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I haven't messed with any of the settings since they set it up for me. They thought it was going to be a quick 1 hour type thing, but then took all day to get it where it is now... and it's actually not that much better that what I was able to do just with an SPL meter, test tones, adjusting the phase and delay on each sub then running Audyssey in the processor (and they actually confirmed that, comparing to the "before" measurements they took). They ended not even charging me for the time spent, just for the processor... I bought a lot of stuff through them over the years though. At my old house, I had a large ported SVS sub right behind the couch with the back wall just another foot away... That created some good tactile feel to the bass, especially in a more closed off living room, but not too much far off what I'm getting in my home theater now... especially considering it is ~1,200 sq ft open floor plan with high ceilings.

Yeah allocating a good amount of total budget to the subs always pays off. I'm running 3 SVS SB4000's. The only real upgrade I've considered is a 4th sub to position one in each corner for a bit better balance (currently 2 up front flanking the front speakers and 1 in the center back). I have the 3 subs running though a miniDSP processor. I had the Speaker Shop come out to calibrate them... ended taking all day to get it right. I'm running a combination of Parasound, Emotiva, and Outlaw amps controlled by a now aging (and a possible upgrade area) Marantz pre/pro (but all its features and codecs are still current). I still need to finish the non home theater area of my basement with a bar/lounge area. If anything, I would rather spend money completing the whole basement project then upgrading equipment for awhile. I have actually been floating the idea of upgrading my living room system as I've been spending a lot more time there than the home theater lately. I replaced a dying 65 inch Panasonic plasma with a new 77 inch LG OLED recently and have been casually watching there instead of the basement. It would be nice to get rid of my large Outlaw sub in the living room and upgrade my bookshelves to full range towers... but that would also mean upgrading from my Denon receiver to something with a lot more oomph.

Yeah but it would just encourage the Thunderstruck drinking game and nothing good comes of that.

I’ve really come to enjoy the sound of the AMT tweeters that are in my dedicated home theater room setup. They are Golden Ears and they came up with some in house marketing name for them, something like folded ribbons. Anchored by tower fronts and their largest center with bookshelf’s and satellites to round out a full 7.2.4 system. They seem to combine the high volume and efficiency of some horn speakers with the warmth and detail of more traditional domes. Works out great for both movies and critical 2 channel music listening in a theater setup.

I said it earlier and so did a bunch of others, that for a bathroom higher quality doesn’t matter much. But getting back to audiophile topic… in a good acoustic room, once you get into the world of AV separates, a whole new audio world opens up and it’s easy to go down a rabbit hole.

I’ll write a strongly worded letter.

It sounded like she said land of the brave instead of free…. But the way she sang made it a bit hard to tell.

Sounded like it to me

This is probably also a good time to tell you that 8pm est game is on Prime too, not a broadcast channel.

Honestly, I do have a lot of high end audio equipment in a few rooms in my house, but the bathroom is not where I would want to spend any significant money or effort on anything high end or complicated. A few years ago the motor in my bedroom's bathroom's exhaust fan burnt out and needed to be replaced. I spend probably ~150 bucks on one that had a Bluetooth speaker built in and multi-colored dimmable led lighting. The traditional fan wall switch was bypassed so the fan (and really, the speaker) have constant electricity going in. The traditional wall switch then gets replaced by a battery operated remote control that just looks like a switch but can control all the other features. Bluetooth from our phone works fine and its simple. Don't really need much more than that for having background music on while showering or pinching one off.

Fantastic arm punt!

If we assume he is using his punctuation correctly, then he is saying he has a coaching commitment he needs to get to. He has enough children to assume at least one of them plays in a pee wee league. He probably volunteers as an assistant.

I hope they tuned up those backpack leave blowers to blow the 7 feet of snow off the hash marks.

That looked like a dislocated shoulder there on the kick return coverage.