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Post by petea on Apr 16, 2024 8:13:10 GMT
Have you given any thought to the range of ice creams and snacks that will be on offer?!
This looks like being a fun project.
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 16, 2024 9:37:34 GMT
Have you given any thought to the range of ice creams and snacks that will be on offer?! This looks like being a fun project. Oohhhh yes
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Post by palace on Apr 16, 2024 10:16:12 GMT
My wife bought me a La-Z-Boy but no usherette...
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 16, 2024 10:28:27 GMT
Plan idea. To scale. These are individual recliners. Will work fine for what's called viewing reclining rather than full recline - we'll see. The footprint half reclined is shown. Moving the SH50s back again 🙄 would give a bigger screen clear line of site. Gear can go under the screen or off to the left. Haven't put the rear speakers in. I'm looking at Denon AV receivers. I'm motivated and going to have a clear out in the room and move the 2 seater recliner we have into test position. We have two Scandinavian sheepskin, Beech chairs up there as well. So a test siting or sitting is easy. Will see how big a compromise an off centre listening spot is. Nothing like as big a problem with the SH50 compared to the beamier round horns. With their time alignment needs they really were only sweet in one spot. Not so the SH50s.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 16, 2024 12:55:43 GMT
You had furniture to each side where the seats will go, Steve. Are they going to be removed?
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 16, 2024 14:42:44 GMT
You had furniture to each side where the seats will go, Steve. Are they going to be removed? Yes, it will be minimalist. I've already started clearing it out. Amazing how much 'useful' stuff you collect. SP-10 and Fidelity Research FR64s arm to go on sale. Our daughters are very excited. They've been wanting us to do it for years. Just required the right speaker catalyst.
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 16, 2024 18:10:21 GMT
Cleared the room. Using the 2 seater sofa and the 2 sheepskin chairs and associated stools, I laid the room out.
Was able to sit in all positions to assess the sound. Used Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, kind of Cinematic with Richard Burton's voice etc. Horsell Common and the Heat Ray sounded epic! The lid coming off me daughter jump.
These speakers give such a good coverage and stereo even sitting way out wide - bodes well.
Also assessed how high the rear seats need to be above the front. It's not much as the screen will be quite high up. 65" TV is perfect size.
With the Velux blinds down and door shut it is dark, dark black in there, even when bright & sunny outside!
Daughters are already talking mood lighting!
I'm getting an usher's (remember them) torch😂
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 23, 2024 20:12:58 GMT
We took delivery of the screen today. It's big!
Wall mount arrives to tomorrow. As does the extra recliner sofa and two recliner chairs.
I connected the screen up to a Sonos Beam we have via EARC, and Najda / hifi 2 channel up via the optical out.
Even this crude non proper 5.2 setup sounds pretty amazing for films.
Real rumble, thunder and awe from the tapped horns! Clear audio voice etc from the SH50s. Sonos Beam doing essentially centre and L+R rear via a pair of Play 1s.
We test watched / listened to some of The Martian film. Must try one with more music, but that will be one the screen is up.
It will certainly do whilst we figure out what to do for a more proper 5.2, 6.2, 7.2🙂 solution.
Just need the low equipment rack now!
This currently leaves 2 channel Hifi setup completely unmolested.
I tested out more drum solos. The SH50 LF and Tapped horns really kick and work in unison well.
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Post by speedysteve on May 6, 2024 20:11:49 GMT
We've been moving the Home Theatre along. Got a 65" TV on the front wall. The Danley inspired SH50s (L+R) can be moved back and forth on aluminium U channel rails. Here they are in HiFi position (fully forward). They measure and sound best for hifi about 3' from the front wall. The controlled dispersion of the Synergy horns also meant much less room damping anti reflective panelling was required. As Danley advised all that is needed is about 2' down the side wall. Being a loft room I have that and up the sloping ceiling - to taste. Current look. In Home Theatre mode the SH50s are trundled right back (they are on sliding patio door rollers), to be behind the new low level grey equipment rack. This opens up the viewing angle nicely. Currently a Sonos Beam is doing centre speaker, and it also does rear left and rear right surround. This is fed using eARC from the Screen. The Hifi is fed via the optical out. Interestingly one remote controlled both volumes! There's plenty of crash and rumble from the tapped horn subs.. It's not a true 5.2 but for the time being it's working very well. We have 6 seats, 2 X 2 seater recliners and 2 X 2 recliner chairs. The 2nd sofa is not up here yet. All will be on Teflon slider plates for ease of configuring the room from Hifi to HT. Hifi wise: I tweaked the PEQ a bit more on the hifi set up to achieve an even more coherent phase response. This time done with the MF driver phase inverted! This gave an easier fit to achieve the phase goal. No crossovers on LF or MF and a simple 4uF cap 1st order Butterworth protecting the Vitavox S2 HF. The result is a very right sounding pair of speakers. I had also played around with toe in and less toe in - before installing the trundling rails! Best position is with the rear side cabinet closer to parallel with the side wall. This gives a slight toe in. Stereo imaging is very pleasing like this. The very low distortion and low room interference of the 50degree conical horn and the Synergy single point source, combined with the phase coherent sound has taken these to a new level in HiFi I've not heard before. I've heard single driver full range speakers, and whilst they sound great on uncluttered music, give them something complex, fast multiple instruments etc and they struggle. Kick drum and room shaking bass no way.. The Synergy combines the strengths of all.
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Post by speedysteve on May 7, 2024 20:49:18 GMT
Today I made a platform for one of the recliner chairs. This will go behind the other recliner chair that's at normal height.
7 3/4" extra height. Made of 7 3/4" x 2.5" roofing top plate timber.
The recliner is screwed securely onto it. In use it's just as stable as if the chair was directly on the floor!
We tried them one behind the other. Both reclined as we'd like to watch a movie.
Marie in the rear raised recliner reported she could see the screen just fine with me in front - also reclined to where I'd want.
This is on the right hand side of the isle. On the left there will be 2 X 2 seater reclining sofas.
Still haven't got the 2nd sofa up here yet. Needing daughter's boyfriend's muscle as it's heavy compared to the single recliner.
I measured it up though - the old driver chambers from the round mid bass horns are the right size, exactly the same height, what luck!
2 of them for the left and right hand bases will fit perfectly with an extender piece screwed on. Super strong 21mm birch plywood.
Once painted black they won't draw too much attention to themselves. I will probably make an extended plinth at the front, so you step up and then into the chair / sofa.
Fun and games!
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Post by MartinT on May 7, 2024 20:52:46 GMT
Getting a double recliner up those weird stairs!!
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Post by MikeMusic on May 8, 2024 8:32:25 GMT
Lots of work and a very different look Nice
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Post by speedysteve on May 8, 2024 14:40:25 GMT
Getting a double recliner up those weird stairs!! Stairs have been converted to regular👍
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Post by speedysteve on May 10, 2024 12:48:44 GMT
Had help from Tennis friend to get the 2nd sofa up. He came over to experience Electric Biking on the New Forest trails. Our village to The Old Station in Holmsley (Beeching killed it). It's now a thriving coffee and food stop.. we had a very nice Half caff cappuccino there. Back via Burley village. He was blown away by electric assist up the steep hills. The Home Theatre room is coming together. Marie and I are going to watch The Worlds Fastest Indian up there after sundown. I'm going to make or buy some popcorn 🍿 / drinks holders for the sofas / chair arms🙂 Painting the raised bases and fitting to the 2nd sofa to go. Already planning Wimbledon gathering with some tennis friends to watch some games up there.
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2024 13:32:47 GMT
Compact! Do the front row listeners get a good soundstage?
I like the look of those single seats. What are they?
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Post by mattspl on May 10, 2024 14:15:11 GMT
That looks like a great setup
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Post by julesd68 on May 10, 2024 14:24:39 GMT
It looks freakin' awesome Steve, enjoy!
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Post by speedysteve on May 10, 2024 14:55:12 GMT
Compact! Do the front row listeners get a good soundstage? I like the look of those single seats. What are they? With all seats seeing both horn inner sides you hear both pretty well. It's fine for Cinema. For hifi the front sofa moves out parallel to the side wall, as does the front recliner. Can then either have a 2 seater sofa in the middle or full selfish single mode - rear sofa also to the left side wall and front recliner in the centre as near or far as you like. They are called Palermo from Furniture Maxi. Delivered very quickly. Were on sale and I got another 15% off on a discount code I just searched up on Google and used! Not quite their cheapest or most compact (they were tiny for 6'2.5" me!). Also the cheapest has bad reviews on longevity. These are perfectly comfortable for me with an airline size cushion in the small of my back and one behind head to raise slightly and dampen soundwave reflections. That's how I always sit when on all our reclining sofas. They are pretty good quality, wouldn't last forever in the lounge maybe with loads of use. But occasional use like we want won't be a problem. The leather is bonded not 'solid' or whatever word tanner would use🙂 It's tough though.
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