Cheers Trumpy. I really appreciate everyone who watches my videos and don't like wasting your time so aim to get straight to the point. Thanks for your comment 😊
I agree, though I find the accent a bit distracting. Not a deal killer but he sounds like a Kiwi to me. South Africans also pronounce their "e"'s like "i"'s the same as Kiwis so I find myself trying to work out the accent as much as trying to absorb the information being conveyed. If he ever says the word "fish" I'll be able to nail that down and then forget about it.
I have my home music mixing studio acustically treated. But I'm a bit unsure about treating my tv room with a soundbar. As the soundbar supposedly uses reflexions on the walls/ceiling to create the surround effect, maybe adding treatment at wrong places would prevent the system from working properly. I might give it a try though, as I still have some extra acoustic foam. Thanks for raising the topic! Room acoustic configuration can be as important as the quality of the sound system.
Virtual atmos 🤣. I used to believe in that mess. Then I got a 9.2.6 system, and physical speakers always outweigh some virtual stuff. Great video tho. Biggest audio improvement for me was getting 10 acoustic panels from Amazon
It sure is. I suppose the problem for most people is that they share their living room with the rest of the family so it still needs to look nice. It's a no brainer if you've got a dedicated movie room.
I have a weird situation where the only place I can have my home theater is in my "man cave". What makes it weird is three walls are covered in indoor/outdoor carpeting over 5/8ths OSB (Oriented strand board. I live where hurricanes are a possibility and built this structure to withstand a lot of abuse), then over that are lots of shelves, mementos, brick-a-brac, thick double curtains on windows and doors, etc. Some of these things are dispersive, some are absorbent. Under the stuff on the walls is absorbent carpet over reflective hard surfaced wood. Between the interior hard surfaced wood walls and the exterior the gap is over insulated by a factor of 2. (I can almost heat this place with a lit match.) The ceiling is 3/4 inch plywood covered in fiber tiles. Which all creates a very challenging audio environment. I didn't build this for audio, I built it to survive extreme ambient conditions because there's a ton of expensive electronic and computer equipment located here. So I'm always looking for hints and pointers to how I can improve what I have to work with. This Archway Tech content provider gets right to the point, does a very good job of describing while also using graphics and imaging to get the point across and that's a real help. I can learn more *_that is relevant to me_* by watching several of this guys shorter videos than I can from watching long videos making tons of tweaky technical measurements after a 4 minute canned intro run. Thanks, keep up the good work and know there are people out here that appreciate what you do.
The video on the placement of the subwoofer doesn’t work when you have a wife! Lol 😂 next house I get the basement would be all mine that’s what the wife said!! Lmao 🤣
Thanks Henry. Yeah, having the sub in the best place doesn’t always work with other opinions to take into account. Having a dedicated room will be awesome for you! 😊
@@mexdrago3009 acoustic panels, self adhesive, they make different square sizes and usually come in a 12 pack for $25. Pretty good option to keep the sound from bouncing around the room.
Great info delivered clearly and succinctly as always.I have a question which someone may help me with. I have a TV that only has ARC not EARC I am looking at a purchasing a Samsung S60B 5.0 sound bar. My question is will I be able to achieve the Atmos effect of having the sound appear to come from the ceiling and behind people sitting in front of the TV with only ARC capability and having no other speakers than the soundbar?
By the time you've finished you'll have transformed your living room into Darth Vader's meditation chamber. This is sage advice for a home cinema room, but a living room is about more than just the TV... for most people. Each to their own, I guess.
Hi Sir, this is Umamaheswara Budihal from Karnataka India, i have bought Q800B/XL Samsung Soundbar, and using Samsung Neo QLED TV 2021 model, but iam not getting Dolby Atmos and DTS-X effect on Samsung Soundbar even playing Dolby Atmos and DTS-X content. Samsung company and its team also not helping me to solve the problem. Moreover on so many complaints on return pickup request also they are not responding for refund or replacement. So I request you, kindly make a video for how to get Dolby Atmos and DTS-X effect on the Samsung Soundbar. Thanking you.
Hi and thanks for the information. Just got a 990q SB as my Yamaha receiver died and I haven't used wired surrounds forever as its too hard running cables. the SB option is so much more convenient. and the bar way more than grunty enough, even compared to the reciever and Jamo S606 setup I had. Question - I live in a tropical area and have 4 ceiling fans in the lounge room. 2 in front of and 2 behind the main seating area. Are the Atmos upward effects likely to be significantly affected if the fans are on? Cant say I've noticed anything but maybe my hearing isnt that tuned in. Thanks.
I've got q800B about a week ago, I plugged my fire tv stick in soundbar itself and got another HDMI in ARC ports of TV and Soudbar respectively. I'm getting dolby atmos in demo mode of fire stick but not able to get it in any netflix (have premium account) or amazon prime movies having atmos audio. can you please help me out with what's wrong. :)
If it’s easy enough to move then yeah I would try moving them higher and listen to the difference. If they’re fixed on the wall already then I wouldn’t bother too much. Having Atmos drivers on the rear speaker should give you good performance so long as you have flat ceilings.
The problem Ive got is with the blu rays, Ive notice that you have to increase the volume to hear dialogue, but when the explosions start it's gets so damn loud...Have youve got any tips Josh?
Make sure you plug in the blue ray player directly to the soundbar. Sdr blu rays have dts, and some Tvs don't pass the dts, so the sound bar won't decode the dts information.
I'm building new house my media room is slightly rectangle 3.8m*4m, the screen will be on the longest wall and seating opposite obviously. Do the same principles work you outlined ?
My right wall is a huge open area...no wall fo 25 feet. And 15' cathedral ceiling so I have no acoustics. My cats would destroy your ideas and my pitbulls will eat the rest including the sub. So bar only for me, but cats climbing to the ceiling would be interesting to see.
Finally, someone who delivers information at a good pace 👍🏼
Most channels would have made a 25 minute video out of the same info.
Cheers Trumpy. I really appreciate everyone who watches my videos and don't like wasting your time so aim to get straight to the point. Thanks for your comment 😊
I agree, though I find the accent a bit distracting. Not a deal killer but he sounds like a Kiwi to me. South Africans also pronounce their "e"'s like "i"'s the same as Kiwis so I find myself trying to work out the accent as much as trying to absorb the information being conveyed. If he ever says the word "fish" I'll be able to nail that down and then forget about it.
I hired an acoustic engineer and trust me it made a huge difference after acoustic treatment
I have my home music mixing studio acustically treated. But I'm a bit unsure about treating my tv room with a soundbar. As the soundbar supposedly uses reflexions on the walls/ceiling to create the surround effect, maybe adding treatment at wrong places would prevent the system from working properly. I might give it a try though, as I still have some extra acoustic foam. Thanks for raising the topic! Room acoustic configuration can be as important as the quality of the sound system.
Let me know how it goes. I learned the mirror trick for sound reflection, but I don't know how that helps with the sound bar and top speaker.
Virtual atmos 🤣. I used to believe in that mess. Then I got a 9.2.6 system, and physical speakers always outweigh some virtual stuff. Great video tho. Biggest audio improvement for me was getting 10 acoustic panels from Amazon
Hell yeah! One of the most overlooked aspects of a great-sounding home theater! 🤘
It sure is. I suppose the problem for most people is that they share their living room with the rest of the family so it still needs to look nice. It's a no brainer if you've got a dedicated movie room.
@@archwaytech Exactly. There are good tricks to hide them inconspicuously, but they usually aren’t cheap. 😄
I have a weird situation where the only place I can have my home theater is in my "man cave". What makes it weird is three walls are covered in indoor/outdoor carpeting over 5/8ths OSB (Oriented strand board. I live where hurricanes are a possibility and built this structure to withstand a lot of abuse), then over that are lots of shelves, mementos, brick-a-brac, thick double curtains on windows and doors, etc. Some of these things are dispersive, some are absorbent. Under the stuff on the walls is absorbent carpet over reflective hard surfaced wood. Between the interior hard surfaced wood walls and the exterior the gap is over insulated by a factor of 2. (I can almost heat this place with a lit match.) The ceiling is 3/4 inch plywood covered in fiber tiles. Which all creates a very challenging audio environment.
I didn't build this for audio, I built it to survive extreme ambient conditions because there's a ton of expensive electronic and computer equipment located here.
So I'm always looking for hints and pointers to how I can improve what I have to work with. This Archway Tech content provider gets right to the point, does a very good job of describing while also using graphics and imaging to get the point across and that's a real help. I can learn more *_that is relevant to me_* by watching several of this guys shorter videos than I can from watching long videos making tons of tweaky technical measurements after a 4 minute canned intro run.
Thanks, keep up the good work and know there are people out here that appreciate what you do.
insane overkill holy5
Great job bro & your 100% right again! 😎👍
The video on the placement of the subwoofer doesn’t work when you have a wife! Lol 😂 next house I get the basement would be all mine that’s what the wife said!! Lmao 🤣
Thanks Henry. Yeah, having the sub in the best place doesn’t always work with other opinions to take into account. Having a dedicated room will be awesome for you! 😊
4:28 "how unnatural it is to have the same sound coming into both ears simultaneously" .. you mean like headphones? lol
Hahahaha, makes me question how much the guy knows
You rarely have the exact same sound in headphones. Most sound is stereo, which has different sound for the left and right.
Imagine having a room that's not a square or rectangle that has the TV pretty much in the middle and having everything centered around it.
I added a monoblock to my center channel speaker, this by far was the best decision I made to improve dialogue for movies.
What is that sound deadener foam?
@@mexdrago3009 acoustic panels, self adhesive, they make different square sizes and usually come in a 12 pack for $25. Pretty good option to keep the sound from bouncing around the room.
@Cruz Gallegos Thanks for answering. I'll try what you did, too.
Great info delivered clearly and succinctly as always.I have a question which someone may help me with. I have a TV that only has ARC not EARC I am looking at a purchasing a Samsung S60B 5.0 sound bar. My question is will I be able to achieve the Atmos effect of having the sound appear to come from the ceiling and behind people sitting in front of the TV with only ARC capability and having no other speakers than the soundbar?
Do room treatments have an adverse effect on Atmos effects?
🍻 great tips
Cheers Bread
By the time you've finished you'll have transformed your living room into Darth Vader's meditation chamber.
This is sage advice for a home cinema room, but a living room is about more than just the TV... for most people. Each to their own, I guess.
Hi Sir, this is Umamaheswara Budihal from Karnataka India, i have bought Q800B/XL Samsung Soundbar, and using Samsung Neo QLED TV 2021 model, but iam not getting Dolby Atmos and DTS-X effect on Samsung Soundbar even playing Dolby Atmos and DTS-X content. Samsung company and its team also not helping me to solve the problem. Moreover on so many complaints on return pickup request also they are not responding for refund or replacement. So I request you, kindly make a video for how to get Dolby Atmos and DTS-X effect on the Samsung Soundbar. Thanking you.
Hi and thanks for the information. Just got a 990q SB as my Yamaha receiver died and I haven't used wired surrounds forever as its too hard running cables. the SB option is so much more convenient. and the bar way more than grunty enough, even compared to the reciever and Jamo S606 setup I had.
Question - I live in a tropical area and have 4 ceiling fans in the lounge room. 2 in front of and 2 behind the main seating area. Are the Atmos upward effects likely to be significantly affected if the fans are on? Cant say I've noticed anything but maybe my hearing isnt that tuned in. Thanks.
Which is best, sound room that has echo or with less?
I've got q800B about a week ago, I plugged my fire tv stick in soundbar itself and got another HDMI in ARC ports of TV and Soudbar respectively. I'm getting dolby atmos in demo mode of fire stick but not able to get it in any netflix (have premium account) or amazon prime movies having atmos audio. can you please help me out with what's wrong. :)
What’s the link to the part that can isolate the sound bar from the cabinets?
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Question: I have q950a rears at ear level. Should I move them upwards towards ceiling to get better atmos effect?
If it’s easy enough to move then yeah I would try moving them higher and listen to the difference. If they’re fixed on the wall already then I wouldn’t bother too much. Having Atmos drivers on the rear speaker should give you good performance so long as you have flat ceilings.
The problem Ive got is with the blu rays, Ive notice that you have to increase the volume to hear dialogue, but when the explosions start it's gets so damn loud...Have youve got any tips Josh?
@ROBOCOP can you remind me what your setup is… TV, Soundbar and Blu Ray Player?
Make sure you plug in the blue ray player directly to the soundbar. Sdr blu rays have dts, and some Tvs don't pass the dts, so the sound bar won't decode the dts information.
I'm building new house my media room is slightly rectangle 3.8m*4m, the screen will be on the longest wall and seating opposite obviously. Do the same principles work you outlined ?
Yeah, same principles for any room no matter the size as you’ll still get reflections but they’ll have more of a delay.
@@archwaytech Thank you
No worries 😊 Have fun setting up your new house 😊
My right wall is a huge open area...no wall fo 25 feet. And 15' cathedral ceiling so I have no acoustics. My cats would destroy your ideas and my pitbulls will eat the rest including the sub. So bar only for me, but cats climbing to the ceiling would be interesting to see.