Another DownUnder theatre - Page 10

I dropped in on Peter's place in Saturday. House is amazing and the theatre room, whilst not as cavernous as it was, sure is large. Can't wait to see and hear those Procellas when they are in. Cheers Peter and congrats on the new home!

Most welcome Peter,
You should be incredibly proud of your home. Such amazing attention to detail. Your room is going to be really amazing. Give me a yell if I can help with anything.... Think I owe you some days of hard labour!

Any recent pics?

Hey Pete,

It took me at least 6 months after I moved into my new home to get through all the little DIY jobs and a fair few drops of blood as well. In fact last night I managed to spill blood splicing cat 5 cable and IR emitters. I know a good landscaper if you still have to do that job.

I've got a Popcorn Hour (the old one) and a Dune. I found the Popcorn Hour a bit flaky but it's the non BD-streaming one. The Dune is better but for some reason it doesn't get on with my Lumagen video scaler for 12-bit video (Deep colour). It works perfectly without the scaler in the way though and works fine with the scaler using the default 8-bit HD video. If you're planning to stream BD content, make sure you go Gigabit Ethernet or it'll be choppy as hell.

Cheers,
Jamie

Peter - I've got a Dune, you can come and play with if you like

Hi Peter,
Need some advice regarding speaker purchase for my theater. I am trying to send you a pm but it is not going. Is there any other way to contact you.
thank you
Regards
Vik

Thank you so much. Got the pm and replied to it!

6 months = me very particular and also I have this problem where I redo everything if I see a better way halfway through the job. I also did part of the theatre in that time (the bits I wasn't willing to pay someone to do or I didn't trust them to do it how I wanted).

I bought my Dune device from a guy that isn't listed on Dune's website anymore. Here's the list and there's only a couple in Sydney: http://dune-hd.com/where_to_buy

It sounds like your network will be well and truly up to the task.

Cheers,
Jamie

As in jukebox thing? I was using Zapiti until is crashed....terrible to set up, worse to manage.

We just use the Dune menus now....annoying but stable

When I first got my Dunes I ran both Yadis and Zappiti simultaneously as a trial to see which one worked better. Ended up sticking with Yadis and have had no problems. Runs much smoother and much faster when pushing out updates to the Dunes. From a user interface perspective on the Dune, it works very similar to Zappiti but runs a lot better on the PC end.

Any setup advice for Yadis? I am running Zappiti and really dont care for it all that much. Plus that recently had the whole thing where you have to prove that you bought it in order to run it and that frustrated me.

Cool! I had a look into those DSP's a few weeks back - they've got an 8 in 16 out model that is only $3500 - bargain compared to QSC alternative which is only 8 in 8 out at $7500

Now just wait one minute, it might be all this rain going to my head but that looks like carpet and chairs to me - where are the wide angle shots?



Edit: P.S. - Yadis is awesome, craps all over Zapitti

Huh? To which DSP do you refer, that has an 8 in - 16 out version?

The Xilica Neutrino, they have an 0816 (8 in 16 out) model here also a 1608 (16 in 8 out). I spoke to the importer here and I asked him about them and in terms of quality he said "Think Lake" - apparently they have a long and strong history in the OEM market

Ha, LOL, just checked their website - for once we have access to something North America doesn't!.....sorry, that doesn't happen often,as you can see with the QSC's they're twice the price here!

Ellil or Peter how muh are we talking about for the Xilica 8 in 16out?

Glad to hear everything is coming along nicely. I just got told that my speakers are going to be another 2 months. AARRRGGGHHH. I am still waiting to find alternatives for my other projects but this constant delay on the subs is most irritating.

I dont know which ones Peter is using, but they're about $3600 from Smithys ring and ask for - wait for it - Peter (not me )

Well, last night I drove the 8 minutes to Peter's new home and we had a long listen to some selected tracks of his great music collection. The Procellas were basically brand new, with all their running-in still to be done. NO acoustic treatment in the room, other than the bass trapping and the ceiling diff, so quite a bit of 1st/2nd/3rd reflections, which very clearly takes away a lot of the immediacy and presence of the sound image. And of course, no calibration done yet, other than the basics. So this was really a First Listen, to get an impression of the room, before the acoustic treatments go in. (Also, no screen, no PJ, this room is Music first!)

Bass was already sounding good, with very little room nodes and plenty of command. The two P15's will get faster/louder as they are run in over the next few days, plus calibration, so bass looks good. The P610 sounded new, but very much in control of the music. The DA-2800 amps never missed a beat, they are firmly in charge. The noise floor of these amps is so low, you just don't believe the system is on until the music starts playing. Lovely!

Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush struck a chord with me, again. Beautiful. And MJ's Thriller is just crazy good in this room! Very much the Procella sound, in an Erskine room. ;-)

I was tempted to get the tools out of Peter's immaculate garage and give him a hand with hanging the baffle wall absorber material, to once and for all get rid of those front wall reflections, but as it was getting quite late already, I said my goodbye's. More to follow later for sure!

Photos! we need photos!

Dont make me drive down there

Edit: that's code for I want to come and have a listen - can bring camera and tripod if you like

Yah I have not started bike riding yet either so pics please.

Thanks!

If you want a hand I might be able to spare an hour or two - we can put up the baffle perhaps?

I'll see how I go on the weekend - there's another in the household to cater for now but that means I've got 4 weeks off work (if weekdays are easier)