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[alansanchez86]

Great pictures. Wire maker/brand, please?

Generic amazon wires. I think cables on the hi-fi world are snake oil.

 

[mandrix]

When I installed cable channel around the walls and fired up the AVR, I was freaking out because the display would show AMP/SPEAKER.
Misinterpreting that as a short I tested every wire with a meter. Then I read the manual......
Every time the AVR's power cable is removed (soft reset) and then powered up again it shows that message.

 

[JohnN]

Generic amazon wires. I think cables on the hi-fi world are snake oil.

Understandable. Thank you, I just didn't want you to name a wire that I use. Your system looks terrific.
Cheers!

 

[alansanchez86]

Understandable. Thank you, I just didn't want you to name a wire that I use. Your system looks terrific.
Cheers!

Haha not naming any names
Thanks for the compliments man. There's one final piece coming my way...will post next weekend.
This is a hobby that I love sharing, love seeing my friends and families' faces when I give them an Atmos Demo. That pays off whatever I've invested.

Also, my best Atmos critics are my dogs hehe, love seeing their face turning one way to the other looking for the 360 sounds.

 

[alansanchez86]

Welcome 9.2.4!

Cherry on top…after reading both suggestions and analysis of the benefits of dual subwoofer I decided to go bigger and go home, as if!, so I pulled the trigger on Klipsch’s flagship subwoofer. 16 inches of LFE, of windows shaking (hello neighbours!), of balance.

Having one subwoofer on the front, and one behind the couch, helps leveling the frequencies, hearing the LfE across the room and not just 1 part of the room. Definitely a game changer.

My wife tells me that this is my mid life crisis, well…this crisis sounds superb!

 

[Thonolan]

My wife tells me that this is my mid life crisis, well…this crisis sounds superb!

2 subwoofers are indeed great! Very happy with mine.

 

[MTB Vince]

Welcome 9.2.4!

Cherry on top…after reading both suggestions and analysis of the benefits of dual subwoofer I decided to go bigger and go home, as if!, so I pulled the trigger on Klipsch’s flagship subwoofer. 16 inches of LFE, of windows shaking (hello neighbours!), of balance.

Having one subwoofer on the front, and one behind the couch, helps leveling the frequencies, hearing the LfE across the room and not just 1 part of the room. Definitely a game changer.

Now just trade the older smaller sub for three more of the new larger one and you'll be all set Alan! Two subs are good but a 4 sub distributed bass array is AWESOME!!!

 

[mandrix]

If I had a larger room.....but I only have room for one sub placement. Fortunately the calibration software integrates it pretty well with my other speakers.
Pretty much the same reason I went from a 7.1.4 system to a 5.1.4.
I could use a better sub, though.
I moved and moved speakers and the sub, especially two of the height speakers, and finally ended up rotating the listening position 90* in this rectangular room. Working out pretty good, although I had to remove the surround back speakers.

 

[alansanchez86]

Now just trade the older smaller sub for three more of the new larger one and you'll be all set Alan! Two subs are good but a 4 sub distributed bass array is AWESOME!!!

My AVR only allows 2, so I'm at max right now.

 

[MTB Vince]

My AVR only allows 2, so I'm at max right now.

That's what Y-connector cables are for @alansanchez86. The DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 (configured in multi-sub mode) I use to time align and EQ the front and rear pairs of Seaton Submersives in my big rig only has two outputs too...

 

[weekendtoy]

Welcome 9.2.4!

Cherry on top…after reading both suggestions and analysis of the benefits of dual subwoofer I decided to go bigger and go home, as if!, so I pulled the trigger on Klipsch’s flagship subwoofer. 16 inches of LFE, of windows shaking (hello neighbours!), of balance.

Having one subwoofer on the front, and one behind the couch, helps leveling the frequencies, hearing the LfE across the room and not just 1 part of the room. Definitely a game changer.

My wife tells me that this is my mid life crisis, well…this crisis sounds superb!





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Now that you've added a second sub, you should consider diving into the world of REW.

 

[mandrix]

Now that you've added a second sub, you should consider diving into the world of REW.

...or DLBC....

 

[alansanchez86]

Now that you've added a second sub, you should consider diving into the world of REW.

Enlighten me

 

[Thonolan]

Enlighten me

You might be about to open a can of worms...

 

[mandrix]

Enlighten me

REW https://www.roomeqwizard.com/

Dirac.com DLBC is a function of AVR's/software than enables more control of the Lfe.
e.g. my Onkyo came with Dirac incorporated into the firmware. It's now capable of more in depth "bass" control, although it seems they are still working the bugs out for Onkyo AVR's so I don't use it.