Home Theater Tour Update Dec 2023: Have I Reached My Endgame?
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- The time has finally come for another home theater update tour in 2023 on my journey to endgame. My previous one back in Sept 2021 was one of the most popular videos on my channel and I can't wait for you guys to see all the work that has been done. While I was originally planning to do these annually, I skipped 2022 due to me doing so many upgrades that I wanted to include in the tour. Now at the end of 2023, I can say that this room has pretty much reached the vision I had for it 5 years ago. Lots of new additions in terms of seating, comfort, and of course recreation for adults and children alike. Stellar audio and visual quality punctuated by my ultimate speaker upgrade, flagship home theater processor upgrade, flagship audiophile 2ch amp, and a wireless hi-res music streamer to boot. It's amazing to see how this space have evolved over the years! Come check it out with me!
My Equipment:
TV - LG G2 OLED
www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled83g2...
Front Speakers- Paradigm Persona 7F
www.paradigm.com/en/floorstan...
Center Speaker - Paradigm Persona C
www.paradigm.com/en/center/pe...
Surround Speakers - Paradigm Prestige 25s
www.paradigm.com/en/rears-sur...
Height Speakers - SVS Prime Elevation
www.svsound.com/products/prim...
Seating - Valencia Tuscany (row of 4)
us.valenciatheaterseating.com?sca_ref=1265516.U3SODrqmBG
AV Rack - Salamander Designs Oslo (3x3)
www.salamanderdesigns.com/av-...
Hi-Res Music Streamer - Bluesound Node (2021)
www.bluesound.com/products/node/
Disc Player - Oppo UDP-205
www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-u...
Height Channel Amplifier - Outlaw Model5000x
outlawaudio.com/shop/products...
Surround Channel Amplifier - Parasound Halo 52+
parasound.com/a52+.php
Front Channel Amplifier - Parasound Halo JC5
parasound.com/jc5.php
AV Processor - Anthem AVM90
products.anthemav.com/avm90/
Power Conditioner - Panamax MR5100
www.panamax.com/product/mr510...
Primary Game Console - PS5
www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5/
Acoustic Panels - 6 Acoustimac 2" Suede Panels
www.acoustimac.com/acoustic-p...
Bass Trap - 2 GIK Acoustics CT Alpha Corner Bass Traps
www.gikacoustics.com/product/...
Moon Pod Bean Bag Chairs
www.moonpod.co/products/moon-pod
Kumasi Swivel Accent Chair
www.mmfurniture.com/kumasi-ov...
Lifttad Modern Bar Table
www.litfad.com/modern-bar-tab...
Triad 3-in1 Pool Table by RACK Pool Tables
www.rackpooltables.com/produc... - Zábava
I remember your theater, i think i saw it featured on another channel. Yeah your theater transformation is awesome and it acheives exactly what you said, its a multi-functional space and has fun for everyone. I knew u were gonna say that pop-a-shot would be popular. I have the same barstool style with black metal frame, swivel and grey leather, but mine were from indoor furniture, custom made for 46 inch counter. But very good quality, 10 years still good. My only thought, you could add to arcade- maybe some RGB lights/neon signs, retro decor or a black area rug under the machines. Kinda set it apart as a separate "room". That kinda messy/dark arcade room sorta feel. And maybe a black popcorn machine between theater/arcade, even if just for decor. But thats my 2 cents, your room is amazing. Youre inspiring me to do an update video of my room too. That pool table looks awesome/good quality.
Thanks for watching and sharing this comment! Those are good ideas about the arcade lights/signs. I've been targeting a popcorn machine for a while but we tried one on loan for a bit and it was a pain to deal with so I didn't end up buying it. Still may do so at some point but it dropped on the priority list based on that experience. Great feedback and suggestions tho 😄
Really nice! Huge upgrade to the Paradigms.
Yep that was the idea 😉
That's an amazing space you've designed and built, TTG. Congratulations!
Thanks so much!
Ah man so well done
Thanks for watching 😀
Looks amazing congrats man be proud
Thank you!
I was waiting for this one. Setup looks amazing. Love how consistent the aesthetics are with colors and materials. Glad you finally have your dream room! 🎉
Thanks a ton!
mind blowing! incredible. One word, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much!
Amazing JOB! Love the asthetic and overall feel. I true balance of function and fun for everyone.
Right on! Thanks so much
Great job!
Thanks for the visit
Nice vid! I have a HT in my basement, running a total of 15 speakers!
Nice!
You did an amazing job. Your explanation denotes experience and how huge an undertaking sound reproduction is.
I thank you for this, and you have my interest peaked regarding those Paradigm speakers.
Your Channel is one of the few that you leave no stone or explanation unturned.
Wow, really appreciate the kind words. So glad you've found the channel helpful 😄
Enjoy your passion for the hobby! Nice space. -Tony
Thanks, will do!
Congratulations dude it looks amazing enjoy
Thanks! Will do!
Your theater looks amazing! Very well done.
Thank you so much!
Well done! Inspiring.
Thank you!
Great video and love what you transformed this space into. Great component selection. You definitely have the power to feel the music and the bass! How is the surround volume with the speakers that far back?
Great Job!!
Thanks for the kind words and for watching the vid! Great question on the back surrounds. While I could imagine they would be more immersive if they were closer, I can actually hear them pretty well from my main position. I would say that I may lose some of the smaller ambient effects in movies but when there is panning effects behind the camera in games and movies, I can hear those pretty well. The room correction and bipole design helps to fill in that space back there pretty well. When you look at the room, sometime I may have folks sitting the bar stools or even in the back area for movies. For those situations, those rear speakers work well to "include" the rear of the room in the action. And even for large group music where I want to fill the room, running my system in surround or All Channel stereo mode is great for really filling up the entire space and those back speakers do a wonderful job with filling in that entire back area.
Nice job ,you're singing my song I've been rocking my JC5 with my Paradigm Founder series 120H's and Parasound A23 + 's for my C90 , and surrounds . I have recently picked up the Paradigm XR13 too go along with my Velodyne DD15 and a third nearfield sub. Recently replaced my Gustard A22 DAC streamer with a Master Edition Eversolo DMP - A6 and added a linear power supply. Also will never give up my Oppo 203 ....I can listen to music and movies all day . Paradigm makes some amazing audio .
Thanks so much! Great minds thinking alike 😉
Agree with your phylosphy building and choosing on your own use case and what you like (not choosing what everyone says is the best). Like you, being a dad, for me I had to incorporate my current audio system as my accountant (wife) doesn't understand the hobby so I have chosen wisely 😉. Because of my use case that includes every type of media and use including listening to music, I ended up with a 85" 900C tv, RZ50, and my matched EmpTek E55ti towers in red burl finish and surround speakers (no $ for speaker upgrades) and I am very happy as I built my system around my specific use case. Like your video and approach, now it's time for you to enjoy!
Absolutely! Roger that 😉
Nice theatre.. Nice gear. Well done. Something to aspire too... I see paradigm make a persona sub.. Have you heard it?
Thanks for the comment! I am aware of the sub but I have not heard the Persona sub. I've heard the Signature SUB 1 some years ago which is very similar to the Persona sub. It was a beast!
persona with parasound and avm-90 😍
Match made in heaven
That intro is WAY too loud - if you could normalize the audio.. that would be nice.
Great system and progress .. kudos on the journey. Keep doing your thing!
Thanks I appreciate the feedback. Interesting thing is that I did normalize the audio throughout 🤔. Maybe something happened with that intro section when exporting? I'll look into it for future vids
Beautiful system, but you are wrong I do my streamer on my oppo.
The oppo is roon ready I use roon with qobuz and sound really good.
I had the node but I return it because I didn’t need it. My primary playback is records.
Also you can have both at the same time I use a parasound p5 as a pre amp since the pre has a HT by pass so you can use the best for music and movies.
By the way how you like the outlaw for atmos I was planing to get it for my atmos but I saw people had issues with buzzing sound.
Cheers!!
Thanks for watching and for the comment. Interesting about Roon for the Oppo. I don't have Roon at all right now but was looking into considering it once they sorted it out on the Anthem AVM90. I'll check it out once I go there. The outlaw is great for what it is. It's a great value with solid performance for the price. For the atmos, it's more than enough problem. No problem with buzzing on my end.
Top notch gear, sweet set up, and dope aesthetics. Very well done sir.
Also, do you recommend refinancing or just a home equity loan for all the new gear you’re FORCING me to get?
Great comment and thanks for the kind words. Refinancing should suffice 😉
Great video and much appreciated for the time you spent putting it all together. Mad props on choosing all the right gear. I’ve been researching for months now and the Persona seem legit. Not sure I could pull the trigger though! Time will tell. I have two questions after watching your two part video “end game”. Now that you have invested so much $$$. Are you truly satisfied? I mean does your set up give you that feeling you got when you were going through the grind of finding the end game setup/sound? And secondly, with regard to the bluesound node, does this mean your speakers are fed the signal from its dac? If so, isn’t the dac in the avm90 much better? Love your HT setup and I hope you truly are enjoying it! Peace
Thank you for watching and commenting. Your questions are excellent and difficult to answer here 😀. I'll start with perhaps the easier one regarding the Bluesound Node. You're right I didn't make it clear in my video but I'm NOT using the built-in DACs on the Node. I'm just using it as a digital pass thru to the AVM90 and using the processor's DACs which are (as you pointed out) much higher quality. That's a big part of the reason why I didn't invest in some super high priced DAC to being with as it didn't make sense for just digital pass thru. Now to the "am I truly satisfied" question...short answer is 'Yes" I am. That said, it's touch because I still have a lot more to experience with my system to really take in what it's capable of. Still lots of learnings that is impacting my perception of the system over time. But as of now, I don't have any FOMO, regrets on my choices, or sense that I need to upgrade any of the core components. I'm working on a video now that will wrap up my thoughts and I promise to go into more details on this question 😉
@@TruTechnoGamer Thanks for the reply and for clearing up the dac question. No doubt you are satisfied and I assume, growing throughout the whole journey! Look forward to seeing your final thoughts video. Give it some time and enjoy the experience!
Your home theater is Beautiful. Question? Have you tried moving your towers to the far left and far right of the room, and then move your front left sub where your left tower is. Your center channel is a beast just like your towers. I think it will increase your home theater experience. You'll will be able to really hear the sound move across your front stage. My towers are 6 to 8 feet from my center channel and my front stage sounds very dynamic. My room is 22 feet wide and my towers are damn near corner loaded. They're not in the corner. They're 2 to 3 feet from the wall. I have 6 Ultra towers in my setup.
No I never had my towers in the far corners although i did have them a tad bit farther out than they are now. Having my towers that far apart really wouldn't work in my room, especially on the front right side where it would block the walkway to the bathroom and the playroom for the kids. Same reason I don't have wide channels in my theater currently.
man shits money im tryna be like you
I had to turn my SB16'S up to -8, to really hear the bass. What's the volume do you use for your subs. What tweaks did you make to get your subs sounding better, other than moving locations?
If you're turning up your subs to that level just to hear the bass, there is a problem with your room or your processor config. My subs on only at -18db on the subs themselves and the bass can be too much at times for some guests. I have plenty of headroom with the SVS subs but it sounds like you may be in a null in your room or your EQ is off. Most of what you hear with a sub (good and bad) is due to the room so keep that in mind when your dialing them in.
Dude u are taking to long to get to your nice home theater equipment setup!
Got it! (There are chapters in the description
Great that your enjoying your setup...not sure if it was mentioned but what amps are you using to power the rest of your system besides the jc5?
Yes I mentioned in this video and my previous HT tour video from 2021. Outlaw 5000x for the 4 atmos speakers, Parasound A52+ for the Center + 4 surrounds
We all have our endgame. But mine looks like one with Perlisten subs, and a Trinnov Altitude. I'm maybe about halfway there.
Maybe a bit further than halfway...depending on your budget 😉
Nice. Ever thought about going with a 4k projector?
Yeah I thought about it, but I generally prefer TVs over Projectors any day for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is the fact that I'm a huge gamer and TVs are much better for that purpose than projectors IMO. Also, image quality of TVs is better, especially since my room is not fully light controlled and not dark most of the time we're viewing.
@TruTechnoGamer I definitely understand. I was hesitant about a projector. But I love my epson ls11000. I got the best of both worlds with the projector and oled in my basement. Again, nice setup you have.
Hi, how did you make the connection between Bluesound node and amplifier? Which cables do you use? I would also like to buy a Bluesound node 2i and would like to learn a little more about the connection! Thank you and best regards from Austria (Europe)
I'm using just a digital coaxial cable between the Bluesound node and amplifier. Cable company is called Tributaries
@@TruTechnoGamer OK, thank you for the info
Personas are really nice but is it an end game theatre? No. Those speakers are more geared to music. Less so HT. They’re great for HT. BTW, I have paradigm studios. Personas just aren’t at the exceptional level for HT that you would get with compression driver HT speakers from a company like Ascendo.
Thanks for the comment and I get your point. I've done extensive vids on my thought process with the Personas and while you are absolutely correct about them for HT, my goal was to elevate the music quality in my system while still having a quality system for HT. In other words, my goal was to find the best system to excel at both music and HT even if it's not the last word at either. In my experience, I felt the Personas came closest to that. They sound amazing for music while being highly dynamic with a wide sound stage, highly efficient, and great "disappearing" act for HT. Sure something like JTR or Ascendo would eclipse it in pure HT applications, but they don't have the music performance of the Personas IMO. So it's a delicate balancing act that I feel the Personas excel at 😄
My bro! The room is beautiful! You got theater chairs, movie posters, nice lighting and a decent sound system all to watch a 65 inch TV?
Thanks for the comment but I'm confused...the video (and description) clearly shows the TV is an 83" OLED.
AWEsome, Dude. But this is the 2nd HT set up i've seen. That has HT magazines on display. The 1st one being my HT - lol.... Funny, All these HT enthusiats fail to display Educational info about the latest and greatest equipment.. Smh.. 😍🤩😀
Yep, still have those subscriptions going!
Get the projector and get rid of the TV's it looked very cheap.
No thanks
You still got a lot of work and a lot to learn if you chasing that “End Game Theater”🔥🔥🔥
Rooms will always change as I mentioned and that could change everything if I move to a new space. From my home theater equipment level, I really don't have much further to go (or more importantly that I'm willing to go). Sure there are speakers and amps that cost 6 figures or more but that's more than I would ever be willing to spend. For now and foreseeable future, I'm just focused on enjoying what I have 😄
My bro! Just get a projector and screen and corner load your subwoofers and you would be very happy my bro!
Nicely done!
Thanks!