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Just curious about how you feel about "Home Theater"
Posted: October 3rd, 2025, 11:29 am
by Pelliott321
Is Home Theater part of the Audiophile world?
Dose your HT and your main two channel system share the same space?
How do you feel about HT systems being exhibited at CAF or any of the main audiofests?
Re: Just curious about how you feel about "Home Theater"
Posted: October 3rd, 2025, 11:35 am
by brombo
I have a two channel home theater system in my basement (4k projector with 120 inch screen and htpc) for movies and TV shows not for listening to music (unless the music is in the movie). I don't think the industry knows how to master surround sound recordings yet. I am fine with home theater systems being demoed at CAF.
Re: Just curious about how you feel about "Home Theater"
Posted: October 3rd, 2025, 12:16 pm
by SoundMods
For me it's a lot of fun. My modest dedicated home-theater system is comprised of a 5.1 speaker system with two full-range (-3-db @ 26-Hz.) front speakers together with a center-channel and two wall-mounted line-source speakers for the rear channels.
Electronically I get the job done with a decent current production 5.1 channel A/V receiver that is surprisingly musical.
Bombs in war movies shake the room. The surround sound works as advertised with surprises coming out the left or right rear channels like someone entering the room in the movie from behind -or- hearing dialog from behind -or- aircraft flying over from the front to back.
It's all cool. Video-wise I view on a 4K flat screen supported by an OPPO 4K player that has the remarkable capability to scale up Blu-Ray and standard DVDs to the 4K screen with no tell-tale artifacts. I am still surprised to this day how well the OPPO scales ordinary NTSC DVDs to the 4K screen.
Re: Just curious about how you feel about "Home Theater"
Posted: October 5th, 2025, 1:58 pm
by Pelliott321
The only part of HT I use is the center channel which carries the vocals. My wife and I got tired of the CGI blockbusters a few years ago so I have no need of a sub.
I do not use my stereo subs on my main system except when I want to show off when guests are over