My First Love, Home Theater: MWAVE Vlog 

Are they ever gonna have this event in Toronto Canada? love to go to one .... i went to one years ago it was a hotel with a whole floor rented out to different vendors .. it was awesome

I really liked it. If I were to build a dedicated theater, I would seriously consider a set-up like that.

What would you describe it as?

Yes and how would you position Storm room against it and against other Trinnov rooms (as it seems Trinnov was used quite a few rooms). And also other Trinnov rooms vs Storm room. Thanks

@@ChadAV69it was a perfectly balanced system. The dialogue was super clear without being harsh, the surround effects moved through the room seamlessly, the speakers just melted away into the space, all while having a super concussive/dynamic bass. The bass was so impressive the big booms from the bombs while inside the plane and then the more diffuse explosions on the wide shots was impressive and something my theater today doesn’t demonstrate. All that and the tiny details in the tings of the bombs dropping were perfectly detailed.

@@sebnalet me level set that some rooms had storm and most had trinnovs. Interestingly enough, even some of the 2 channel setups were using trinnovs. The JTR room was running off a storm and sounded as crazy as you would think with that many subs. But was def boomy, cus of the subs and lack of room treatments. The grimani and RBH rooms were on trinnovs. Brian in the rbh room who has 0 affiliation with Trinnov was telling me when I inquired, that it was the best piece of gear he has owned in 30 years. And I found out why, TLDR Hollywood uses trinnovs in most mastering spaces. So if you have a trinnov, you are going to hear it the way it was mastered, on the same gear it was mastered on. And with the modularity of the design, you can continuously upgrade things like DACs and hdmi boards. And since it’s completely software driven it can continuously evolve as new audio formats are developed. Albeit at a cost. Storm is all similar in features but isn’t the Hollywood standard and from what I understand. So if not saving a ton of money why not buy the box the new audio formats are being created on, which from what I understand is the trinnov.

​@@stephenmcgauley Thank you for sharing your in depth thoughts/findings. Keep in mind that calibration will make 2 Trinnovs sound different. As you know different rooms will do the same. The same goes for Storm. Thus professional calibration is highly recommended.

Me too. Really didn’t get into detailing until i got my first new car a couple years ago. Home theater will always be my number one hobby. I just love movies and television.

@@rayvalero8580 same i'm a movie and music nerd to my core. just need to get matt to fall in love with some audi stuff and i'll be set for this being an everything channel.

I mean, that’s not much of a compliment. Kc definitely looks super clean and nice tho.

JTR by a million miles

I love my SQL-15, I couldn't imagine 8 of the 24s lol

The Trinnov/Germani room had the best Bass Management.

@@ObsessedGaragethank you for coming back to me. As there were few Trinnov systems and other member has commented that Grimani's sounded a bit on a bright side. Did you ever feel it was a theme in a way, the tendency among Trinnov systems to sound a bit more on a brighter side with less body to the sound that Storm systems present? Thanks

I remember using my first paycheque at 14 to buy a Pioneer AV receiver, it was $600, still in use today

Jeff was showing off in that room. I didn't sit down and listen at normal volumes. It was too much for me in the demos they were doing.

Thank you for the kind words Zachary.

It was pretty darn good. At $260,000 for just audio and design, it is a little out of range for me, so I don't spend much time considering things I'm not going to get.

I understood many missed out on the grimani room. Lines were long

When I listen to speakers or consider systems at any trade show, I'm listening to tone and initial character. A few hours set-up in a hotel room tells us very little about how a system performs overall. Same with a projector...

Germani's room was superior with the Trinnov, but he put a whole lot more time into tuning and set-up. I did like the team from Storm. I've met both the Trinnov and Storm people. They are very similar.

I don't know if I could ever give those up.

I have the S 5.4s which are basically the earlier model, inverted array which looks way cooler to me, and has the esotar2 tweeter. Come pick them up for $3k. They are rosewood with original boxes.

@@ObsessedGarage I had the chance to buy a set of 60s that a dealer in Tennessee had on demo for 6k ..I wasn't blown away when I heard them briefly ..but after thinking about it I have been kicking myself for not getting them

@nyrep1 I've been chasing the right pair of dyns since I heard them at a home theater store in Austin about 20v years ago. Now I finally have a pair but my heart is with magnepan. I have a few demo videos of magnepan vs dynaudio vs martin logan.

@@morejelloplease will check it out ..thank you

I was at mwave and Those Ascendo will more than give KEF a run for their money.

@@stephenmcgauley not even close

@@rainmagic1 I guess some people just like one speaker brand. To each their own.

KEF is nice, but they would be my 25th+ choice of speaker. Especially for Home Theater.

@@ObsessedGarage are you serious Mwave not even close maybe out of the price range but no comparison