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5.1.2 was the upgrade to Dolby Atmos? 2 speakers in the ceiling? I'd love to see a deep dive into your setup, the why's/why not's, etc.

Keith Mukai 1y ago

That's correct. For a home setup, there are three possible ceiling rows (front ceiling, middle (aka "voice of God" speakers!), rear ceiling).

If you know you'll only ever do 2, voice of God probably makes the most sense.

But I strongly suspected I'd quickly want 4 up there, so I installed the first two as front ceiling. Then after hearing them in the whole system, almost immediately started making plans for the two rear ceilings.

Def worth a post to walk through the DIY ceiling installation! Now that I know how to mix drywall mud and do real patches (i.e. more than just spackle), it's a lot less scary to cut holes in my house!

https://void.cat/d/WDa55NPjnyzW7G4V94AhJ5.webp

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kidwarp 1y ago

Haven’t done in any in wall speakers yet

But this is what I’m working with

https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpvfnhlzhhmtpcwgaf68e2wusd3l3wzwy8rv3ca0mdkhhj3ya27yaqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzqhlkhxj7jm8jykprvf70ksz48qms0tqf2vpxaa4v4dpmq56ha9xms6fz4v

Keith Mukai 1y ago

I'll have to google those speakers but the Playstation collection is awesome! 🤣

My main workhorse is a Denon X3700H with an OLD but AWESOME Proceed AMP5 driving my mains. Some power conditioners behind that that I can't recall. Some homemade power cables(!).

B+W 703 left/rights are also OLD but so f'n amazing.

Then a mishmash of B+W 602 s3 sides, Elac Uni-Fi 2.0 UB52 center, cheapo Elac Debut B6 rears, cheap enough but nice enough Klipsch in-ceiling units. RSL Speedwoofer 10S MkII sub (holy amazing for the price and in my small basement!).

I'm glad I got my most expensive pieces way before my bitcoin days; no way could I justify the expense once I started stacking sats. But even the biggest items I bought used for pretty great deals. eBay and manufacturer "B-stock" discounts are clutch! I can't stomach full-price audio gear!

But did have to splurge to get proper Dolby Vision support out of 4k blu-ray discs (Panasonic UB820).

kidwarp 1y ago

I bought all the audio gear on sale… omg I can’t even think about paying full price for all these speakers lmfao… I’m gonna have to google most of your gear as well.

kidwarp 1y ago

So after a quick google…

I’m sure your system sounds better than mine.

Very nice sir.

Keith Mukai 1y ago

I see that you're a Klipsch maxi!

The Klipsch tweeter horns are so unique. I'd love to hear how they sound some day.

The only Klipsch gear I have is my ceiling speakers, but they don't seem to have any real common lineage with the things that make the main Klipsch speakers unique.

kidwarp 1y ago

Tbh most people don’t like em… they can sound overly "metallic" but I don’t seem to get that impression of them.

I plan on gettin a pair of RF-7 111