Hi,

I am upgrading to a 5.1.4 setup. I was wondering which would be better for Atmos in-ceiling speakers between:

• Polk Audio RC60i 2-Way Premium in-Ceiling 6.5" Round Speaker

• Monoprice 134197 Alpha in-Ceiling Speakers 6.5in Carbon Fiber 2-Way with 15° Angled Drivers

I was wondering if someone tried both or by default which would be better.

Hey all,

I currently have a 5.1 setup (Jamo bookshelves) in my 11’x13’ 2nd floor apartment living room. My sub is an 8” 100w Yamaha refurb that I bought about ten years ago for my college dorm room.

My parents’ AVR died so they swapped to a Samsung Q990D soundbar setup. I had bought them a Dayton Audio 20” active sub after their previous one died. It’s now sitting without a home and I’m wondering if it would be any sort of upgrade for the space I’m in.

I know the room is small for a sub that size, I’m just unsure if the size and extra wattage would give me better performance at lower volumes. I am also volume conscious so don’t want to disturb any neighbors. I have not had any complaints with the Yamaha for the year plus we’ve been here.

Thanks in advance for any insight. Please let me know if I can provide any more details!

EDIT: I seem to have misremembered the Dayton Audio sub size. I remember buying the biggest one they had so it must be a 15”. Apologies.

So my MIL wants to get speakers to put in her living room, dining room, bathroom and bedroom. She doesn't necessarily NEED them to all work together in the sense of a party atmosphere where music flows to each room. For her, it's more of being able to listen to music (spotify) or the radio of whatever room she is currently sitting in and be able to transition the sound to a different room.

Is there a product ecosystem that: A) sounds good; B) has a seamless setup to her intended usage; C) a flawless app experience to control devices

My original intent was to go with Sonos as I used to have the S1's way back but have been reading the user experience these days with Sonos is less than desirable. She is 78 so whatever she gets need to flat out work lol

Thanks for reading and in advance for help.

Cheers

I'm purchasing my first "real" tv in two or three days, a Sony X90L. All my tvs prior to this have been <$500 low quality displays (my current TV is a 70" Samsung I got black Friday last year for $500).

Should I be tempering my expectations or should I be expecting to be blown away by the difference in picture quality? I have a 4K bluray player that I plan to test on each TV once the new one arrives.

Should I save up and go for the Bravia 7 instead? Everything I've read over the last month and a half has led me to the X90L 65" as the absolute best bang for the buck TV.

I have a 10 year old Denon AVR that just crapped out. It was driving my main zone for home theater and had two pre-outs that I wired to independent amps to drive an outside speaker set up as well as speakers in another room in the house.

Looking at new receivers, it seems only very expensive ones have two pre-outs like my now dead Denon. Most have just one. I would rather have something simple that I can wire into my network, Ethernet cable into my router preferably, that has AirPlay. Ideally it would have an app too that is simple and works.

Does anyone know of a product that could serve as this AirPlay controller that doesn’t cost a ton? I figure since I already have the amps I would rather keep those zones separate from my main theater set-up, which will make picking a new receiver a lot easier.

Hi guys,

i have a Spyder5Express and i would like to use it to calibrate my home TV.
So i would like to have a hardware calibration (change the settings manually on the tv) and not a software calibration with a ICC profile. How am i able to check RGB, brightness, gamma and contrast with this device. Is there a software which shows me all these values so that i can adjust them manually?

Best regards!

I've been looking for a used system or pieces to put together on budget. Currently using a Sony soundbar and sub. This is for our living room and wanted to do a 5.1 setup. There isn't much near me but I saw this come up 90mins away. If those are what they are, then I feel like its a good deal and better than what I have. They didn't list what models they are but to my novice eyes, it looks like Sony core speakers/sub and a Pioneer VSX-531 that seems a little old but should still work for me.

Edit: Price is $300.

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I found a great deal on this "older" set of Monitor Audio Silver 8 towers and center channel. Does anyone know how exciting these are for home theater? I currently have Klipsch rp-6000f and I would love something a little more refined and detailed but don't want to lose that "live sound" or excitement. Thanks in advance.

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HELP!
I’m about to prewire my house this week, and most of the contractors I’ve spoken with are pushing Araknis along with some kind of MSP package. I’m not sure this is what I want in the long run.

Do I really need a managed switch? I’ll have about 25–30 drops in the house. My setup plan includes:

• A 5.1 surround sound system in one room.
• A Dolby Atmos system in another room.
• Music speakers in the kitchen, living room, and master bath.

What’s the simplest setup for this? Are there other brands of routers, switches, and access points that will work well if I’m using Control4?

For context, I currently have an LG C9 TV with a Samsung Q950 soundbar Atmos setup, and I like it. Maybe I should just stick to soundbars in those two rooms, go with an unmanaged switch, and call it a day?

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

I just bought a second hand Yamaha RX-V473 for a dirt cheap price, I've finished setting up all my speakers now. Problem is I'm running into an issue where when I connect my laptop to the receiver, I'm only able to get 4k 30hz video output. Is this the limit of what the receiver can output? I've tried to also connect my laptop directly to my TV and use the surround system via ARC, but then I run into the issue of only detecting 2 channels on windows 11. Same dealio with my Nintendo switch, when I plug it directly into the receiver, all channels work as expected, but connecting via my TV, channels don't work correctly. Anyone got any help on this issue?

I hope this is the right sub for this question.

I recently upgraded my 10+ year TV to a Sony Bravia 9. Picture looks great, but obviously the TV needs an audio boost.

I was looking at Klipsch and Sennheiser sound bar / sub combos as I already own and love some of their equipment (not applicable to the home theater setup however). While reading up on a cutchfield buying guide I came across the Sony Bravia 9 setup, which was highly rated and is meant to complement the TV I just purchased.

I'm currently stuck and need some help evaluating the two options. I know and trust the Sennheiser name, and understand this is the more expensive audio option, however the Sony Bravia was made to go with my TV and is less expensive. Both have similar features, just need some experience to guide me towards the better option of the two (if there is one).

I appreciate the help!

I'm not streaming terribly much but when I do, I've noticed an inconsistency in whether the sound is available in Atmos, both on Prime and D+. One week, a show will be in Atmos, the next week it'll be DD+ only, even the episode I watched last week in Atmos, and vice versa.

This is not a huge problem but I've been wondering for years now if that's just how it is with streaming services or if it's a flaky HDMI cable on my end.

For the record, I'm using the apps on my LG 65B7D and a Denon X4400H connected via eARC. The setup in itself is working, it really feels like the streaming services sometimes decide to deactivate Atmos in my region or something like that.

That a huge selection of surround speakers?

I'm looking for a player, to be fed from a NAS, I narrowed it down to those two, but can't decide. Reviews are scarce so far, it is a niche product I guess.

What I care about:
*Seamless playback of rips (mostly mkv) and some BD-ISOs
*Dolby Vision support
*audio pass-through for everything
*tvdb / imdb /similar scrapers
*possibility to fix errors in scraping for poster/wall display
*possibly frequent updates
*nice remote, preferably web mgmt interface

Anyone can help who owns any of those and can say about usability in longer term, or any other issues which are not obvious from the specs alone?

Hello all! New to the home theatre setup space and looking to get my first! I am considering a Sonos Arc Ultra with two Era 100s for around £1,400

Would I be better getting a dedicated 5.1 setup with bookshelf speakers and dedicated AV receiver?

Thanks

I have the receiver and Sony tv (Bravia oled a80j). There is an rca cable from the reciever to tv center speaker input. The system is 5.0.2, wireless sony back speakers. Everything works well, but when I turn off the system, the receiver turns on again, and starts making a ticking sound. I can see "earc" symbol coming on and off in the display. I try to turn off earc, and the ticking goes on, but more rarely. Disconnecting the rca cable, solves it, but then I can't use the tv as center. What to do? Similar experience?

Morning All,

I’ve been googling this, and next to the usual suspects the solutions (check hdmi etc) seem to be to dísable the Dolby on the ATV (so it recodes to 5.1 in my case) and also someone said to disable HDR.

These are two things I would rather not do.

This used to be not the case though, this is a new phenomenon since … idk 3-4 weeks maybe?

Sound familiar? Any ideas?

My setup is :

2024 Samsung TV 75” 75Q73D Apple TV 4k (2yrs old) on 4K hdr 60fps, sound on dolby surround. Denon X3800H driving KEF’s in a 5.1 setup.

Hi all,

I have an LS12000 EPSON projector and an DENON AVR-2800 receiver. I connected the receiver via a HDMI 2.1 cable and I am not getting 4k/120hz. The only options are 1080p/60hz or 4k/60hz. I am wondering what could be the problem? The receiver and projector are HDMI 2.1 compatible. What is the reason for this ? My PS5 does 120hz/4k and I am not sure why this happens ONLY with the xbox.

I am also not getting Dolby atmos for the xseries x but everything works fine with the PS5.

Let me know.

Hi, I'm setting up the 5.1 with the Marantz Cinema 60, SVS SB 1000 pro, and the surrounds will be Polk ES10.
Can I hook up my surrounds (+ a subwoofer) as the PC mains? I'm in a situation where this would make sense from speaker positioning; I'd only need to swivel my surrounds a bit, and they could be my PC's main speakers.

Do I need to set them as zone 2? Should I run another pair of cables from AVR to differentiate it from the original 5.1 setup?

Thank you.

I'm trying to finalize my 5.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup using an Onkyo TX-NR7100. I'll be connecting my Chromecast Ultra and Amazon FireTV 4K at first. I believe I should get Dolby Atmos music from tidal and movies from Apple TV+ and Netflix for the start. However, I'd like to play the Dolby demo files that you can download for free from Dolby website as well. But I'm not too sure how to do that without connecting a laptop or Mac mini to my AV receiver to do that as I'm not going to buy a new expensive device anymore.

I have a Linux server in my other room that's always on. It would be great if I could just store those files on that server and be able to stream them to my AV receiver in my living room.

I did some research and it seems Plex doesn't doesn't fully support Dolby Atmos passthrough.

Hey guys. I have a UHD Blu-ray player that locked in region A. Wondering where can I buy a second secondhand region B Blu-ray player from Europe with international shipping?

Looking to get a really good home theater sound system. I was thinking 5.1.1 or 7.1.1. What are some good sounding recommendations?

I have this splitter running from my Apple TV to my Govee syncbox and my Samsung TV. It's worked great for about a year, but recently CEC has stopped working. If I bypass the splitter, I'm golden.

Anyone else had this problem? I've played with the dip switches. The Apple TV tells me that some configs can or can't use CEC, but none of them work. Help!