Home cinema is dead

[Anonymous]

i started off back in april with my yamaha avr and a pair of br5 floorstanders, movies obviously sounded better than my tv, but it was only when i added a centre and rears, which were my next additions, that movies really came to life.

the centre made the most difference, much better dialogue, when i finally added a sub it all sounded great, theres no way id go back to stereo sound for movies now, it would be lovely if some boffin could invent invisible speakers though

 

[grdunn123]

I thought you loved looking at your RX6's!! You'd miss them if they were invisible.

 

[Anonymous]

grdunn123:
I thought you loved looking at your RX6's!! You'd miss them if they were invisible.
hmm, you've got a point there, they do look majestic, and i probably wouldnt have a toe left, ouch

those damm plinths..

 

[grdunn123]

Yeah but those plinths do look great, chunky and stable.

 

[Dan.m]

it would be lovely if some boffin could invent invisible speakers though

...and wireless electricity.

 

[FunkyMonkey]

daveh75:What a pointless thread - I do what suits me and my situation, and couldn't care less what peoples thoughts are on the pros/cons of stereo v multichannel set-ups.

Pointless thread? Talk about a pointless post! Surely the point of a forum is to discuss pros and cons regardign different ideas.

 

[Anonymous]

Dan.m:

it would be lovely if some boffin could invent invisible speakers though

...and wireless electricity.
isnt there a certain in house alien working on that

 

[grdunn123]

I can just imagine next months WHS&V magazine.....reviews of invisible speakers...Max if you're hurting your toes on plinths that are about a foot square and black, what's gonna happen when they go invisible?

 

[Anonymous]

i meant when they were invisible

 

[grdunn123]

AAhh..ok, point taken. I could go for invisible cabinets with visible 'floating' cones.....that would look good.

 

[Andrew Everard]

maxflinn:i meant when they were invisible

Given max downed 12 cans of Guinness between dinner and his late-night pizza last night, stubbed toes may be the least of his problems...

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew Everard:
maxflinn:i meant when they were invisible

Given max downed 12 cans of Guinness between dinner and his late-night pizza last night, stubbed toes may be the least of his problems...

12 cans is childs play , it was fun too, nice music, bit of craic on here, wish i didnt get the pizza though, such rubbish food, if you can call it food..

and my toes are fine, no hangover either, i was in the gym this morning at 9.30

, tea tonight..

 

[Tonestar1]

Andrew Everard:
maxflinn:i meant when they were invisible

Given max downed 12 cans of Guinness between dinner and his late-night pizza last night, stubbed toes may be the least of his problems...

Indeed. Running out of Guinness is a fate I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

 

[Anonymous]

Tonestar1:Andrew Everard:
maxflinn:i meant when they were invisible

Given max downed 12 cans of Guinness between dinner and his late-night pizza last night, stubbed toes may be the least of his problems...

Indeed. Running out of Guinness is a fate I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
thats why i bought 24, cheaper that way too

 

[if...]

Hi Chebby

Speaking as an historian I have to disagree with your silent "aitch" theory...

 

[Anonymous]

maxflinn:

Dan.m:

it would be lovely if some boffin could invent invisible speakers though

You wouldn't be referring to me would you Max?? ( Nanu, Nanu)

 

[Anonymous]

EB Ricky:maxflinn:

Dan.m:

it would be lovely if some boffin could invent invisible speakers though

...and wireless electricity.
isnt there a certain in house alien working on that

You wouldn't be referring to me would you Max?? ( Nanu, Nanu)
no of course not, you were abducted by aliens, the man im referring to is one

, goes by the name of rick, loves his electricity , if he doesnt invent wireess leccy im sure he'll invent something else, heaven knows what though

ps. tell mindy i was asking for her

 

[idc]

Is it not the case that home cinema is being driven by the US market, where more and bigger is better. Jaxwired has commented on how hard it is to find hifi as opposed to av over there.

 

[landzw]

Ok i have a budget 5.1 system and i wasn't sure with all the 5.1 , i'm sure if i took it way now then i would miss it . I know playing Bad Company2 on the xbox it can prevent people sneaking up on me and you can get more of a direction of gun fire .

I did have the system at first setup in 2.1 at first and then you have an option to turn it into a 6 speaker front surround system which was a lot better than 2.1 and i still miss the way it could throw sound across the front soundstage .

Maybe the future is a soundbar with sub and 2 rears

 

[moonfly]

I think the future would be some kind of in wall line array you don see, with one connection to it at its start point, and IB's for subs which are built into the home so again effectively invisible. Anything like that is going to be way off though. Ever wander where all that cracking hi quality sound comes from when they play music on the ships in Star Trek, with no speakers 😉

 

[Frank Harvey]

idc:Is it not the case that home cinema is being driven by the US market, where more and bigger is better. Jaxwired has commented on how hard it is to find hifi as opposed to av over there.

This is true. We get God knows how many enquiries from overseas because there's just nothing there - Australia, the US, and North Europe in particular where either th few dealers they have don't keep much choice, or there's no stores for hundreds of miles. From what I've been told, the UK has more hi-fi stores than Australia! I find it hard to believe there's very little 2 channel in the US, but then I suppose a lot of them spend most of their time in front of the TV eating bags of 'chips' the size of bags of fertiliser. Well, that's what TV has led me to believe anyway.

 

[Frank Harvey]

moonfly:I think the future would be some kind of in wall line array you don see, with one connection to it at its start point, and IB's for subs which are built into the home so again effectively invisible. Anything like that is going to be way off though. Ever wander where all that cracking hi quality sound comes from when they play music on the ships in Star Trek, with no speakers 😉Somehow I doubt it Moonfly. All that costs money, and the majority of people just won't pay much when it comes to luxury items. People with 2 Mercs and a BMW in the drive in front of their £700,000 house just don't buy expensive hi-fi/AV, they generally want as cheap as possible. It's the poor and middle classes that buy expensive AV, but I doubt they're going to buy a house with another £10k slapped on top of it because you can't see the speakers and subs. Plus, they like to show what they've paid for

It's a weird market

 

[hammill]

FrankHarveyHiFi:

From what I've been told, the UK has more hi-fi stores than Australia!
Why is that surprising? The UK population is about three times bigger.

 

[Anonymous]

you all need to get out more!

 

[FunkyMonkey]

peprs5:you all need to get out more! LOL. You need a girlfriend.