Home Theater Cruise Setting Sail - November 25th 2012! - Page 2

Ok, so far we started off the event with Joe Kane and then we moved into talks with WiSA and then Stewart. In the demo/conference area we we have installed a complete home theater system that is made up of and Epson 5020UBE 3 LCD projector shooting video to a Stewart Filmscreen from a Samsung Blu-ray player with the audio by Aperion Audio with a complete 7.1 WIRELESS HD AUDIO system. Also in the mix, via a 2 way HDMI splitter, is a Samsung 55" motion and voice controlled 7000 series LCD flat panel.

All in all the day went very well except for a few people who seemed to have stayed out to late the night before and started to doze off during the afternoon sessions. That seems to happen on every cruise we have done. (Ah, the ship nightlife,) It was great to see the enthusiasts chatting with the industry professionals even after the conferences and during dinner and mixers. After all, this is what is all about.

Today we are in St. Thomas for the day. We have a mixer tonight for the guests that Scott is picking up the bill for. (Yeah, it's drinking time!) But then again, some of our guests have come back from shore a little tipsy. It seems that someone servered the rum punch after snorkeling. All in good fun.

We will then have a 9:00PM movie night. Depending on how many show up, it will be 3D or 2D as we only received 12 pairs of glasses. (Bummer) Now the ship also does movies on a MUCH larger screen. But their is nothing like a bunch of home theater enthusiasts getting together for a movie even if it is only a 7 foot screen. Then again we are running 7.1 audio and the cruise ship does not do that. Is just great getting together with a bunch of people with a like interest and enjoying something that we all enjoy our own homes, but together as a group.

I guess one of the things I look forward to on this cruise is getting with others is being able to answer questions that I might build help with. After all I've been there, done that, and work closely enough with the industry that I just might have the right answer from time to time. It's just great to work with all these people. Everyone of them. From the manufacturers to the enthusiasts, to be able at work in this industry in this way is just a joy. So thanks to all for all these years, all this enjoyment, and everything you allowed me to do along the way. This 10th sailing is just special to me, and you're making it that way.

It's the cost of the cruise. So $900 per person on up for this event.

Day two of the conferences started off today with David Salz president of WireWorld. The conference is covering the different types of testing methods that are used and how they work (or don't). We are then moving into actual demonstrations allowing the HTC guets to experience for themselves how the connections, and what is used, makes a difference. Even more so as it relates in this digital world of ours..

Do you know that you can l loose 2% of the data? (2% distortion if you will.) We would not expect 2% distortion in our AVR's or AMP's...so why would we accept it in the cable? I think the answer is that most do not think in that way as they do not publish distortion information on cables like they do amps and AVR's. Out of site, out of mind I guess.

Seeing the data and then "hearing it"...without knowing at first what what were listing to cable vs cable...was quite an ear opener.

DTS is now speaking talking about the evolution of multichannel of audio. They are showing systems from 5.1 to 11.1...but we only have 7.1 on the ship.

They are showing the configurations that are available based on the number of speakers you may have and how different studios mix in different ways. As such, no two rooms may sound the same if you may consider all to be the same except for the placement of the spakers. Are you 90 degrees on the surround or are your surronds behind the seating position on a 5.1 system. It will make a difference based on what studio mixed the movie.