Dumbest Home Theater Setup Thread

[Seth=L]

It’s fully run as Dolby digital or maybe you skipped though the reading and haven’t the first clue how it works or performs. You really should see some cinemas and what they have. You must be fixed on this Dolby digital hype it’s clouded your judgment.

Has for the dumbest I guess the person can’t think for himself and come up with his own original ideas instead he starts a worthless thread no matter at least it sounds better than, most who have spent 10K on a lemon!

I know you have Dolby Digital processor, I was just under the impression that you prefered the use of pro-logic.

 

[jaxvon]

It’s fully run as Dolby digital or maybe you skipped though the reading and haven’t the first clue how it works or performs. You really should see some cinemas and what they have.

And you still don't seem to grasp the concept that a cinema is a completely different acoustical space and design than a small format listening/screening room. To be fair, some acoustical concepts apply to both, but definitely not in the respect of speaker arrays. I could only imagine the amount of comb filtering and random reflections in that room. But whatever, if you like more power to you.

 

[Dolby CP-200]

And you still don't seem to grasp the concept that a cinema is a completely different acoustical space and design than a small format listening/screening room. To be fair, some acoustical concepts apply to both, but definitely not in the respect of speaker arrays. I could only imagine the amount of comb filtering and random reflections in that room. But whatever, if you like more power to you.

I used to work in the cinema for two major cinema chains in the UK UCI now called EMPIRE cinemas and Warner Village cinemas UK now called VUE I don’t need the remaining thanks all the same.

 

[avaserfi]

I used to work in the cinema for two major cinema chains in the UK UCI now called EMPIRE cinemas and Warner Village cinemas UK now called VUE I don’t need the remaining thanks all the same.

You seem to still be missing jaxvon point. A home theater is not the same as a huge cinema and should be treated differently. While you may have much experience setting up a huge room that needs a ton of speakers to be full and sound great a small room doesn't need a speaker on every square foot.

 

[Dolby CP-200]

Well it did in this case as I have a very sensitive spot for listening and I’ve heard far worse with my friends home cinema set-ups and remember, yes it is small room and placing just one for each side limits the spread of the sound on the sidewalls even the back wall. As for the heights well its too bad your not exploring this now, I’ve had the heights running since November 2005 but not with the JBL control 1. And I’ve still got at least x10 more to install and calibrate and test until they fit in like a beauty.

 

[abefroeman]

I don't know if I have seen an HT as randomly laid out as the original post. But I bet my sisters system sounds about as bad when playing. The system itself is fine, it is one of those nicer Onkyo HTIBs. But from there it goes astray.

It is 6 channel, with the 6th channel behind the couch on the floor pointing up and the couch pushed against a wall. Yes, all the way to the wall.

Also, the LCR speakers are touching the top and sides of the TV which is buried in an enclosed entertainment unit. But the TV is so wide that the speakers have to be pushed back to fit in the cabinet. For the mains, you can't even see the entire speaker, proabaly about half of them.

The sides are also buried in small entertainment centers and not pointing anywhere near the couch.

 

[Pwner_2130]

I thought it might be interesting to post the dumbest home theater setups we have seen. I'll start.

After explaining in detail about how to setup an HT room for a friend, he decided to do exactly the opposite. He spent about 5 grand on a system that included a Bose acoustimax, 50" Sony LCD, Yamaha 7.1 receiver, HD-DVD unit. When I saw it, I just shook my head. This is the setup the Best Buy installers did (I could have guessed)

Notice the front right and center channel are both to the right of the room in the corner high above the 50" Flat Screen. The speakers were in fact 2" from the ceiling everywhere. The left front sound came from the sides because the sofa is positioned against the back wall on the left. The Subwoofer was not even plugged in. The DVR was set to downcovert so that HD-Channels were shrunk down to miniature size while the standard channels were enlarged with no upconversion. It was simply bizarre. I have never seen such a stupid setup. The Best Buy installers have no idea about room acoustics or setup. Why would you put a front channel on the side and the side channel to the rear? And the right rear channel was in front of me on the right! What is frustrating is that he saw my setup before he did his and I explained everything in detail about speaker placement, room acoustics, etc. Everything was done EXACTLY the opposite of what I suggested. I wish I had pictures. It would blow your mind.

For the diagram below, the TV is yellow, the speakers are blue, and the doors are green.

Ha Ha wow. That must sound amazing...ly sucky. I am not surprised though, thats what you can expect from best buy employees. When I went in to purchase a new amp for my truck system, the salesman told me I would need to buy a preamp, as well as new sub woofers, my old ones apparently were not "compatible with the amp".

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Well atleast it's pretty and a neat install. I cant even see one speaker wire...

I don't know if that system gets the award for the dumbest HT setup. I think this is the clear winner for dumbest HT setup of the year.

 

[Totoro]

Ha Ha wow. That must sound amazing...ly sucky. I am not surprised though, thats what you can expect from best buy employees. When I went in to purchase a new amp for my truck system, the salesman told me I would need to buy a preamp, as well as new sub woofers, my old ones apparently were not "compatible with the amp".

After I fixed his setup, he had the best buy guys back in again and they set it up so the left speaker is now the center. Now the voices come from the side. Not only that, but I went to play a DVD in his HD-A2 player (that he paid $400 for ) and it said it had to downconvert the signal to 480p because of copy protection. It turns out that he has it connected to the TV with analog cables instead of HDMI. I didn't say anything about it this time. Why bother?

I also gave him some HD-DVDs for Christmas and I asked if he had watched them yet. He said he was going to watch them on the plane on his portable DVD player. I told him that HD-DVDs need to be played on the HD-A2 only (except the combo disc). He had no idea that HD discs were different from regular DVDs. I should have gotten him $5 DVDs instead, because he wouldn't have known the difference.

 

[loxllxol]

Dumb Setup for a Bedroom?

3 towers

Real Pictures


Anyone see a problem with this setup?

 

[Seth=L]

3 towers

Real Pictures


Anyone see a problem with this setup?

That is way overkill. What are the F'n power conditioners there for?

The cad is almost as lame as the real deal.

 

[loxllxol]

That is way overkill. What are the F'n power conditioners there for?

The cad is almost as lame as the real deal.

Quit bein a nancy, there's no such thing as overkill.

...and the power conditioner was a Christmas gift from my girlfriend.

 

[Seth=L]

Quit bein a nancy, there's no such thing as overkill.

...and the power conditioner was a Christmas gift from my girlfriend.

You posted it in the "Dumbest Home Theater Setup Thread". What did you expect?