@@justinhalen2126 Its not expectations, its praise on how he is currently. How he is currently is satisfying those around so improving would only be a bonus
Linus: "Yvonne, I have good news and good news, first good news we always have staff around. And the seats are the best" Yvonne in total horror: THERE IS A JAKE IN THE BASEMENT 😂
As someone who works in broadcast, that projector looks FREAKING INCREDIBLE for only $5000. My work uses Panasonics that are $30,000 and can't even do HDR. The game is seriously changing.
@@p4skal0 Sony’s new entry laser (the 5000) is ok for the price, (but 6k and no motorized lens adjustment? C’mon!) but the other two laser models have been horribly overpriced for the North American market (the 6000 and 7000). (Europe is much more sane.) Even excusing the price disparities, some aspects are a letdown if you’re a gamer.
@@bvbdrag0n Agreed. Native 4K is a lousy place to spend your bucks in the projector world. I’ve pixel peeped the JVC NZ series, the older NX series, all alongside even the lowly 2 way pixel shifters and at even 5 feet away on a 120 “ screen you’re going to have trouble spotting the difference in motion. Now good native contrast ratio coupled with higher lumen output? That’s where the fun is at!
09:50 Unless you have acoustically transparent screen, you shouldn't put the center speaker behind the screen. And if you have 4K or 8K screen, it's rarely acoustically transparent because the traditional way to make it acoustically transparent was to make if full of small holes. 4K resolution is high enough that any holes in the screen cause problems. Having the center below or above the screen is fine but you should make sure that the second row can *see* the center speaker or they will get much worse dialogue audio. (This works because ears are around the same height in your head as your eyes. If the center speaker is too low and you cannot see it, you cannot either directly hear it and you'll be listening bounced audio only.)
at any reasonable seating distance, the holes don't make any noticeable difference with even a halfway decent screen weave even at 4k. all pro cinema's have speakers behind an AT screen, it's fine
" And if you have 4K or 8K screen, it's rarely acoustically transparent because the traditional way to make it acoustically transparent was to make if full of small holes." For higher resolutions there's a lot of weaved screens that are acoustically transparent and can handle a user sitting much closer than a perforated screen. The tradeoff is gain is usually around 10-15% lower on the weave screen vs a perf. (0.85 vs 1.0)
generally, this room kinda lacks sound treatment. would not mind a bass trap in every corner and just a few very carefully placed absorbers at the secondary reflection points.
What an era to live in, with amazing home theatre and computer technology. And a progressive age where a loving couple like Linus and Jake can live in the same home with Linus’s wife Edit: linus please like my comment
Welcome to Real Talk with Dan and Jaime needs to be a new channel for LMG. Just them testing and installing random stuff in the office, lab, employees' homes with as little enthusiasm as possible
I love how Jake explained passionately why they where going to mount the projector 12 feet and 6 inches from the screen only to immediately throw it out the window
that part bothers me so much cus I thought when he said "which is around" he's gonna tell the distance in cm but nope feet -sincerely, a guy who still don't get imperial units
@@michaeltagor4238 12 inches in a foot. If you grew up with it it makes complete sense. I dont visualize metric well at all. I get how it works but i can pace out about a yard but couldnt tell you how long a meter was without actually measuring it.
I've been hearing that one since I was a kid and it never gets old. And there's the other one: "There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions."
I can relate to the "I made it moment." You worked so hard and now you can enjoy the results of your years of hard work. Well deserved Linus. So amazing home cinema theatre system !
The deadpan "the bar fell out again" reminded me so much of the "the front fell off" bit from Clarke and Dawe. Dan and Jamie just make for perfect foils for Linus' and Jake's enthusiasm.
More real talk with Dan and Jamie - I was super mad that it fell out again. Everything about the assembly and mounting of the screen fought Alex and Dan and I. It looks great now though!
Not really a bad plan when it works, which it seems like it does for linus. The fact it appears they have a really positive and healthy environment as well as relationships with the hires makes a big difference when those hires appear on screen, you can fake being happy admittedly, but it is hard to do it consistently. I have the feeling that linus and Yvonne would do all they can to help their employees.
Do you want maximum audio quality or nice looking speakers? If you want "both", the closest you can get is something like Genelec 8260 or 8361 which doesn't look bad even when it's pointed directly towards the listener. For satellite setup you could use something like Genelec 8330 if you have good subwoofers. The price might get your eyes a bit moist, though.
@@lukebuchwald9252 I think many women actually like the looks of 8000 series Genelecs. The 8260 might be too big but 8330 in white color should be pretty well received in most homes.
Linus, after seeing this 11 months ago i decided to finsh my downstairs and make a home theater in one of the rooms, this is still one of my favorite videos from you
He's already built a secret room with tunnels for himself whilst linus and Yvonne were dealing with lmg things im sure. If he hasn't then it would be a missed opportunity for following up from dennis' super fun video. Actually with the bigger house Dennis could probably pull it off easier now.
To solve your projector light bleed issue when watching various aspect ratio content you'll want to consider swapping to something that supports an anamorphic lens. No light bleed if there's no light transmitted there in the first place! That's when you then use furniture or curtains or whatever to cover the unused portion of the screen.
the Epson supports an anamorphic lens, but i dont think it will automatically, problem is you need to engage or disengage it depending on content, and you aren't getting all that much benefit considering the lens costs 2-3x what the projector does.
I can definitely relate to this feeling like an "I made it" moment. When I got my first surround system this year I felt like I really made it in life. Something I'd wanted since I was a kid.
I know Linus said in WAN he doesn't really like doing this 'easy' content, but honestly as someone who watches every video - this is my favourite stuff. Always love the vlog stuff and wish you guys made more!
Agreed. I don't care about graphic card reviews and all the really technical stuff they can get into on this channel. I watch all the videos for the goofy stuff that can get thrown into the script or editing. This kind of stuff and the Intel Extreme Upgrade stuff I can watch all day long.
I second this. Homes/Architecture and PC/Technology stuff is some of what I really enjoy watching on TH-cam. Linus being able to combine these topics into a series of videos has really been awesome and I love it. I also love his technical PC and technology stuff, but this has been top notch.
Nothing about anything that was on video here seemed to be "easy"... ...sticking in a graphics card into a computer and running benchmarks is extremely "easy" compared to the work that is the content of this video.
14:00 Pro tip for the projector installation in home theater: if your projector has high quality lens shift and your screen doesn't hot spot the projector, position the projector as high as possible relative to the screen and you'll get practically zero shadowing from people moving the room.
Dan: Hopefully these screws are going to be tight enough so this won't fall on Linus's kids. Linus: What? Dan: Nothing Jake: Jesus christ, Dan, that's dark. I couldn't not stop laughing at this 😂
Congrats brother I could hear it in your voice when you said this is a made it feeling. You make great content and I've been watching for years and know you work you ass off. You employ 80 people and as a business owner know how much work it is
15:52 That was the exact concern I had the whole time with mounting stuff on the wall - baby and child proofing. Not dark at all, just pragmatic and realistic.
It wasn't the stating of the concern but brushing it off when Linus asked what. So, the joke was Linus's kids are maybe in danger but Dan didn't wanna tell him.
Subwoofer placement definitely matters. Room modes are a real thing and you can get huge dips in bass in certain seating positions if you are not careful. 2 subwoofers definitely helps even this out but it is still important to place them correctly. Doing a sub crawl will help in this regard and also running room correction software will help as well as long as it has a separate bass management component, ie Dirac Live, Audyssey XT etc.
yeah but at the same time it matters less the more subs you have, and in his case he has them in differnt planes, vertical and horizontal. to, he's running 4 subs, with 6 drivers, depending on how he is running his towers anyway. Obviously wih the room config the subs can only go so many places without being in the way, it'll be fine, especially if he doesn't obsess over seat to seat consistency, long as they get time and phase aligned.
As Dan said the frequencies are so low that their wavelength is so big it'll practically fill the entire room regardless of where they are. What you should however note is the reflection of those waves as the reflected waves can counteract and indeed create "dead space" (look at 2 water drips falling into a pond and how their waves cancel each other out at certain parts). But other than that its not that big a deal (and tbh you gotta be real unlucky for that to happen anyway)
Except for the fact that Audyssey is the worst room correction software in the world and hates subwoofers. Sub placement matters only if it's a ported sub where the port is aimed at you and you've only got reflective surfaces. If I can get away with just putting a balled up pair of socks in my soundbar's ported upright sub and having it sound fine in a very reflective room, Linus will not be running into issues here. The only times I've had to do a sub crawl in the past 10 years was when someone had set up their speakers with Audyssey and I had to correct it for them...
@@KoenvdW88 oh there are worse...arc didn't even work til recently. and no one like yamaha's implementation. Audyssey is fine if you help it with the editor and don't give it complete crap to start with. Bottom line, if you have 2 or more (high quality) subs you're going to be ok, unless you are in a very challenging room. And I doubt the kids or his wife are all that picky anyway.
For a small room with two subs, it'll probably sound fine wherever - but it's worth working on the placement to get consistent bass at most of the seats. Also probably worth floor to ceiling corner bass traps and acoustic panels at first reflection points... The acoustic treatment would be a nice project, maybe they can bring in someone experienced to teach us!
And also a good reason to actually use the speaker grills instead of throwing them away like Jake said. I don't use mine but if I had kids they would be covered
Any speaker or subwoofer with a port that is aimed at a wall will be highly sensitive to its position relative to the wall. The frequency response (using the PC2000 sub as an example) will show a large peak at one frequency and a large null at a related frequency. These frequencies vary depending on the distance of the port from the wall. While the auto-calibration feature of a receiver or processor will attempt to compensate, that compensation will result in large EQ boosts/cuts which affect both phase response and system headroom. With this many speakers in this size room, headroom is not so much of an issue - but you may find that you can get better results with much less correction with speaker placement that takes the port location into account. Looks like a fun project!
Welcome to the beginning. Soon, you'll be putting sound treatments on the walls and ceiling and swapping out just about every part of the sound system. ...and it's going to be fantastic. Shout out to SpareChange and his channel, he's rocking it on the high-end.
Listen. My 5.1 became 7.1 became 7.2 in the period of a couple months, and now I'm looking at upgrading the receiver to handle 9.2 because I really want proper tops. I've tried convincing the wife to let me replace the wood paneling in the theater with carpet. It's dangerous.
@@tpasco1995 What do you want with carpet? Deaden everything from 5kHz and above? And go with 5.1.4 rather than 7.1.2. The 4 height channels make much more sense than back surrounds.
@@tpasco1995 Carpet will only do something above 6-8kHz. If you really want to do something build yourself a ceiling panel filled with 10-15cm insulation like hemp. You need a lot of thickness and quite an area to get reverb down across 250Hz-20kHz, not only the highs.
Congrats on the theater! This was a goal of mine in college. I saved up, didn't buy my first car like most folks (I can't drive for disability reasons) - so instead I built a theater in my bedroom (aka Dad's basement). That was 20 years ago (eek). But I know that moment when you first turn on the projector or get the sound working. I've got an SVS sub from that era and my friend's joked I stole it from a movie theater. I don't get to use it these days as I moved into a small apartment when I moved out of Dad's house and haven't landed in a house of my own yet (thanks housing market disaster). But when I do, I'll definitely be reviving the theater.
Glad to see you raise the back row for the sake of sitting behind tall people without tearing up the existing carpet. I guess that Dan test during the moving videos really spooked you.
Love the home theater stuff. Would love to see a series about different tiers/budgets for home theater, similar to the multiple budgets for gamer set ups.
@@SwolePapi15 the big one that stood out to me was the subwoofer placement. It's crucial to get good bass and proper placement. The more subwoofers the better for equal sound and no peeks or booms. Bass is hard to manage as the sound waves are much longer then everything else above 45hz that's why it's sometimes good to place a sub in a corner of the room with space off the wall and even move it around to see if your getting any dips or nulls
As a Home Theater enthusiasts I have to say this was one of my favorite videos of yours. Seeing you build and then that enjoyment the first time was awesome haha. Reminded me of the first time I watched my Home Theater setup. Hope you and your family and friends enjoy it for many years!
Suggestion: Next time, if there is one, cover the walls with 3/4 inch plywood then drywall. Easy mounting for anything. No need to find studs or use anchors
We just bought a house and I'm going slightly the other way. Cut plywood to be smaller than the TV, but big enough that it spans three studs. Bolt the plywood to the three studs with three screws each, paint it, then bolt the tv to the plywood in exactly the position you want. A little less elegant than plywood behind the drywall, but works great for a quick fix.
That’s how it works when you own the company. Being a multi millionaire he also doesn’t really care, for him it’s just convenient not needing to order something, but just taking it.
@@emergcon you write it off. It just has to appear in the box at some point when it was listed as company inventory. Either you write it as a gift in your books or as a sale, as home office equipment etc. It’s absolutely no problem to use company inventory at home. Also if it’s treated like a long term equipment lease/rent you don’t even have to do that and it just stays company inventory. There are so many ways how you could handle this without breaking any tax (or other corporate) laws, he doesn’t even have to think about it. That’s what he has a team of accountants for.
Watching this video made me realize how my parents have always given me what I´ve wanted, just like you with your kids, I wish I could get some of that love back especially since my dad´s dream is also having a home theater, but I´m just a broke student, I hope one day I can finally make my dad´s dream come true
We used a laser level once during my old job as an assistant IT tech at a school, and we were warned about safety so thoroughly that I'm tensed up watching it left on and everyone wandering about the room facing towards it.
Use zip togglers from Lowe’s for any drywall mounting. They are a little pricey but I use the for screens, TV’s, and many other AV products that are wall mounted.
26:40 Happy for you that we "the community" made this possible, you worked very hard for building LMG with the team. If there is anyone that deserves this amazing gear, it's you! As long you don't quit and spend all your time in there ;)
I'm pretty proud of my home theater experience. While I don't have the resources Linus does, I'm still sporting 85" Bravia XR wit 9.1.2 Atmos Surround and it is fabulous. I do hope one day to get to this level of home theater. Thanks for this video Linus! I love this kind of stuff!
6:50 I have to agree with Jake on the placement of those subs. I think the audio from the towers to the rear seats and just in general will be affected. If those subs fit in the back of the room, which may barely be the case I would do that. Otherwise since those towers have pretty hefty subs built in, adding a ported sub that goes in the bottom portion of the media cabinet would be a better option to keep everything clean and obstruction free.
Tbh those PC2000s would be kinda rad speaker stands with some vibration dampening material on top of them. That MTM design on the towers makes the vertical alignment finicky from the physics standpoint, but at least it somewhat eliminates roof and floor first reflections.
His stealth family room TV setup is damned impressive in its own right. I admit, my big Sony bookshelf speakers from God-only-knows-when are not exactly elegant in the living room, but they do sound really good. A few years ago, I bought my parents this cheap Element TV. They have a pretty big living room with a cathedral ceiling, and the built-in speakers honestly sound quite respectable.
Love the house videos. I've always heard use a white screen if you have a super light controlled room. You get more brightness and therefore more contrast.
The top-end Denon and Marantz receivers have some pretty great upscaling processors in them. You might do a comparison between the Nvidia and the Denon to see which you like better.
@@remain_ lol, yeah, the op definitely needs a comma between Jake and me. I'm pretty sure any quiet time including Jake would be vetoed by the s.o. faster than Linus could drop something...
House content is the best because I learn for a future home. Smart home is my biggest thing but then home networking will be huge. Want to hide all wires away and keep a clean look
Subwoofer Placement: Initially place the subwoofer in your primary seating position, and have it play some bass heavy track. Then wander around the room to find the corner or whatever location with the best bass when you're in that location. Then, by symmetry, put the subwoofer in that optimal position.
Alternatively, just put it where it fits because the damn thing is humongous and there's only so many places it can go... Receivers are smart, let them figure it out.
Yeah that would have been good. That, or additional 2x4. It could be real janky under there, but it'll provide support and then be covered by drywall anyways.
0:00 : yeah that's pretty much how regular people do; though they do it in their living room on a sheet or a white wall. finally something relatable in these videos
Hey Linus, if you need any help with curtains ideas I can help out.. I mean, I know lighting is a thing to shoot the videos but you wouldn't need to blur the outside so often 🤓
23:56 as Jake later said subwoofers need to be turned up. +12 dB is max that receiver is able to push them. Also Top Rear L+R are at -12 so they are at a minimum setting receiver can put them. Also Linus should go borrow Anthem MRX740 from James and compare it to Denon receiver. ARC Room correction is superb (switched from denon to anthem recently).
hey man, watching your dreams come true is motivation to pursue our dreams with more drive! there was definitely a heartfelt moment in there, scarcely found in tech videos ♥
My uncle had a theater room like this when I was a kid, in his previous house I played Call of Duty BO1 Zombies on it and it freaking awesome. This video was really interesting and nostalgic for me.
I felt the same way when I finally bought a house with a home theatre space. I avoided projectors because of the picture quality vs OLED at the time but this one is something I would consider if I ever needed to replace my SONY xbr65a1e. I love the design of those side channel speakers. I have the Klipch version of them and they make not having ceiling speakers work great with Atmos. Also, D-lINK has been a sketchy manufacturer since the 90s. Garbage marketing, quality, and support have made them the lowest on my tier of networking gear just above the spyware gear of we all know who.
I have the Denon 6700h running a 7.2.4 system. The fact that Linus just plans on replacing the 8500h makes me very sad. Also we need more home theater content. I love this stuff
"I don't know why there are receiver for half the price with many more 2.1 ports" Yeah, ehm, maybe bec flagship receivers don't get updated that often?
I love Dan. His sense of humor with his deadpan delivery is just perfect.
That will definitely get stale.
He is my new favorite side character
@@ItsDrMobius just like yo momma
It's almost as dark as his jokes.
6:08
Dan's humor and comedic timing is impeccable. Dude made my cry laughing just by saying "yeah" at the exact perfect millisecond
And then he just... Walks away 😂 I fuckin love this guy
Timestamp?
Nvm found it lol: 18:40
It's really not a good idea to set high expectations for the new guy. Nobody likes that.
@@justinhalen2126 Its not expectations, its praise on how he is currently. How he is currently is satisfying those around so improving would only be a bonus
Seriously. Dan is maybe my favourite addition to the team in a long time. Give this man more screen time.
Jake looks super comfortable sitting in that chair. You can tell, he's never going to leave Linus' house.
Considering how much work Jake put into the house, he better have a room.
Linus: "Yvonne, I have good news and good news, first good news we always have staff around. And the seats are the best"
Yvonne in total horror: THERE IS A JAKE IN THE BASEMENT 😂
Of course not. Why should he leave his husband?
He's basically a feature at this point
@@Serjical1 he runs and barks in his sleep
As someone who works in broadcast, that projector looks FREAKING INCREDIBLE for only $5000. My work uses Panasonics that are $30,000 and can't even do HDR. The game is seriously changing.
It still has no native 4K or 3D. Sonys / JVCs projectors are still better in my opinion.
I mean, say what you want, but Sony has always been a market leader in terms of media quality.
@@p4skal0 there are shift projectors that look like 99% native 4k, you only would see a difference in a test picture
@@p4skal0 Sony’s new entry laser (the 5000) is ok for the price, (but 6k and no motorized lens adjustment? C’mon!) but the other two laser models have been horribly overpriced for the North American market (the 6000 and 7000). (Europe is much more sane.) Even excusing the price disparities, some aspects are a letdown if you’re a gamer.
@@bvbdrag0n Agreed. Native 4K is a lousy place to spend your bucks in the projector world. I’ve pixel peeped the JVC NZ series, the older NX series, all alongside even the lowly 2 way pixel shifters and at even 5 feet away on a 120 “ screen you’re going to have trouble spotting the difference in motion. Now good native contrast ratio coupled with higher lumen output? That’s where the fun is at!
09:50 Unless you have acoustically transparent screen, you shouldn't put the center speaker behind the screen. And if you have 4K or 8K screen, it's rarely acoustically transparent because the traditional way to make it acoustically transparent was to make if full of small holes. 4K resolution is high enough that any holes in the screen cause problems.
Having the center below or above the screen is fine but you should make sure that the second row can *see* the center speaker or they will get much worse dialogue audio. (This works because ears are around the same height in your head as your eyes. If the center speaker is too low and you cannot see it, you cannot either directly hear it and you'll be listening bounced audio only.)
at any reasonable seating distance, the holes don't make any noticeable difference with even a halfway decent screen weave even at 4k. all pro cinema's have speakers behind an AT screen, it's fine
I printed off a picture of my centre speaker to give to people behind me so they could see it but it did not improve the sound at all.
" And if you have 4K or 8K screen, it's rarely acoustically transparent because the traditional way to make it acoustically transparent was to make if full of small holes."
For higher resolutions there's a lot of weaved screens that are acoustically transparent and can handle a user sitting much closer than a perforated screen. The tradeoff is gain is usually around 10-15% lower on the weave screen vs a perf. (0.85 vs 1.0)
One of my dreams is to have enough money to care about where my center speaker lol
generally, this room kinda lacks sound treatment. would not mind a bass trap in every corner and just a few very carefully placed absorbers at the secondary reflection points.
What an era to live in, with amazing home theatre and computer technology. And a progressive age where a loving couple like Linus and Jake can live in the same home with Linus’s wife
Edit: linus please like my comment
**ding ding** I've found the polyphobic!!
Cthulhu will judge you 🦑
@@kanedaku nooo I support them!!!
@@mikemcmike6427 Mate I'm joking!
they're a couple? for real?
@@knightahmos8636 Well... This escalated quickly.
Welcome to Real Talk with Dan and Jaime needs to be a new channel for LMG.
Just them testing and installing random stuff in the office, lab, employees' homes with as little enthusiasm as possible
Sign me up!
I would watch this.
Dan's whole demeanor is like a major ASMR vibe
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Yes!
I love how Jake explained passionately why they where going to mount the projector 12 feet and 6 inches from the screen only to immediately throw it out the window
With how bright this projector is they could mount it 50 feet away and probably not use it at full brightness
that part bothers me so much cus I thought when he said "which is around" he's gonna tell the distance in cm but nope feet -sincerely, a guy who still don't get imperial units
story of his career at LLT
@@michaeltagor4238 here you ft is simple 1inch 12 times is 1 ft so 12ft 6 inches verses 365.76CM
@@michaeltagor4238 12 inches in a foot. If you grew up with it it makes complete sense. I dont visualize metric well at all. I get how it works but i can pace out about a yard but couldnt tell you how long a meter was without actually measuring it.
Dude Dan's such a subtly hilarious guy, I love when you include him in videos.
Dan: "Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer"
Love this guy's energy
Dark. Dark energy. Wouldn't have anything fall on those kids.
i love dan
I really hope he stays with LMG for a long time
Did I miss a Dan quote of the day?
I've been hearing that one since I was a kid and it never gets old. And there's the other one: "There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions."
I love watching Jake give his dad Linus a hard time.
Isn’t it beautiful that when Jake was a baby he suckled from Linus’s teat? Parenting is so beautiful!
Jake is so immature and annoying
I feel like Jake has become the dad in this relationship at this point 😂
Are they in a throuple or is he his dad? The world may never know
i wonder how much Linus pays his son that screws around all the time
I can relate to the "I made it moment." You worked so hard and now you can enjoy the results of your years of hard work. Well deserved Linus. So amazing home cinema theatre system !
The deadpan "the bar fell out again" reminded me so much of the "the front fell off" bit from Clarke and Dawe. Dan and Jamie just make for perfect foils for Linus' and Jake's enthusiasm.
More real talk with Dan and Jamie - I was super mad that it fell out again. Everything about the assembly and mounting of the screen fought Alex and Dan and I. It looks great now though!
I'm starting to think that Linus started this TH-cam channel to form the ultimate group of tech geniuses to build his dream home.
Not really a bad plan when it works, which it seems like it does for linus. The fact it appears they have a really positive and healthy environment as well as relationships with the hires makes a big difference when those hires appear on screen, you can fake being happy admittedly, but it is hard to do it consistently. I have the feeling that linus and Yvonne would do all they can to help their employees.
Linus media group is just a giant bin of tech to take whenever you need. "Need a 3090? no problem, we got hundreds!"
Finally accomplished, just took 10+ years
Haha yup. And he's acquired and groomed all his sponsors to fill it. Not a bad gig at all but he has worked f'n hard to get here.
Once he is done, he can likely sell the house for triple what he paid. Linus has a new business of buying houses and making them tech havens.
I’m super happy to see Linus get his dream house. He’s worked very hard for it and I hope him and the family love it!
Dan's face during the audio demo was priceless.
😶
The face of a man saying "eh, heard a lot better... But it's good for a home theatre"
@@bugbreadbuns literally
That's the most "shut up, I want to listen" kind of face I think I've ever seen.
The only reaction I actually wanted (no shade meant for Jake)
Dan: "point it at his left ear."
Linus: "that's gonna look so stupid though."
Dan: "yeah."
Refuses to elaborate further...leaves xD
Do you want maximum audio quality or nice looking speakers?
If you want "both", the closest you can get is something like Genelec 8260 or 8361 which doesn't look bad even when it's pointed directly towards the listener. For satellite setup you could use something like Genelec 8330 if you have good subwoofers. The price might get your eyes a bit moist, though.
@@MikkoRantalainen I don't think Yvonne would like look or price tag of the Genelecs
@@lukebuchwald9252 I think many women actually like the looks of 8000 series Genelecs. The 8260 might be too big but 8330 in white color should be pretty well received in most homes.
That bit was great, Dan banter is the best.
6:05 something about the way Dan just shuffles over in his socks scolding Linus is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time
Dan interview at LMG:
- What field of tech have you worked on?
-Yes
Linus, after seeing this 11 months ago i decided to finsh my downstairs and make a home theater in one of the rooms, this is still one of my favorite videos from you
Seeing Linus appreciate his dream come true from years and years of hard work was the best part of this video, made my day. Great job team!
Jake will have such an amazing home when he moves in with Linus
But he will need to live in the basement 😂
hes already got a secret room somewhere I bet
@@danielmansfeld7747 looking at that basement, I wouldnt complain lol
He's already built a secret room with tunnels for himself whilst linus and Yvonne were dealing with lmg things im sure. If he hasn't then it would be a missed opportunity for following up from dennis' super fun video. Actually with the bigger house Dennis could probably pull it off easier now.
To solve your projector light bleed issue when watching various aspect ratio content you'll want to consider swapping to something that supports an anamorphic lens. No light bleed if there's no light transmitted there in the first place! That's when you then use furniture or curtains or whatever to cover the unused portion of the screen.
the Epson supports an anamorphic lens, but i dont think it will automatically, problem is you need to engage or disengage it depending on content, and you aren't getting all that much benefit considering the lens costs 2-3x what the projector does.
How about motorized black velvet curtains/blockers with selectable aspect ratio? Another project!
I can definitely relate to this feeling like an "I made it" moment. When I got my first surround system this year I felt like I really made it in life. Something I'd wanted since I was a kid.
That's how I felt when I got my cool K2 skates with the white wheels. It's what 11 year old me wanted me than anything.
Well, that and love.
That happened to me when I got my first laptop when I was 17. I had wanted one my whole life and I finally saved enough money to get it.
Same here. Mine was a billiards room. :D
This but I bought a GPU and new big monitor with furry money.
I know Linus said in WAN he doesn't really like doing this 'easy' content, but honestly as someone who watches every video - this is my favourite stuff. Always love the vlog stuff and wish you guys made more!
100% agree with you
Agreed. I don't care about graphic card reviews and all the really technical stuff they can get into on this channel. I watch all the videos for the goofy stuff that can get thrown into the script or editing.
This kind of stuff and the Intel Extreme Upgrade stuff I can watch all day long.
I second this. Homes/Architecture and PC/Technology stuff is some of what I really enjoy watching on TH-cam. Linus being able to combine these topics into a series of videos has really been awesome and I love it. I also love his technical PC and technology stuff, but this has been top notch.
Same!!!!
Nothing about anything that was on video here seemed to be "easy"...
...sticking in a graphics card into a computer and running benchmarks is extremely "easy" compared to the work that is the content of this video.
14:00 Pro tip for the projector installation in home theater: if your projector has high quality lens shift and your screen doesn't hot spot the projector, position the projector as high as possible relative to the screen and you'll get practically zero shadowing from people moving the room.
Dan: Hopefully these screws are going to be tight enough so this won't fall on Linus's kids.
Linus: What?
Dan: Nothing
Jake: Jesus christ, Dan, that's dark.
I couldn't not stop laughing at this 😂
yeah i had a bit of a coughing fit at that one
too perfect.
This is why Dan is a great addition as well as his technical skills and knowledge, such as audio in this video.
That was so funny. However to be fair linus kids biggest threat is linus dropping things.
I absolutely lost it.
I could watch you guys for hours. The house content has been very entertaining so far!
Congrats brother I could hear it in your voice when you said this is a made it feeling. You make great content and I've been watching for years and know you work you ass off. You employ 80 people and as a business owner know how much work it is
15:52 That was the exact concern I had the whole time with mounting stuff on the wall - baby and child proofing. Not dark at all, just pragmatic and realistic.
true but Dan's delivery had me fall off my chair.
It wasn't the stating of the concern but brushing it off when Linus asked what. So, the joke was Linus's kids are maybe in danger but Dan didn't wanna tell him.
So that is why he did not use the [almost whole] wall itself as a screen?
We need to see more of Dan he's such a chill dude
Subwoofer placement definitely matters. Room modes are a real thing and you can get huge dips in bass in certain seating positions if you are not careful. 2 subwoofers definitely helps even this out but it is still important to place them correctly. Doing a sub crawl will help in this regard and also running room correction software will help as well as long as it has a separate bass management component, ie Dirac Live, Audyssey XT etc.
yeah but at the same time it matters less the more subs you have, and in his case he has them in differnt planes, vertical and horizontal. to, he's running 4 subs, with 6 drivers, depending on how he is running his towers anyway. Obviously wih the room config the subs can only go so many places without being in the way, it'll be fine, especially if he doesn't obsess over seat to seat consistency, long as they get time and phase aligned.
As Dan said the frequencies are so low that their wavelength is so big it'll practically fill the entire room regardless of where they are. What you should however note is the reflection of those waves as the reflected waves can counteract and indeed create "dead space" (look at 2 water drips falling into a pond and how their waves cancel each other out at certain parts). But other than that its not that big a deal (and tbh you gotta be real unlucky for that to happen anyway)
Except for the fact that Audyssey is the worst room correction software in the world and hates subwoofers. Sub placement matters only if it's a ported sub where the port is aimed at you and you've only got reflective surfaces. If I can get away with just putting a balled up pair of socks in my soundbar's ported upright sub and having it sound fine in a very reflective room, Linus will not be running into issues here. The only times I've had to do a sub crawl in the past 10 years was when someone had set up their speakers with Audyssey and I had to correct it for them...
@@KoenvdW88 oh there are worse...arc didn't even work til recently. and no one like yamaha's implementation. Audyssey is fine if you help it with the editor and don't give it complete crap to start with. Bottom line, if you have 2 or more (high quality) subs you're going to be ok, unless you are in a very challenging room. And I doubt the kids or his wife are all that picky anyway.
For a small room with two subs, it'll probably sound fine wherever - but it's worth working on the placement to get consistent bass at most of the seats.
Also probably worth floor to ceiling corner bass traps and acoustic panels at first reflection points... The acoustic treatment would be a nice project, maybe they can bring in someone experienced to teach us!
"Thats gonna look so stupid"
"Yeah."
And then just walks off. I love Dan.
"child sees it and immediately starts poking at it"
More evidence Jake is not the third wheel but more like their fourth child
As someone mentioned in the comments of another new house video, Jake probably has a bed in one of the cupboards.
He's the new Luke. Lives in the basement
I am pretty sure, jake is not real, he is just linus's another personality
And also a good reason to actually use the speaker grills instead of throwing them away like Jake said. I don't use mine but if I had kids they would be covered
Any speaker or subwoofer with a port that is aimed at a wall will be highly sensitive to its position relative to the wall. The frequency response (using the PC2000 sub as an example) will show a large peak at one frequency and a large null at a related frequency. These frequencies vary depending on the distance of the port from the wall. While the auto-calibration feature of a receiver or processor will attempt to compensate, that compensation will result in large EQ boosts/cuts which affect both phase response and system headroom. With this many speakers in this size room, headroom is not so much of an issue - but you may find that you can get better results with much less correction with speaker placement that takes the port location into account. Looks like a fun project!
We need more "Real Talk" segments. The two of them together is fantastic.
Welcome to the beginning. Soon, you'll be putting sound treatments on the walls and ceiling and swapping out just about every part of the sound system.
...and it's going to be fantastic.
Shout out to SpareChange and his channel, he's rocking it on the high-end.
Listen. My 5.1 became 7.1 became 7.2 in the period of a couple months, and now I'm looking at upgrading the receiver to handle 9.2 because I really want proper tops.
I've tried convincing the wife to let me replace the wood paneling in the theater with carpet.
It's dangerous.
@@tpasco1995 What do you want with carpet? Deaden everything from 5kHz and above? And go with 5.1.4 rather than 7.1.2. The 4 height channels make much more sense than back surrounds.
@@florichi Mostly trying to cut down on reverb. And I already have twin subs, for clarity. 7.2 at present.
@@tpasco1995 Carpet will only do something above 6-8kHz. If you really want to do something build yourself a ceiling panel filled with 10-15cm insulation like hemp. You need a lot of thickness and quite an area to get reverb down across 250Hz-20kHz, not only the highs.
Upgradeitis!
Congrats on the theater! This was a goal of mine in college. I saved up, didn't buy my first car like most folks (I can't drive for disability reasons) - so instead I built a theater in my bedroom (aka Dad's basement). That was 20 years ago (eek). But I know that moment when you first turn on the projector or get the sound working.
I've got an SVS sub from that era and my friend's joked I stole it from a movie theater.
I don't get to use it these days as I moved into a small apartment when I moved out of Dad's house and haven't landed in a house of my own yet (thanks housing market disaster). But when I do, I'll definitely be reviving the theater.
Dan saving the day at 2:01 without saying a word
Glad to see you raise the back row for the sake of sitting behind tall people without tearing up the existing carpet. I guess that Dan test during the moving videos really spooked you.
Your profile picture shows me you have no common sense
@Don't Read My Profile Photo how bout no
Linus got the best job in the world man.
Love the home theater stuff. Would love to see a series about different tiers/budgets for home theater, similar to the multiple budgets for gamer set ups.
Indeed. The purist, the big spender, the budget minded, the movie watcher-gamer.
This sounds great
When they can't even give proper information in their video for home theater they probably shouldn't be doing it telling people the wrong things
@@ajstruhar2048 what did they get wrong? I know nothing about home theaters so I am genuinely asking
@@SwolePapi15 the big one that stood out to me was the subwoofer placement. It's crucial to get good bass and proper placement. The more subwoofers the better for equal sound and no peeks or booms. Bass is hard to manage as the sound waves are much longer then everything else above 45hz that's why it's sometimes good to place a sub in a corner of the room with space off the wall and even move it around to see if your getting any dips or nulls
Loving all the home theatre videos
They do be cool
Based
@Don't Read My Profile Photo okay I won’t
can u do emerald kaizo run with only caterpie?
I wish we could have helped him out with this project lol
25:58 - Linus smile, just the face of a true nerd looking at his home cinema think ! THIS, THIS IS HEAVEN ! I love it
This linus guy really knows tech, he should start a tech company
You're not gonna believe this...
Maybe he should call it Linus Computer Hints
@@louisp8561 i would recommend linus media inc.
Call it something like Linus Technology Techniques or something.
Linus Computer Company
I love that Jake says, 'I dont think "we" are ever gonna use this'
As a Home Theater enthusiasts I have to say this was one of my favorite videos of yours. Seeing you build and then that enjoyment the first time was awesome haha. Reminded me of the first time I watched my Home Theater setup. Hope you and your family and friends enjoy it for many years!
Suggestion: Next time, if there is one, cover the walls with 3/4 inch plywood then drywall. Easy mounting for anything. No need to find studs or use anchors
It's a great idea.
True that! It's getting more common over in my country, just because it makes it so much easier to work with.
We just bought a house and I'm going slightly the other way. Cut plywood to be smaller than the TV, but big enough that it spans three studs. Bolt the plywood to the three studs with three screws each, paint it, then bolt the tv to the plywood in exactly the position you want. A little less elegant than plywood behind the drywall, but works great for a quick fix.
that could make the wall to rigid and cause to much echo in the room.
@@MrHakisak this is the wildest comment I’ve ever read
Linus: gets mad a Dennis for stealing a USB splitter from the office
Also Linus: casually Stealing 3080 ti's from the office.
That’s how it works when you own the company.
Being a multi millionaire he also doesn’t really care, for him it’s just convenient not needing to order something, but just taking it.
@@rolux4853 But taxes. Company Stuff isnt private stuff etc...
@@emergcon you write it off.
It just has to appear in the box at some point when it was listed as company inventory.
Either you write it as a gift in your books or as a sale, as home office equipment etc.
It’s absolutely no problem to use company inventory at home.
Also if it’s treated like a long term equipment lease/rent you don’t even have to do that and it just stays company inventory.
There are so many ways how you could handle this without breaking any tax (or other corporate) laws, he doesn’t even have to think about it.
That’s what he has a team of accountants for.
privilege with rank
he is the office
I love the mounting of the side speakers, 3 wall anchors. Each of those wall anchors can hold 50-75 lbs or 22-35kg, complete overkill!
If I had a dollar for every time Linus said "TECHNICALLY we could...in the future. But we don't NEED to...", I could buy his house.
Guys he finally made it
Watching this video made me realize how my parents have always given me what I´ve wanted, just like you with your kids, I wish I could get some of that love back especially since my dad´s dream is also having a home theater, but I´m just a broke student, I hope one day I can finally make my dad´s dream come true
⁶
Currently setting up my own movie room with a w1070+ projector the one you reviewed years ago, it’s still great!
@Don't Read My Profile Photo k
We used a laser level once during my old job as an assistant IT tech at a school, and we were warned about safety so thoroughly that I'm tensed up watching it left on and everyone wandering about the room facing towards it.
Use zip togglers from Lowe’s for any drywall mounting. They are a little pricey but I use the for screens, TV’s, and many other AV products that are wall mounted.
18:41 Dan is a great addition to the videos 🤣 he'll give you the correct information and the correct opinion 🤣
After watching Linus all of these years I can honestly say, he has earned those dad jokes.
I waited months for this video to happen. The home theater is what interest me the most about your new house.
Man i love watching these, the interactions with the crew is fun. Seeing Daddy Linus rangle everyone around is refreshing. Love that Theatre Room!
26:40 Happy for you that we "the community" made this possible, you worked very hard for building LMG with the team.
If there is anyone that deserves this amazing gear, it's you! As long you don't quit and spend all your time in there ;)
Jamie and Dan are so casual about how they go about in the video, while Linus babysits Jake and his childish behavior hilarious content
I wonder how long until Dan finally thinks "what have I gotten myself into?" in regards to working at LMG. 😂
That was probably about five minutes into his first day there.
He packed up their clothes and pretty sure he said exactly that.
*Measure twice, cut once.*
Tim the Toolman Taylor: *Never measure, cut yourself.*
Linus the Techman Sebastian: *Sounds good!*
Dan is by far my favorite new LMG employee.
I'm so happy about Jake and Linus moving together in that new house
Jake calling Linus just "tips" made me so happy for some reason 3:40
I'm pretty proud of my home theater experience. While I don't have the resources Linus does, I'm still sporting 85" Bravia XR wit 9.1.2 Atmos Surround and it is fabulous. I do hope one day to get to this level of home theater. Thanks for this video Linus! I love this kind of stuff!
That is nothing at all to sneeze at.
The enthusiasm of the guys who had to do the screen mounting, is absolutely overwhelming.
This new group LTT has on camera for this series is the best, makes content like this so much funnier.
6:50 I have to agree with Jake on the placement of those subs. I think the audio from the towers to the rear seats and just in general will be affected. If those subs fit in the back of the room, which may barely be the case I would do that.
Otherwise since those towers have pretty hefty subs built in, adding a ported sub that goes in the bottom portion of the media cabinet would be a better option to keep everything clean and obstruction free.
Tbh those PC2000s would be kinda rad speaker stands with some vibration dampening material on top of them. That MTM design on the towers makes the vertical alignment finicky from the physics standpoint, but at least it somewhat eliminates roof and floor first reflections.
Doesn't SVS recommend a foot or two of clearance for the Ultra Towers? Lots of things in this setup seem off.
20:56 Dan with the risk assessment skills you love to see it, is there anything he can't do?
"Jesus Christ Dan that's dark!"
I nearly peed myself laughing at that.
I love how Jake talks about Dan and Jamie like he's not also one of the assistants.
His stealth family room TV setup is damned impressive in its own right. I admit, my big Sony bookshelf speakers from God-only-knows-when are not exactly elegant in the living room, but they do sound really good.
A few years ago, I bought my parents this cheap Element TV. They have a pretty big living room with a cathedral ceiling, and the built-in speakers honestly sound quite respectable.
I have been looking forward to this for a while man, so happy to see it all start to come together. 👏🏼
I can imagine a couple years from now Linus finding that receiver somewhere during the next round of Intel Extreme Upgrade
🤣
I love the casual friendly jokey relationship between all the staff at LTT, it's a great thing to see!
Love the house videos. I've always heard use a white screen if you have a super light controlled room. You get more brightness and therefore more contrast.
ya the grey screens are usually ambient light rejecting
The top-end Denon and Marantz receivers have some pretty great upscaling processors in them. You might do a comparison between the Nvidia and the Denon to see which you like better.
I was thinking the same thing, dismissing the Denon up scaling might not be the right choice.
@@stevengoetz6773 Agreed. And I also might not be so quick to praise the upscaler in the Nvidia unit. It may or may not be that great.
I have to be honest, the house videos are by far my favourite.
"Jesus Christ Dan, that's dark" lmfao Dan has the perfect deadpan delivery
Indeed.
I think thats what makes him so damn hilarious; extremely dry wit, and a complete deadpan delivery.
It wasn't funny at all though
@@The_Keeper plus very knowledgeable about a number of key subjects. I can see him doing some cross over with the labs potentially.
@@ThreepwoodFan You'll have more friends if you don't take everything literally
"jake, me and my wife would like some quiet time tonight...."
jake: alright ill use the headphones
no jake go home
jake: I AM HOME. I MADE YOU.
Yvonne: Hi, this is my husband Linus, and his husband Jake.
I read this as “Jake, (and) me, and my wife would like some quiet time tonight…”
@@remain_ lol, yeah, the op definitely needs a comma between Jake and me. I'm pretty sure any quiet time including Jake would be vetoed by the s.o. faster than Linus could drop something...
@@herranton you asked for it. and you got it!!!!
House content is the best because I learn for a future home. Smart home is my biggest thing but then home networking will be huge. Want to hide all wires away and keep a clean look
Subwoofer Placement: Initially place the subwoofer in your primary seating position, and have it play some bass heavy track. Then wander around the room to find the corner or whatever location with the best bass when you're in that location. Then, by symmetry, put the subwoofer in that optimal position.
Yup, optimal subwoofer placement via subwoofer crawl technique.
Yes that is def the best method, and multiple subs with various crossovers as well for even lower bass. ULF subs behind chairs are dope to have
Alternatively, just put it where it fits because the damn thing is humongous and there's only so many places it can go... Receivers are smart, let them figure it out.
@@sntslilhlpr6601 Doesn’t hurt to try it first before deciding. Might work both aesthetically and acoustically, at least it did for me.
@@Tunnelsnakes Yeah but if you want to be that anal you should design the room size and shape which nobody is going to do in a prebuilt house.
When you don't have drywall on yet, you put plywood from stud to stud in areas where you will have heavy things mounted on the wall.
Yeah that would have been good. That, or additional 2x4. It could be real janky under there, but it'll provide support and then be covered by drywall anyways.
0:00 : yeah that's pretty much how regular people do; though they do it in their living room on a sheet or a white wall. finally something relatable in these videos
Hey Linus, if you need any help with curtains ideas I can help out.. I mean, I know lighting is a thing to shoot the videos but you wouldn't need to blur the outside so often 🤓
As soon as the whole internet knows where his house is, he can just show it again.
Bots am I right
@@kars6670 beep boop beep
23:56 as Jake later said subwoofers need to be turned up. +12 dB is max that receiver is able to push them. Also Top Rear L+R are at -12 so they are at a minimum setting receiver can put them.
Also Linus should go borrow Anthem MRX740 from James and compare it to Denon receiver. ARC Room correction is superb (switched from denon to anthem recently).
hey man, watching your dreams come true is motivation to pursue our dreams with more drive! there was definitely a heartfelt moment in there, scarcely found in tech videos ♥
16:02 Dan, about to geek out over components, and being immediately cut off is a mood.
During the demo everyone’s smiling and excited and Dans just sitting back there like yep what else is new lol
My uncle had a theater room like this when I was a kid, in his previous house I played Call of Duty BO1 Zombies on it and it freaking awesome. This video was really interesting and nostalgic for me.
i would love an hour long version of this on floatplane. the home series has become my favourite in recent memory :) congrats on making it linus :D
Dan and Jamie are awesome. Definitely my favourite people that have appeared on LTT so far.
Making videos of your own house renovations that pays for themselves. Genius!
New drinking game: every time we hear "yeah, this is really not ideal" followed by them doing the not ideal thing, we do a shot.
clearly you're trying to get people killed from alcohol poisoning. :P
I felt the same way when I finally bought a house with a home theatre space. I avoided projectors because of the picture quality vs OLED at the time but this one is something I would consider if I ever needed to replace my SONY xbr65a1e.
I love the design of those side channel speakers. I have the Klipch version of them and they make not having ceiling speakers work great with Atmos.
Also, D-lINK has been a sketchy manufacturer since the 90s. Garbage marketing, quality, and support have made them the lowest on my tier of networking gear just above the spyware gear of we all know who.
This is genuinely one of my favorite series on TH-cam at the moment.
I have the Denon 6700h running a 7.2.4 system. The fact that Linus just plans on replacing the 8500h makes me very sad.
Also we need more home theater content. I love this stuff
Using any external amps?
Well, he stil thinks that he will replace it with matrix switcher )))
"I don't know why there are receiver for half the price with many more 2.1 ports" Yeah, ehm, maybe bec flagship receivers don't get updated that often?
@@florichi especially considering that most of the higher end processors are still hdmi 2.0 ))))
@@naglayaloshad because noone needs 2.1 except gamers. And gamers aren't the target group of 10k$ processors.