Highland Theater

[nibhaz]

Looking great Craig! Awesome cable management.

For all its faults, HDMI is still great in my book.

[adk highlander]

Looking great Craig! Awesome cable management.

For all its faults, HDMI is still great in my book.

Thanks. I want to get some more velcro so I can move things without replacing the zip ties. It is more that I think nice wiring looks cool than the idea that I am being a neat freak.

[ParadigmDawg]

What is behind the cabinet in the wall?

Can you post some more pictures of your sub in the wall?

Nice clean wire management.

Talk to me more about the fireball. I may want to add a better server for my music.

[adk highlander]

What is behind the cabinet in the wall?

The cabinet goes back into a small room that has my furnace, storage, breaker panel, etc. Is that what you mean?

Can you post some more pictures of your sub in the wall??

I will. I'm kind of an idiot not taking pics of the build process but I was so focused to get in done that I forgot. The cab is made from 3/4 ply that is lined with high density latex foam that Chris helped me find. It is not attached to the wall or anything to lessen the chances of it vibrating the wall. So far it seems to work well. I was watching Star Trek and I went back there during one of the space battle scences and the vibrations from the cab were minimal.

Nice clean wire management.?

Thank you.

Talk to me more about the fireball. I may want to add a better server for my music.

I have the SE-80 which is their base model. Dave also has one so if he is around he can get me on anything I get wrong or miss.

The good:

• Good looking user interface with album art and different sort orders.
• Will play/store most formats including flac. But will not play apple lossless
• all ouputs are active (both analog and digital)
• Has a 3.5mm IR input so no flasher neccessary.
• Uses gracenote to get album art.

The not so good:

• Only 80GB and you cannot put a bigger hard drive in it. It will use a pc as a source but if I have to turn on the computer as well it kind of defeats the purpose. It will not use a NAS device.
• setting up playlists and changing to and from shuffle is kind of a pain.
• It is not super quiet. The fan runs even when in standby so it may be a power sink.
• If you have songs that import incorrectly using a remote to edit is a pain.
• Cannot rip and listen to music at the same time.

They make other models that have larger drives but can really get expensive. I went with this because I grabbed it on ebay for less than 400 bucks. I would really like something from their vision series to play video as well but then you are looking at several grand.

I will say this I love it compared to having to deal with a computer interface. I always have music on in the house if I'm hanging out. To be able to walk up to my keypad and easily pick an album is easy and it really impresses your friends.

Here is a pick of my main keypad with the speaker selector and mini LCD I put in to view the fireball. I can use any source (dvd etc.) but who would want to watch TV on a 7" screen.

[jostenmeat]

I am very impressed! The rack looks great! I didn't know cable mgmt could be so impressive! The automation is very impressive too. Again, I am very impressed, thanks for sharing.

[rmk]

Great job on the room ADK, good equipment choices and you have me feeling ashamed of my sloppy cable work.

[adk highlander]

I am very impressed! The rack looks great! I didn't know cable mgmt could be so impressive! The automation is very impressive too. Again, I am very impressed, thanks for sharing.

Thanks josten I really appreciate it. I'll be bugging you soon. I've been doing my best to tweak my projector but I still think it can be better. I need to spend another hour or two with the Spears & Munsil disk so I can ask the correct questions.

Great job on the room ADK, good equipment choices and you have me feeling ashamed of my sloppy cable work.

Thanks RMK. Well you don't see any of your gear so I don't think it matters as much. I look forward to hearing your impressions if you get the height channels. I've decided to wait on the processor for a few months and get my seating and some pannels after Christmas.

[jostenmeat]

Thanks josten I really appreciate it. I'll be bugging you soon. I've been doing my best to tweak my projector but I still think it can be better. I need to spend another hour or two with the Spears & Munsil disk so I can ask the correct questions.

I would love to help you as much as I can, however, I don't know jack about calibrating. I will research your PJ some later, when time permits, and that I remember to.

I would look towards those who actually calibrate for a living, or at least have calibrated many displays. I think perhaps of bandphan, majorloser, others. Maybe HiHo, PhilTaylor. Um. BMX might be worth a shot. Er. Probably not me though.

How about this, gimme a head start, and let me know the ballpark that the question(s) might fall into.

[jostenmeat]

adk, I looked around a bit regarding calibration settings for your unit. While I'll link a couple of settings that people got, of course the best is to do it for your own room, screen type, screen size, etc, (which of course you're doing already) but maybe they can serve as a reference.

First of all, if you are having troubles, though it's something you probably know more about than I do, it's been said to calibrate with the auto-iris OFF. Then after calibration, turn it back on if you want it.

Here is one very interested consumer's settings, probably the most involved at the AVS owner's thread, but he uses a DaLite High Power which is a very particular animal. His settings.

ProjectorReviews settings, but high lamp. I think someone mentioned that they might also have low lamp setting suggestions, but I did not immediately notice them. High Lamp Settings.

[adk highlander]

adk, I looked around a bit regarding calibration settings for your unit. While I'll link a couple of settings that people got, of course the best is to do it for your own room, screen type, screen size, etc, (which of course you're doing already) but maybe they can serve as a reference.

First of all, if you are having troubles, though it's something you probably know more about than I do, it's been said to calibrate with the auto-iris OFF. Then after calibration, turn it back on if you want it.

Here is one very interested consumer's settings, probably the most involved at the AVS owner's thread, but he uses a DaLite High Power which is a very particular animal. His settings.

ProjectorReviews settings, but high lamp. I think someone mentioned that they might also have low lamp setting suggestions, but I did not immediately notice them. High Lamp Settings.

Thanks so much Josten! The AVS guy is the one I have been corresponding with and using his settings just do not work well with my screen. He is a really nice guy and very helpful. I have to go back and find what my gain is for my screen. I was sure it is 1.1 but I am questioning myself now.

I think part of my problem may be I dont' know what a properly calibrated projector looks like. It may be that I will just have to breakdown and get my not so local pro to come out. Or if any of they pro's from here ski I can put them up for the weekend in trade.