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Usually the simpliest and easiest way to connect a TV to an amplifier is to have a Receiver with and Optical Input. Then TV Optical out into the Receiver Optical Input. If wanting to connect to a straight analog power amplifier with no volume control, you'll need a DAC to convert the TV Optical and a way to control the volume because most TV's output Optical Output with full volume.

That's awesome! We have some Climate 50's in the Showroom. Maybe I should do an unboxing and setup video and demo a song on them. They're impressive little speakers.

That's awesome! You must've gotten in on the first batch. They're selling like hotcakes. Just what you said on how you connected yours and using it shows that there is a lot of flexibility with using this piece.

I'm glad that you liked it. I appreciate you saying so and for watching!

@@connectronix17 You just made me buy this amp, 😄I hope it will handle my Boston Acoustics A360 speakers...

@@G_LUKE_Z Awesome! I’d imagine it would power them just fine. We just had a guy come in and was blown away with it. He’s going home to sell his Yamaha receiver so he can come back and buy an M1!

Hmmm.... That's a good question. I think that the Focal being smaller and having the M Tweeter is likely to be a little more refined and detailed in the mid and upper frequencies. But the Silver 100's are larger overall and have the larger 8" Woofer will have a fuller and overall larger sounding soundstage making it closer to a tower speaker kind of sound. But it may be a detriment to the midrange clarity and detail. We have both the Focal Vestia No1 and the Monitor Audio Silver 100 in the Showroom. You got me thinking that maybe I should do a comparison between the two.

You're absolutely correct that the TV is too high. But not quite 10" too high. We had the previous TV lower and closer to the chair rail, but When we put up the LG 8K TV we just used the same Peerless wall mount location as to not start turning the wall into swiss cheese. So the TV is actually as low as it can go right now with that mount without me drilling new holes in the wall. But I will say that i appreciate your attention to detail because I'm very much the same way. And now that you got me thinking about it, it bothers me again. Thanks bro!

@@connectronix17 I understand the holes in the wall. The first one was the hardest .lol. Thanks for the content.

The room actually sounds really good. We've had so many manufacturers and reps come in over the years and they all comment on how good the room sounds. We just had Mr. Shaw the national sales rep for Focal came into the Showroom in June and he stated that he was impressed with how good the room was sounding as he listened to the Vestia No1's. The microphone that we're using is a Rode mic and is probably decent overall but not great for doing the sound demo recordings. But that's the best mic we have right now.

I totally agree. It's all about the best quality of the source material. It even happens in Home Theater. We did a $65,000 7.2.4 Home Theater for a couple and I demonstrated how awesome the picture and sound is when using a great 4K Blu-ray player and 4K Blu-ray discs. But he didn't want to spend the extra money and buy the movies, so he choose to stream his movies on his Roku box. You can't get out what you don't put in.

​@@connectronix17 lol. A Roku box. I have a 7.4.4 setup (theater/guest bedroom) and a 5.2.4 setup (family room). I've also started with the cheaper Roku and Amazon firestick, but the Apple TV is the best (I have 2 one for each room above). Yep, although I have several streaming services (AppleTV+, Amazon Prime, Disney, Paraount, HBO, etc.) I buy physical 4k discs for my Panasonic 4k player when I want the best sound immersion. 2 channels music was a lot more challenging and I had to spend 3x more than home theater to sound awesome because vocalists and instruments are so much harder to sound real especially with just 2 speakers, whereas home theater with its 5+ speakers and playing just dialogue/explosions are alot easier to hide mediocre speakers/components/source.

@@connectronix17 lol. A Roku box. I have a 7.4.4 setup (theater/guest bedroom) and a 5.2.4 setup (family room). I've also started with the cheaper Roku and Amazon firestick, but the Apple TV is the best (I have 2 one for each room above). Yep, although I have several streaming services (AppleTV+, Amazon Prime, Disney, Paraount, HBO, etc.) I buy physical 4k discs for my Panasonic 4k player when I want the best sound immersion. 2 channels music was a lot more challenging and I had to spend 3x more than home theater to sound awesome because vocalists and instruments are so much harder to sound real especially with just 2 speakers, whereas home theater with its 5+ speakers and playing just dialogue/explosions are alot easier to hide mediocre speakers/components/source.

Okay Okay! HaHa! You got me there! That's a good one and great Dad Joke. That's the kind of humor that's right up my alley!

I'm not sure which ones those are. There is a Focal Aria 906, which are the ones I mention in the video that they got a lot of the technology from. But those have the Flax cones and larger cabinets for a fuller sound and better bass accuracy.

It's a Music Hall Ikura turntable with an Ortofon Blue cartridge. They don't make this one anymore as it was a limited run that Music Hall brought in a special designer for. That's why it doesn't look like the rest of the turntables in the Music Hall line.

I don't know. I'm not a sound recording engineer. We're using a Rode mic as it's the best mic we have right now. Maybe I should talk louder,

Actually it does support Dolby True HD as part of Dolby Atmos. It also supports Dolby Vision, which is a form of Dolby HDR.

@@connectronix17 only when connected to a soundbar or sound system.

@@Singh-pq7tk Oh I guess on its own it doesn’t, but it does support it. Maybe not internally. LG probably thinks that most people that care about Dolby are connecting it to other externally equipment.

Oh for sure. Anything that is a firm solid base that gets the speakers to the proper height and position. Then it's just a matter of how they look. But I can't believe how much some of these manufacturers charge for matching stands sometimes. So if you have to put them on something less expensive that you make yourself until you get different stands, then that's the way to go.

Oh for sure. They're great and especially so depending on what you're feeding them and how you set them up. They can be darn impressive.

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They’re even uglier when you see the ridiculous price tag (here in Australia at least). I’ve been eyeballing the Silver 100 but if MA is going to go all JBL and screw consumers on the price of cheap metal stands they can keep their speakers too.

Yeah, I'm not much of a fan of them either. On the box it said Black, but the largest part of the stand and the part you see the most is silver. I was like, What?! I think they did that to match the silver of the the speaker drivers but I'm not sure. But I was actually thinking that I should spray paint them Black and that they would look a lot better.

I'm surprised at what some of these manufacturers charge for stands sometimes. I get that they need to make money, but come on. I think it's great when a company puts thought time, and effort into designing a "matching" stand for the speakers but the speaker and the stand should be approaching the cost of the smallest floor stander in the line. I think that's why a lot of companies will do bookshelf/standmount speakers but not even offer a stand for them because they figure people can buy something else on there own,

Yep! i really like the Vestia No1. The size and look and then the great sound makes for a great overall package.

Awesome! Glad to hear it.That's what its all about, not just throwing more money at gear but taking time and effort to get things setup and working together as good as possible. Oh, and of course to have fun with it!

interesting hypothesis. the only way to test it is to try out. Have you since done that?

@@mesterferenc2688 The point I was/am trying to make is - is there any good reason to NOT do it. Over the last 100 years the idea must've occurred to many people. Why has it not been taken up by everyone? There must be some problem that appears at some point. Or is it just an aesthetic thing?

Nothing wrong with a bit of experimentation

I hear you with that. You're theory is right, half of it anyway. The "floating" idea makes sense to a point. I've even thought about hanging the speaker from the ceiling from strings. Now there's nothing touching the speaker. But that wouldn't be good either because physics tells us, "That for every action, there is and equal and opposite reaction". So every time the woofer would move out to play a bass note, the rest of the speaker (cabinet and all) would move backwards.so if you want tight, fast, accurate bass, only the woofer driver should move. That's why the heavier the speaker the better. Thicker cabinet walls the better. More stable they stands the better. Now break that down from woofer movement all the way down to the small vibrations. Again only the drivers should be vibration, not the cabinet, the stands or the floor. That's where spikes come in, isolation platforms, and isolation feet. To stop, minimize, or dissipate all form of movement and vibrations other than the drivers themself that are reproducing the sound. Nothing else. It's a shame everyone thought you were joking and never took the time to try to explain it. That's how we all learn about this fun cool stuff!

I don't now what that is. I'm not familiar with that.

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Wow!! Thanks so much! I really appreciate all of the kind words! You Rock! Glad you enjoyed it.

Yikes! You got me there. The tunes got me mixing up my numbers!

Haha! It is serious, but not meant to scare or intimidate you. But I'm glad it worked! Lol

Good one. Maybe I could do comparisons with just one speaker. Not sure how well that would work.

I don't have an opinion since we never bought or sold one, but I have enough of an opinion to think that it's a pretty darn intriguing looking player.

Awesome! Glad you liked it. I thinking we need to do more comparison videos. It just sucks that a lot of my stuff gets copyright restrictions from the music choices. I agree on the Vestia, it's not drastic or night and day difference, but it is like another notch and step up in quality and detail. And let's be honest, they just look way nicer.

I agree definitely ugly stands unlike the speakers. Personally i prefer and own the black monitor audio speakers

I hear that. Other people were saying that in the comments and I mentioned that I was surprised when I got them and the said Black on the box but the main pillar is silver. I've thought about painting the black. Maybe someone will come in and buy them before I get to it. Lol

Yeah, well then good on you because you heard pretty much what I heard sitting there. It's certainly not drastic but an obvious improvement overall. It's like you take the Chora sound and turn it up a notch or two.

I like it and have one similar in my living room, along with a 65" Samsung. I love entertainment centers and think TVs look amazing in them, as they create a custom "flush " look, rather than just hanging it on the wall. Also - you told him to get rid of the unit, but this isn't his house. He's just the installer.

This TV and system was installed because the customer just purchased this new cabinet. The previous cabinet was smaller and dated in a more reddish cherry finish. This own is so much nicer and more elegant and fits the house better.

Absolutely. I agree with you. To each their own. This cabinet is ten times better than the previous cabinet. P.S. Thanks for having my back.

Oh yeah of course! We've installed a lot of the Focal Sib systems over the years. We've had some really great results with that system. Super impressive for the small form factor and the integrated mount design. But as for sound quality, the Vestia would smoke the Sib in pretty much every area. But the biggest difference would be the size and placement of the speakers. The Sib is a lot more flexible and convenient with placement. At least with the Vestia now it has a front facing port so they can be placed closer to a wall that a speaker with the port on the back.

@@connectronix17 thanks a million for your answer.

@@psychoticapex You Bet! 👍🏼

Almost all speakers will sound better and more accurate with less coloration with the tweeter grills (and most grills) removed. They are pretty much there for protection. So I removed them to show them better and a have a better comparison between the two speakers. Most audiophiles will remove all of the grills when doing their critical listening sessions. Gotta squeak out every improvement possible as an audiophile.

Yeah, marketing has changed quite a bit as of late but has always been a huge part of our society. Have a Coke and a Smile and Just Do It! I'm Lovin' it!

Thanks a lot! I'm glad that you think it's awesome because I do too!