• My solution = PJ and drop down screen. - grantv 09:07:43 11/16/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Too bad it has that white shiny thing in the middle posted by CometCKO on November 11, 2015 at 20:23:52

  PJ and drop down screen = no interference with music. When you do want to watch a movie (been about 3 years for me!!!, wow), 105" of coolness. :)
  I should watch a movie one day, make sure it all still works at least.
  

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• RE: Too bad it has that white shiny thing in the middle - josh358 09:14:32 11/15/15 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: Too bad it has that white shiny thing in the middle posted by CometCKO on November 11, 2015 at 20:23:52

  I've toyed (seriously) with an acoustically transparent screen that would sit in front of diffusers -- since the first reflection points in a home theater are located on the screen.
  

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  • I separated the functions; music is too important to me - CometCKO 10:04:13 11/15/15 (3)
    In Reply to: RE: Too bad it has that white shiny thing in the middle posted by josh358 on November 15, 2015 at 09:14:32

    But others may have different priorities.
    
    I created a nice media room for TV watching (not as nice as the one above). Then I have a separate room -- man cave? -- for serious music listening. The rest of the family doesn't have to listen to Mahler or Sibelius, and I can focus just on music. Wins for everyone in my household.
    
    Also, when the music is difficult, I don't have an excuse to switch channels and do something else. I just power through it and eventually I either "get it" or give up. Ultimately I gain more musical satisfaction by both being totally involved in the music and obtaining an insight or understanding? of what the music is really about.
    
    YMMV
    
    
    
    "Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
    
    

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    • RE: I separated the functions; music is too important to me - josh358 10:42:37 11/15/15 (2)
      In Reply to: RE: I separated the functions; music is too important to me posted by CometCKO on November 15, 2015 at 10:04:13

      I don't have room for a separate theater/listening room plus I fell in love with having a good sound system for video back when I had my 1-D's hooked up to VHS hi fi and a 25" XBR. I was working in motion picture audio post then and the sound I was hearing at home totally blew away what I was hearing in the studio -- the 1-D's had plenty of slam and bass and the realism of planars. A compelling combination,
      
      Anyway when I moved to this place I put in a projector, couldn't use my 1-D's in the little room so ended up using a pair of MMG's I'd bought for my home office (this being the days before Mini Maggies). I found I was able to set them up tweeters in and maintain the standard +/-30 degree front speaker angles while maintaining adequate sigbte lines to a 114" screen, which is the largest I could go given the limited throw length in the room. So I couldn't accommodate an entire audience but one or two people could watch the movie fine and on occasions when I had friends over we managed somehow, you can always move MMG's if you have to!
      
      Which is to say for my setup I don't really have to make a sonic compromise and since the screen is movable I can always use diffusors, just not at the same time as I watch a movie.
      
      However, when I had that arrangement I discovered that I loved to surf on the projector while I was listening, I could read the Wikipedia entry on the music I was listening to or whatever. And it occurred to me that there was really no reason I couldn't do most of my computing in the listening room with the big speakers and the projector.
      
      But if I'm going to do that, it would be nice to have the diffusion and the screen at the same time.
      

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      • Sounds like you've given it a lot of thought & experimentation - CometCKO 21:39:18 11/15/15 (1)
        In Reply to: RE: I separated the functions; music is too important to me posted by josh358 on November 15, 2015 at 10:42:37

        Good on you for that, mate! I would expect no less given your history here. I remain a big fan of your posts and your general knowledge and helpfulness on this forum.
        
        I'd love to hear your setup sometime, seems like it's well conceived.
        
        
        
        "Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
        
        

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        • RE: Sounds like you've given it a lot of thought & experimentation - josh358 08:00:59 11/16/15 (0)
          In Reply to: RE: Sounds like you've given it a lot of thought & experimentation posted by CometCKO on November 15, 2015 at 21:39:18

          Thanks for the kind words! I guess this is what happens when engineers "retire," LOL, Anyway, everything was taken apart while the area was being renovated so it will be some time before things are really set up again, I still have to repair the delamination in the IVA's, build my HTPC, get the Mini DSP's working, put the projector back up, install a new screen (my old one was destroyed by the handyman when it was in the back yard), etc. But you're welcome to hear it when it is! (Or even in its current very rough setup -- I'm still experimenting with panel location -- this room is much too small for Tympanis so the big challenge is fitting in the woofers without blocking sight lines -- I made a lot of progress but I'm traveling right now so had to cut the experiments short).
          

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