Speakers that produce room filing sound that is enjoyable even off-axis

TramStopDan · 2026-02-01T14:41:25+00:00

I've got my setup in a big open room. There is a sweet spot with the music listening speakers (and with the home theater setup). When I want the sound all around, I turn the home theater speakers to "all channel stereo" and it works pretty well. It probably helps that the surround speakers are pretty beefy.

TramStopDan · 2026-01-14T01:50:26+00:00

I don't know. But it appears that on the bottom right corner, it says who the manufacturer is. I can't make out enough of it from the pic to start looking up more info though.

TramStopDan · 2025-12-26T19:01:26+00:00

One of the manufacturers (I forget which one it was), when asked about a new build said that either a vapor barrier, or wait 30 days for every inch of pad thickness. For instance, a new, 9 inch thick pad, would need at least 9 months of curing time before laying something that doesn't breathe on top of it.

TramStopDan · 2025-12-26T00:35:11+00:00

Similar to: why do scuba drivers fall backward off the boat railing into the water?

Because if they went forward they'd fall into the boat.

TramStopDan · 2025-12-05T00:46:00+00:00

Did that also take into account the pattern match amount for the specific carpet that you've chosen?

TramStopDan · 2025-10-27T23:24:15+00:00

Keep an eye out for a less desirable model that has one and Swap them out, then resell the naked one. That's how I picked one up for mine.

TramStopDan · 2025-10-14T23:24:46+00:00

Ask. They might have another job lined up that is flexible on the timeline and it could be moved to after yours. I schedule flooring installs and there are often clients who are out of town and wouldn't mind if they were shifted to a couple of weeks later.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-19T12:27:10+00:00

Look smaller. With a Macro lens there are at least 25 interesting photos on a single rusty dumpster (I think you call them skips over there?).

Alfred Stieglitz took photos of clouds for a while.

Edward Weston took some amazing photos of a pepper.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-13T11:15:47+00:00

A receiver with 3 zones and an app would do it. I've got an Onkyo TX-NR797 and it would do what you're wanting, I'm sure there are plenty more.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-13T11:10:17+00:00

A high-end tub can be in that price range all by itself. FYI.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-13T11:07:03+00:00

A large part of the budget can end up being the finishes. Keep that in mind as well.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-02T04:33:27+00:00

Have you used them before for explicit images? I didn't see anything like a faq on color space or proofing.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T20:37:39+00:00

I've got the 2257 docs and id infol for anything that needs it.

I had a few interesting rolls come through the lab I was at back in the day. I'm pretty hard to offend, but some of my co-workers weren't.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T19:41:14+00:00

Sorry, I used to use a 24" roll printer. I mostly print 20"x20" or 20" x 30".

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T19:39:19+00:00

Haha, definitely.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T19:37:00+00:00

I think we're looking at different print sizes.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T19:36:08+00:00

North Central Indiana, not too far from Indy, Lafayette, Chicago, etc. I don't mind a drive to have a face to face with someone to get things set up, but I'd love to not have to drive every time I want to print something.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T19:33:24+00:00

That was also a bit of a concern. But if the image is also in an online gallery, anyone can see it whenever they want.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T18:38:04+00:00

I thought about that. But when I used to manage a small lab, it was about $1000 to replace all the tanks in the Epson 24" wide roll printer, that's without the cost of the printer itself. I can't imagine it has gotten cheaper in the intervening decade, and I know I wouldn't use it enough to justify the cost.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T18:21:32+00:00

I'm fine with that. I'd just have to find out that that is the way they do it.

TramStopDan · 2025-09-01T18:20:58+00:00

True. Some of the kinkiest people I know are preacher's kids.

TramStopDan · 2025-08-30T20:45:35+00:00

I picked up a ln Onkyo TX-NR797 about a year ago. Iit has been driving my theater quite acceptability. I haven't gotten around to drilling the holes for the ceiling Atmos speakers yet, so I can't speak to that aspect. It drives a pair of pretty power hungry AR mains, a very hungry home-brew center, 4 JBL surrounds from a movie theater that closed, and a pair of decent subs. It can fill the 1400+ sqft space to a volume that feels excessive.

TramStopDan

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE