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Update: Behind the screen that Kasa switch now controls the Left right AND Infinity Sub Crown amps as well as the swan M500 and I put the MiniDSP for the Center/Sub switch on it as that unit after 200 hours or so needs to be reset or it doesn't output so now it gets refreshed whenever.
hey Zeos make one more of these to talk about the DACs and how its all done. And pls include cost of these in comparison to something like JBL SDP 55 or 75.
A really good projector to review which is a mid tier 4k is the optoma uhd38 , its amazing ,personally im also going through a theatre setup myself currently , would love to know what your thoughts are on cieling speakers , im running a standard surround sound ,centre stage left right centre two rears and the ceiling speakers with directional tweeters for my side channels , effectively a 5.2.1 set up, im still dubious on the ceiling speakers being used as my side channels , i might flip it and add side channels and then use the cieling speakers for atmos only
Thanks for the tip on curtains on the ceiling going to try in my home theater. I have a 30’ x40’ metal shop with the back half for my theater. It has white exposed insulation in the ceiling…so. Completed work great, did buy a grommet kit to put down both sides and attached to steel girders with the magnets.
Dude yes! Love it man. I'm Still waiting to buy a house with a basement. But your videos are existing! Very much like your channel. I have learnt stuff I didn't know, iv gotten good ideas, and great Referrals from your channel. Also Chewbacca is awesome!
Hi Zeos, there is a fairly simple way to do a 'studio-grade hifi' + 'home cinema': combine an audio interface, e.g. MOTU 8A, with 5-7 studio monitors, e.g. Tannoy Gold 7, Fluent, or Adam, and 1-2 subs. Other interfaces work as well but MOTU has a web interface that makes control simple for everybody.
I would put massive wheels on those chairs, and small (low) wheels for the couch, but nice to see how the box will work, nice to see you got some tools
What brand of audiophile cinder blocks do you recommend? I guess they make the sound more 'solid', the holes in the cinder blocks improve the 'airiness' and elevating the speakers obviously elevates the complete 'sound stage'. Good audiophile stuff needs to cost at least 1000 USD, so really wonder about the price of those cinder blocks.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having the digital signal make it to each speaker with it's own DAC and amp, instead of doing a standard Dolby atmos system?
You may already know this but just in case you didn't. I heard you mention your mortgage towards the end of this video. Did you know if you pay half your monthly Mortgage every 2 weeks instead of all of it once a month you will pay it off around 3 years early and save a bit of interest? Doesn't sound like much but basically it makes it to where you pay 1 extra payment per year. Edit: 3 years early* not months. Sorry I was tired earlier. Also great setup!
Yes, but it depends on whether your bank will let you pay it that way. I tried to set up a bi-monthly payment like that and my bank wouldn't do it. I can pay extra, of course, but they wanted an entire payment once per month.
@@redstang5150 You could always just take 1 payment and divide it by 12 and pay that much extra every month if you could. It would have the same effect. Like say your house payment is $1,200 for the sake of easy math. Just add $100 per month in that situation and you would pay it off 3 years early. Also there are pay off mortgage early calculators online that you can play with that allow you to put your interest rate in and cost of home and how many years it is. Then you can put in numbers like $50 extra per month for instance and it will tell you how early you would pay it off if you pay that much extra per payment and tells you how much interest you should save.
@@GhostAcez Yep, but then you start getting into whether it's worthwhile to put extra towards your mortgage, which is tax deductible and probably around 3% interest if you've financed any time in the last several years, making it not too hard to invest it and earn more - OR put that extra towards your retirement IRA/401k. Interest rates being so low make it less desirable to pay extra on a mortgage.
Cheap king-size sheets at walmart, best blackout wall / ceiling coverage for the $. Have black carpet from bottom of screen to front chair row, keeps light from bouncing back to screen- light colored floor kills contrast ratio / black levels.
FYI zeos I got a smart switch and connected it to a 100mA,12v psu connected to a mono 3.5mm plug for triggering my XPA2 on/off as required and I gotta say... it works exactly how it should.
This man has put together the oddest array of speakers of this home theater I’ve ever seen, I think I like it tho. Gotta love those heresys, but I think you would benefit greatly from a bigger sub or two bigger subs. Cool videos btw
I don't know if it was supposed to be sarcastic but running a power cable exactly parallel to the signal shouldn't do anything, cause the way EMF is generated around a wire means any voltage gets induced across the cross section of the wire, not along it's length. The capacitive coupling with average size insulated wires would only be a bit of a concern with a weak signal and very long wire
If youtube twitch and all self streaming died, Z would still be doing everything on this channel, that's what makes the content so damn good, he loves it and it really comes through in his videos, my wife enjoys watching with me and she uses $5 Walmart earbuds
For the volume of space you need to fill, you seem to be lacking a lot in the subwooferage department. I'm thinking you need at least 2 Rythmik FV25HPs to start, if not 4. Everything else is insane of course.
Hey z love the videos, great stuff. I made a mistake and get and ax amp and can't return it. Is there a way to hook it up to an av reciever for my home thearter.
Can someone tell me the order and titles of zeos’ minidsp/home theatre videos? I want to watch them in order but can’t figure out which ones are relevant. Thanks
So if I understand correctly, your subwoofer is only getting the center channel? Is there any disadvantage to that compared to sending it the actual LFE track?
I would but I know it would be a world of compromises. Hide the speakers, That isn't a brand I've heard of, why isn't this all automated, this sounds off please come and fix it. Then it IS the challenge that makes it fun.
So how can I get this same effect with headphones? WAF + NAF (neighbours) would see me burned as a Witch if I attempted anything like what you've done there #quadrophonic_vinyl.#pinkfloyd #ambisonics #etc.
You should look into one of the Logitech smart remotes with the harmony hub. I have one and it can control anything with IR or Bluetooth , it evin has a preset for flirc. I use it to turn on my projector, receiver, and xbox. It can probably be programed to control the swans so they can be just put into standby or have the volume maxed out after kasa switch powers them on. Plus it can be controlled with Alexa.
Question for anyone. I’m currently running jbl 580’s left and right and the tiny jbl 520c for center. I’d like to upgrade to dual 530’s for a center similar to his swans but I can’t do an acoustically transparent screen. Would I lay them down under the screen like my current setup or could I run them on the sides of my screen aside my 580’s and create a center image. Not sure how it would sound or would it cause some conflict with the left and right speakers.
@@ZReviews Nice! the servo one. I know guys are gonna say you need like 4 of them for that space but with placement its probably plenty right? Still haven't heard a servo sub yet, probably a good thing for my bank account.
@@ZReviews thank you kind sir. I love the way you put it all together. Even tho you aren’t using some crazy expensive gear I bet it sounds amazing, not saying you need crazy expensive gear really at all personally I expected you to have more expensive gear was surprised to see what you got which I’m not down talking at all just sayin. Love the sub and the klipsch of course. Looking crispy
When I saw your video, I wonder, how much money have you spent on this whole issue? I hope you have a good security system because where I see you have quite expensive things, take care of them because there must be millions.
You should replace your front left and right speakers to the Swans, I'm sure it'll sound way better. Why let them suffer? Have pity on them and make it quick. 🤣
Isn't 1080p at that size like 480 pixel density? Just go 4k get a Nvidia shield go upscale and enjoy actual good quality. True 4k projectors have come down in price. 1080p was like 2009.
@@ZReviews That's to bad about no openings on the bottom of your Crown amp, cause that would have been a quick fix. Thanks for your reply 😃 let me know what you find out about the amp . Thank you Z.
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Dude, your video's are incredibly helpful. The non-generic approach is refreshing and realistic.
Update: Behind the screen that Kasa switch now controls the Left right AND Infinity Sub Crown amps as well as the swan M500 and I put the MiniDSP for the Center/Sub switch on it as that unit after 200 hours or so needs to be reset or it doesn't output so now it gets refreshed whenever.
you should vanta black all that shit lmao just have the screen extruding from a "black hole"
hey Zeos make one more of these to talk about the DACs and how its all done. And pls include cost of these in comparison to something like JBL SDP 55 or 75.
A really good projector to review which is a mid tier 4k is the optoma uhd38 , its amazing ,personally im also going through a theatre setup myself currently , would love to know what your thoughts are on cieling speakers , im running a standard surround sound ,centre stage left right centre two rears and the ceiling speakers with directional tweeters for my side channels , effectively a 5.2.1 set up, im still dubious on the ceiling speakers being used as my side channels , i might flip it and add side channels and then use the cieling speakers for atmos only
Please do an updated tour of your home theatre please?
Are we getting an upgrade soon?
Still enjoying my M500. My neighbors aren't. Thanks to you, Zeos. I may have hearing loss by end of year.
Thanks for the tip on curtains on the ceiling going to try in my home theater. I have a 30’ x40’ metal shop with the back half for my theater. It has white exposed insulation in the ceiling…so. Completed work great, did buy a grommet kit to put down both sides and attached to steel girders with the magnets.
Dude yes! Love it man. I'm Still waiting to buy a house with a basement. But your videos are existing! Very much like your channel. I have learnt stuff I didn't know, iv gotten good ideas, and great Referrals from your channel. Also Chewbacca is awesome!
Thats deinately a evil scientist's base and i would love to be in it.
L🤭L
Hi Zeos, there is a fairly simple way to do a 'studio-grade hifi' + 'home cinema': combine an audio interface, e.g. MOTU 8A, with 5-7 studio monitors, e.g. Tannoy Gold 7, Fluent, or Adam, and 1-2 subs.
Other interfaces work as well but MOTU has a web interface that makes control simple for everybody.
That would work, Still relying on the Motu's dacs but that is OK.
@@ZReviews MOTU 8A uses sabre DACs that measure similarly to RME ADI-2 DAC FS (on all 8 ports)
These normies don't know about Dredd. It's a God damn masterstroke. Just go watch it!
In 3D.... after a spliffffff. FANTASTIC..
WOW, That’s outside the box 📦 of normal Home 🏠 Theater 🎭. Nice setup for the insane. Keep up the good work.
I would put massive wheels on those chairs, and small (low) wheels for the couch, but nice to see how the box will work, nice to see you got some tools
What brand of audiophile cinder blocks do you recommend? I guess they make the sound more 'solid', the holes in the cinder blocks improve the 'airiness' and elevating the speakers obviously elevates the complete 'sound stage'. Good audiophile stuff needs to cost at least 1000 USD, so really wonder about the price of those cinder blocks.
for soooooooooooooooooooooo much random shit in one room, that Danny Devito picture really stands out hahah!
I hope you have enough smoke detectors in your basement... the audio cave must be protected :)
Zees home theater is hideous, but my gosh do I want to have a listen! Great job good sir. Soooooo coool!
One of the coolest home cinemas I have seen
Good engineering mind on designing super simple economical perfect solutions, e.g. spring rope nylon tie to hold it up
Love the MiniDSP app with the 8 channels
I love the fabric ceiling and the track lights, reminds me of a circus tent.
Dredd truly has the best fucking sound design of every movie I have ever heard. Excellent choice to test you setup.
This is just a mad science project. But, in the coolest kind of way !!!
you need hospital curtain rails in your basement so you can move curtains wherever you want
Not sure why the blacks flash blue constantly. GoPro8 Dying? Weird IR blocking thing reacting to the projector brightness it seems.
You could paint your surroundings with "Musou Black". That's crazy black. No more light bouncing... 0%
It's the gopro switching to a higher ISO to compenstate for the darkness
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having the digital signal make it to each speaker with it's own DAC and amp, instead of doing a standard Dolby atmos system?
You may already know this but just in case you didn't. I heard you mention your mortgage towards the end of this video. Did you know if you pay half your monthly Mortgage every 2 weeks instead of all of it once a month you will pay it off around 3 years early and save a bit of interest? Doesn't sound like much but basically it makes it to where you pay 1 extra payment per year.
Edit: 3 years early* not months. Sorry I was tired earlier. Also great setup!
Yes, but it depends on whether your bank will let you pay it that way. I tried to set up a bi-monthly payment like that and my bank wouldn't do it. I can pay extra, of course, but they wanted an entire payment once per month.
@@redstang5150 You could always just take 1 payment and divide it by 12 and pay that much extra every month if you could. It would have the same effect. Like say your house payment is $1,200 for the sake of easy math. Just add $100 per month in that situation and you would pay it off 3 years early. Also there are pay off mortgage early calculators online that you can play with that allow you to put your interest rate in and cost of home and how many years it is. Then you can put in numbers like $50 extra per month for instance and it will tell you how early you would pay it off if you pay that much extra per payment and tells you how much interest you should save.
@@GhostAcez Yep, but then you start getting into whether it's worthwhile to put extra towards your mortgage, which is tax deductible and probably around 3% interest if you've financed any time in the last several years, making it not too hard to invest it and earn more - OR put that extra towards your retirement IRA/401k. Interest rates being so low make it less desirable to pay extra on a mortgage.
Cheap king-size sheets at walmart, best blackout wall / ceiling coverage for the $. Have black carpet from bottom of screen to front chair row, keeps light from bouncing back to screen- light colored floor kills contrast ratio / black levels.
I’m dreaming of an out building built just for a golden trapogon theater. Wish you’d do more surround sound geared videos.
FYI zeos I got a smart switch and connected it to a 100mA,12v psu connected to a mono 3.5mm plug for triggering my XPA2 on/off as required and I gotta say... it works exactly how it should.
You got a house now, where is the high end Martin Logan setup you said you'd get after reviewing the ESL X? :)
Damn the internet and it's good memory
This man has put together the oddest array of speakers of this home theater I’ve ever seen, I think I like it tho. Gotta love those heresys, but I think you would benefit greatly from a bigger sub or two bigger subs. Cool videos btw
How are your kasa switches not burning up? Isn't that a lot of amperage going through them?
Come on zeos do it, make it a full swans system build! And sound demo on these!
I don't know if it was supposed to be sarcastic but running a power cable exactly parallel to the signal shouldn't do anything, cause the way EMF is generated around a wire means any voltage gets induced across the cross section of the wire, not along it's length. The capacitive coupling with average size insulated wires would only be a bit of a concern with a weak signal and very long wire
Don't mind me, I'm just here for the wallpaper
"And this person dies and this person doesn't know wtf is going on" lmao
Mine's a pretty normal 5.1 but for a center channel I have two JBL studio 520c's stacked on top of each other
If youtube twitch and all self streaming died, Z would still be doing everything on this channel, that's what makes the content so damn good, he loves it and it really comes through in his videos, my wife enjoys watching with me and she uses $5 Walmart earbuds
I need to fix your wife.
But wait, how would he afford doing this?
@@bjmarchives probably couldn't but that's besides the point, he'd work to fund the audio obsession like we all do
David get your wife a pair of ksc75's >:p
After watching this I'm not sure if I would let you hook up my home theater system :)
It will guaranteed work.. so long as I am there.
Cool space and nice home theater! 😍
I’m confused, and kinda scared.
Great
dude, wallpapers are lit!
Next project outdoor theater
Ive thought of that. I have the land.
Whats that white material you put on the ceiling? I need some of that.
why no YT Notification!?! anyhoo [...] schweet! setup - greets from the UK :-)
For the volume of space you need to fill, you seem to be lacking a lot in the subwooferage department. I'm thinking you need at least 2 Rythmik FV25HPs to start, if not 4. Everything else is insane of course.
In the sweet spot.. It's pretty solid. Im seeing if the G25 may do a thing.
@@ZReviews Another great choice. G25 will definitely do a thing :)
Fucking mad man. Also, quite inspirational.
Hey z love the videos, great stuff. I made a mistake and get and ax amp and can't return it. Is there a way to hook it up to an av reciever for my home thearter.
This is epic squared! 💪🏾
Looks sweet, Z!
Will you ever be selling the Rythmik in a yard sale? I've checked on their website and they don't ship over to the UK.
Can someone tell me the order and titles of zeos’ minidsp/home theatre videos? I want to watch them in order but can’t figure out which ones are relevant. Thanks
DDRC-88D should bring up the first video
If I ever get a second chance at life Im doing the Zeos arc
Is that DREDD? Oh hell it is.
Do you have a pit in this place like silence of the lambs? It and you have that vibe.
So if I understand correctly, your subwoofer is only getting the center channel? Is there any disadvantage to that compared to sending it the actual LFE track?
What? The .1 Rythmic is getting the .1 track. I just had to split it off the single COAX that was carrying (CENTER + .1) along it.
@@ZReviews Ah OK. From the description in the video it sounded like only center was coming up and getting split to both. Thanks for clarifying.
13:32 is that a blue tube top ?
Excellent review there Z, thanks
You are building heaven.
2:50 better make something of wood boards, not concrete crumbles all over the living room :)
Very good zeos, you should do this for a leaving… design and installation of home theatres for rich customers
I would but I know it would be a world of compromises. Hide the speakers, That isn't a brand I've heard of, why isn't this all automated, this sounds off please come and fix it. Then it IS the challenge that makes it fun.
@@ZReviews I'd walk at hide the speakers
more like home theatres for poor bastards
So how can I get this same effect with headphones? WAF + NAF (neighbours) would see me burned as a Witch if I attempted anything like what you've done there #quadrophonic_vinyl.#pinkfloyd #ambisonics #etc.
Where do I buy tickets for the next movie ?
You should look into one of the Logitech smart remotes with the harmony hub. I have one and it can control anything with IR or Bluetooth , it evin has a preset for flirc. I use it to turn on my projector, receiver, and xbox. It can probably be programed to control the swans so they can be just put into standby or have the volume maxed out after kasa switch powers them on. Plus it can be controlled with Alexa.
I was going to recommend the Harmony remotes as well, but I can't understand how he's controlling the volumes without a receiver/pre-amp.
@@jcto6013 I think the amps have remotes.
how you control the master volume?
Jtr would have some amazing subs that would suit your needs, Depending on your needs of course:
Question for anyone. I’m currently running jbl 580’s left and right and the tiny jbl 520c for center. I’d like to upgrade to dual 530’s for a center similar to his swans but I can’t do an acoustically transparent screen. Would I lay them down under the screen like my current setup or could I run them on the sides of my screen aside my 580’s and create a center image. Not sure how it would sound or would it cause some conflict with the left and right speakers.
... Mentally Starts very unhealthy 10 point plan to become Zeos's best friend
I hope you stream when you go to do the sound correction.
I did it yesterday off stream. I needed a distraction and plus you can't talk while its going.
Cinder blocks? There will be no hospital then, I'll tell the children.
Love, Love, Love !!
No notification but I’m still here within minutes of being posted, TH-cam is odd.
Same here. I was just wandering around the channel and this comes up.
YT is a PIA. thanks for finding it
Why still 1080p though?
What chairs are those?
Tuscany XL in Brown from us.valenciatheaterseating.com/?sca_ref=757786.cuzF1xJ5HS
@@ZReviews thank you. :)
which program you use for movie playback?
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
You should set up solar to offset some of your energy usage
I’m moving in Zeos.
Love it! What .1 sub are you gonna use?would love them to send projectors for you to review.
Rythmik FVX15
@@ZReviews Nice! the servo one. I know guys are gonna say you need like 4 of them for that space but with placement its probably plenty right? Still haven't heard a servo sub yet, probably a good thing for my bank account.
This is lovely. Lovely insane.
how big is your basement dude jesus heckin christ
You want some movie with that soundtrack?
This is the opposite of soundbars
What kind of speakers are you using?
Klipsch Heresy, Swan M500 M300 M200-Mk2 / Rythmik .1 Sub, Infinity Subs.
@@ZReviews thank you kind sir. I love the way you put it all together. Even tho you aren’t using some crazy expensive gear I bet it sounds amazing, not saying you need crazy expensive gear really at all personally I expected you to have more expensive gear was surprised to see what you got which I’m not down talking at all just sayin. Love the sub and the klipsch of course. Looking crispy
Are the center channel a pair in mono?
yes
ahhaha i did the same curtains, it works good
leading off with Dredd was a mistake... should have been Quigley down under
I want to like this post BUT I cannot.
@@ZReviews another hot take… space balls > Star Wars (all of em)
WERE IS THE JACUZZI ?
Dang dude!
Heaven on Earth
You should get the 1 million dollar lg 100 inch TV 😂. Imagine if they sent it to you
It would be 50" smaller than what I got.
@@ZReviews oh wow didn't realise it was that massive
Put the .1 sub behind the raised heads of guests…
Not what the sub-Crawl told me.
사에카노는 못참지
Mrs. Z. "Honey, wtf are you doing now?"
Z. "Making a tent fort for my home theater. Don't judge me."
What happened to the little micca's?
The Covo-s are still in my bathroom in the old apartment.
@@ZReviews cool, how about The mb42xs? Or as they say; your ex surrounds
When I saw your video, I wonder, how much money have you spent on this whole issue? I hope you have a good security system because where I see you have quite expensive things, take care of them because there must be millions.
Its not millions, not even close.. also good luck getting the swans off the ceiling if you come to rob me.
@@ZReviews i can take those Swans off the ceiling in a blink of an eye. NO JOKE BRO.
Sound demo this.
You should replace your front left and right speakers to the Swans, I'm sure it'll sound way better.
Why let them suffer? Have pity on them and make it quick. 🤣
I am not selling you my Heresy's!
@@ZReviews 😄
Crown amps .... Running what ?
And are the crowns able to produce 3 Dimensional sonics while watching movies ?
Am planning to buy one ....
I love my crowns. They deliver clean power despite their internal DSP's
But yoko littner best girl right
Flanominessly
Isn't 1080p at that size like 480 pixel density? Just go 4k get a Nvidia shield go upscale and enjoy actual good quality. True 4k projectors have come down in price. 1080p was like 2009.
Honestly you sit there and it is hard to justify it. at 17' away and cropping to 1920x816 it still looks phenomenal.
audiophile plastic tables. i don't think so
I do
That Crown amp should be on a hard flat surface , not foam padding or carpet , it can't breathe ! That is an amazing system !
Crowns have no openings top or bottom, front and back is how the air moves.
@@ZReviews That's to bad about no openings on the bottom of your Crown amp, cause that would have been a quick fix. Thanks for your reply 😃 let me know what you find out about the amp . Thank you Z.