think that having an HTS is absolutely essential as most theaters are closed- many permanently.

We are lucky as half the theater room is under our breakfast area which has no second story above it. You can hear the rumbling slightly in my Mom’s room across the house, but it doesn’t bother her enough we can’t use it. I don’t know if the previous owners added extra insulation or not. They did pre-wire for the projector but weren’t using the room as a theater.

I also agree with the audio in the theaters. It’s never that great other than being loud. I’ve always been into home theater even going back to the first Dolby surround receivers (no center channel) and VHS HiFi. Much different then.

Ahhhh.... VHS.... VCR's. Brings back the memories. I remember Panasonic was the go-to with Hi-Fi VCR's at the end of their life cycle. Who here had one?

My first Hi-Fi VCR was a Vector Research, the second-and last-was a Mitsubishi.