Thank you for making this video. I have a question. I have the exact same TV at home in the box which will be put in the home theatre room I'm building in the basement. How far off the ground is the bottom of the TV in this room?
@@AudioAdvice Thank you for responding! Would you recommend I go 30 in off ground and then mount my center channel right under. Maybe 31 in? Seems like 30 to 32 in and sitting about 10 to 11 feet away would give me a nice center of the screen view and the center wouldn't be aimed at my feet. I have a Polk audio center that has the slant on one side and capable of being put on a center channel speaker stand and be aimed up toward the listener. Any advice?
I second others to say thanks so much for showcasing small typical room especially with irregular shape like this one and the list of equipments. Please keep them coming.
Another great one. Good to see you guys showcasing a small room as I’m sure most of your viewers are most likely to have such size rooms. The large theaters are nice and great to look at, but pretty sure the majority of your viewers can’t afford them.
@@MrAerialsound We definitely want to do more of those. This one is an open concept in a townhome www.audioadvice.com/videos-reviews/diy-home-theater-tour-renter-friendly-affordable/
I used to want in wall speakers in my dedicated theater room but there has been a rise in the number of people installing on wall speakers. I'm totally sold for installing on wall speakers, especially after seeing how well they turned out in this room!! And the color of the wall gives the speaker grills that perfect pop without standing out! Bravo to your team!! 👏👏👏👏
In this video they ran the cables in-wall and cut a tiny hole to connect the on-wall speaker. Since the difficult part is running the speaker cables in-wall, I'm finding it hard to see the point of an on-wall speaker over in-wall. On-wall would be a good compromise if the speaker cable was run on the outside of the wall. I (DIY) installed in-wall and in-ceiling speakers for my 7.4.4 system, however my left/center/right are tower speakers, only because in-wall speakers of similar performance would have been very expensive. I agree with you that this modest system looks great and I'm sure sounds great too.
Really appreciate that you guy use Integra products, specifically the DRX lineup. I have a DRX-2.1 in my small home theater room, and for my application and needs, it is simply amazing. They are very underrated and not a lot of people consider them for high-end applications as they believe they are just re-badged, over-priced Onkyo's, which couldn't be further from the truth. This home theater video is excellent, and the finished product is beautiful.
this is a great example of maximizing the space in a small media room. I liked that they didn't try to cram back surrounds or rear atmos speakers in the design.
Really good job, very clean looking, makes the room look bigger than it is!!! Thanks for sharing, Hecos are now on my list of possibles for my onwall build, Dali, Kef, Heco
Nice small space theater. Look forward to seeing a video featuring a small narrow dedicated room space in the future with a projector and 7.x.4 set up.
I can see your respect for your work in your videos. No matter what job a person is engaged in, he/she should try to have maximum information about that job. My only criticism is that you don't talk much about potential problems or bad experiences in your videos. Apart from that, your important installation advices are very useful for people who are not in the USA too. Regards.
I have a Yamaha A3080 and ran YPAO and it did a terrible job with calibrating my room! It set the Cross Over for all my speakers at 40Hz(even my smaller surrounds and ceiling speakers), set Sub level so low that there was no audible bass, and only had the correct distance for the front speakers. S I just used a tape measure to set the distances, changed the cross over to 80Hz, used a SPL meter to set the levels to 75db at reference volume, and used the the distance setting to synced my sub to my main speakers, and then made a few level tweaks by ear after that... and now my room sounds better than it ever did.!
You have discovered something we talk about in our calibration guide. www.audioadvice.com/videos-reviews/need-calibrate-home-theater-receiver/ Many home theater receivers just get it all wrong. What you did is exactly what we recommend. It is good to hear you heard the improvements. Thanks for watching!
I wish they could do a video tour of the house. Wondering what paint color on the walls of the steps before entering the theater and the carpet type color. Very nice combo.
I'm sure that having surround speaker so close to the Atmos one, make it almost imposible to differentciate where the sound is actually coming making your brain to think all sound are coming from an area between both speakers.
This is a great question. Ideally you try to create separation between the surround speakers and atmos speakers based on the angles from the listening position, but not so much that they sound like discrete speakers. A room like this that is smaller and with the seats essentially as far back as they can go create a unique design challenge. We ran these through our acoustic calculations and mapped the best separation possible while still matching the correct locations. The end result is that it actually has a great balance between creating dimension and smoothly moving sound between the speakers. Great point here.
Phenomenal advice on, and knowledge of AV. Love this guy and the way he and his company approach the whole process. Impressive. If you ever decide to re-design your logo Scott, I'm your guy. I'd be honored!
Logan, it was very reasonable. Please reach out to our team at www.audioadvice.com for details. Since the homeowners were generous to allow us to film the installation we do not post pricing publicly. Thanks for watching!
Thanks very much! We can help you design a system and sell you the equipment. We can then use a virtual meeting to help you fine tune and calibrate the equipment. We do not provide national installation services at this time. Thanks for watching.
@@AudioAdvice thanks, fo your answer to this question, but not mine. If I also state it is really dope, will that help a bit? :) Just joking. I don't think you do measurements of all the speakers you install, anyway.
My setup is similar as just purchased the Heco 44f to go with my Samsung 80 inch and they sound fantastic. Only problem is nobody sells the 22F anywhere
Great video. In my setup I'm also forced to have my couch against the back wall. I am planning on doing in wall for the surround and in ceiling speakers for the Atmos. Small room. Listening area is 12' wide, 15' deep with 8' ceiling. Does the 5.1.2 setup make the most sense since my back is to the wall? I tried to use the room tool, but it won't allow me to place the couch back against the wall. Thanks!
Price/performance and the look was great in the room. Those HECO speakers sound pretty amazing for what they cost. Better than similar priced in-walls. Thanks for watching
Curious, why didn't you put the screen straight in front of the door to have multiple rows versus one big row? Couldn't it have fit a nice big projector as well?
16 feet x 13 feet room: It would be much better to put the screen on the shorter wall, bringing the seats off of the back wall, and giving much better audio. To make sure there's space for 4 seats, don't go for the widest seat option, and maybe get a loveseat in the centre if it suits your needs.
That would have been an option except for two things. The seats would block the entry and there would not be enough room for all the family members. Thanks for watching
@@AudioAdvice Hey, thanks for the reply. My room is 17' x 13', less sound-proofing, acoustic treatment, and a chimney breast. We also have 4 seats wide, with a loveseat in the centre to take up less room. So the seats are 111" wide which leaves 45" spare in a 13' room. Sure it's not loads of space, but it's enough to get past, and means the rear speakers can be properly behind the seats, and avoids the excessive bass pressure when you're seats are too close to the rear wall. And obviously you'd want the seats 5 feet or so away from the door, which wouldn't block the entry. Good video though and like others, I look forward to more examples of small rooms.
That is not shown in the manual. Is there a specific use case you need this for? We have a pair of the 22's set up in the Raleigh store we could take down and measure if it is critical for you, but they are just designed to hang on the wall and just a visual estimate would be about 2/3 the distance apart of the speakers width. Thanks for watching
Moving to Columbia, SC next yr. Will be looking/hoping to have you guy's build one for us Just like this one.😀😀 Also wanted to know how does this affect the rest of the house? Is it pretty isolated? Would hate to bother the neighbors...
Welcome to the area, please schedule a visit to our Pineville NC showroom. Single family homes do not really have a problem with theaters disturbing the neighbors.
Funny to see an xbox 360 when a series X easily costs half of anything else in the rack :) That said, superb installation, nothing exaggerated, a lot of taste.
so there is no rear speakers? this room is using surround and atmos instead of rear and atmos or rear and surround? i didnt realize you can do 5.1.2 like that
Yes, we feel that is a great way to get immersive sound and only use 7 channels. We have a lot more information about speaker layouts in this blog www.audioadvice.com/videos-reviews/home-theater-speaker-layout-options/ Thanks for watching
I'm probably going to end up converting a room about this size and my question is about the seating with the right surround right on top of them. How do you balance that? I know with my current setup if you are too close to the right or left surround it's all you hear and it ruins it for me. Does the calibration fix most of those issues?
You just have to adjust the level to get it as pleasing as possible. Most rooms are not perfect and there are always some tradeoffs. If you are working with one of our home theater designers they can help. Thanks for watching
Hey Guys, I am currently debating between buying a pair of B&W 702 S2, or B&W 805s D3. My use is going to be mainly music and I plan on pairing them with a KEF Kube 12 inch sub. What would you go for? Thank you.
We have most of the gear used here, you can add it up! www.audioadvice.com/videos-reviews/home-theater-showcase-heco-on-wall-speakers-sony-kd-85x91j/ Thanks for watching
@@toubeelo1979 That varies drastically by region. If you are in the NC area we are happy to help you out. If you are DIY we can provide the gear with great support, but we do not do long-distance installations.
@@AudioAdvice No, I'm just saying for the videos. Just so people have some kind of idea about the overall pricing. I was just making a suggestion that "might" improve y'all's videos. Kind of like how construction videos do it in their videos by telling the overall price of the construction.
Please reach out to our team at www.audioadvice.com for more information. The best way to start the pricing process would be to input your room dimensions into our free home theater designer, then we help you plan the best system for your room. www.audioadvice.com/home-theater-design#designer
Do you find that going against the recommendation of LCRs on the short wall has an impact to the sound? I have a very small room 10’x16’ was thinking on a similar layout as you have here having the lcrs on the long wall, in my mind having the lcrs away from corners and close side wall reflections along with surrounds further away would be better at these dimensions than having the LCRs one the short wall and surrounds in my example only 10’ apart. With a few subs sure I could get the bass right also in this configuration
It will really depend on what you are trying to achieve. You are right about the reflections. Please reach out to our team at www.audioadvice.com for more advice. Thanks for watching
It really depends on the power in your neighborhood. We have experienced substantial differences in some homes and zero in others. The best bet is to test one to see/hear for yourself. Thanks for watching
Not sure why I watch videos like these I personally think dedicated Theater Rooms are a waist of money just put all that equipment in ur living room. I got a 5.2 in my living room looks great sounds great especially after I got my dual SVS PB-3000s use that extra room for something else.
Not possible for everyone. In my living room the ONLY place the TV can go is above the wood burner, and even a 42" only fits at a push because of space between the mantle & ceiling. Can't even easily put in a soundbar...
Hi, great room here. Do you happen to have any kind of measurements for those HECO speakers? Spinorama or The Klippel Analyser System preferred of course. But a simple frequency response measured by REW will also do :) Trying to choose some of the good on-wall speakers for similar kind of room right now. Thanks.
@@lukespencer2162 So it seems that Audio Advice is removing my comments now. You provide great value, and I cannot understand why are you being so rude with my comments here? I just asked if you have any measurements for those speakers. Not DIMENSIONS, but actual measurements made by REW software with measurement microphone. That's all I was asking for - strange attitude. P.S. Or maybe the link I posted was just auto removed for some reason :)
We did not remove your comment, you put it another one in under Marisa Guerrero Becerra, not this thread. We do not do measurements like you are asking for. Thanks for watching