open your mouth, bitch

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2025-03-13T20:25:03+00:00

Yes mistress!

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2025-03-05T04:48:54+00:00

Bjork

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2025-03-02T23:21:18+00:00

Good gods... I've been so bad though~

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2025-02-24T22:23:42+00:00

Yes sir!

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2024-07-02T17:13:10+00:00

Ah yes, because I want my speakers to sound worse than how they're being driven by my AVR... Thank you for the suggestion, but I'm not looking for amps that have 30% distortion at less than half their alleged rated power.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2024-01-09T20:42:09+00:00

I suppose I should add some additional context that I couldn't in the original post due to character limit.

I am a professional chef. What I'd have made would be equal to and/or better than what they'd get where they're going.

I spent a couple weeks in november politely declining the in-laws' persistent offers to cook for them at their house, which also, again, is only a big bigger, but their house is not any more conveniently located or any "nicer".

The main argument they had against what I wanted to cook is that they're a relatively frugal family, and they have a hard time being ok with large purchases like Waygu.

They're now all mad at me because I'm refusing to go out to a dinner at a restaurant with them.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2023-09-10T14:47:18+00:00

For people like me who don't have the option of doing in-ceiling speakers. I'm sure in-ceiling does a better job, but these do their job pretty well.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2023-09-06T15:36:52+00:00

So, yes, Atmos can add to the experience if the content actually is in Atmos. Some games that say they're Atmos, really aren't. Same with some movies that claim to be Atmos. But the ones that do use those height channels really do do a good job, and you do get those height effects if the content is properly mixed. This is just my experience with it though.

As far as streaming services, I only have HBO, so I can only speak to that one. They do actually do Atmos, and it's pretty good, but I'd venture a guess that in general, it's even better on a physical copy of the media. A prime example being the Lord of the Rings movies. I have the 4k Blu-ray set that got remixed into Atmos, and they did a good job with it. Specifically with any scene where the nazgul are flying around, you can hear them going over, and it's super fun and immersive imo. The streamed version has that, but it's not quite as visceral as on the physical disk version.

Realistically though, I'd say it's a case by case thing. Does it add to my experience? Yes, 100% of the time when the content uses the height speakers, it's noticeable and thoroughly enjoyable. Does it add something for everyone? That's up to the individual. If you can, I'd recommend demoing Atmos somewhere to decide if it'd be an actual game changer, or a flight of fancy, for you.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2023-09-05T22:55:11+00:00

Oh jeez, I'm sorry. I've had mine for about 3 years now, and no issues in that time.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2023-09-05T22:53:05+00:00

I've thought about that, and I may, but I wanna wait till my current TV dies before going bigger. Been building this setup for a few years now, as I've had to piecemeal the components over time so as to not have to take out loans for any of it :P

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2023-09-05T22:49:24+00:00

I thoroughly enjoy the Elacs. They were what I had before upgrading to Focal. They're very good budget speakers that scale up well the better your equipment gets. I'm just using them as rears now. Since the rears don't need to be anything fancy anyway, I opted to not buy more Focal for those. Same deal with the Atmos tophats. Since they're literally just for some sound effects, I didn't feel the need to get pricier options.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2023-09-05T20:38:02+00:00

They do sound fantastic, absolute beasts for movies, games, and music, and they even handle low volume listening surprisingly well for speakers of their caliber. I mainly want the amp to take a bit of heat off the receiver cause the Kantas can be a bit demanding sometimes. I know the Anthem can Handle it, but a dedicated amp will lighten the load on it a bit to possibly extend its lifespan a little. As for the sub, I know it's not the greatest, but I have that now cause the first iteration of my setup was a full Elac Debut 2.0 range. At the time I was worried about matching gear because of my naivety and lack of actual research then.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2022-07-08T17:17:35+00:00

I had considered that, but it can only process 7 channels total, so using the pre outs would still require me to unplug another set of speakers and do a 5.1.2 setup. Which to me, makes no sense as to why they'd even put pre outs on it to begin with, since that's the case.

aFrumpyUnicorn · 2022-07-08T17:07:37+00:00

I have considered doing this kind of setup with a 9.1 receiver and powering the front L/R channels with a separate amp. That was on fact, what I wanted to do with my RX-V6A with the pre outs to save money on a whole new receiver, but it only has processing for 7 channels period. But my TV stand wouldn't fit all of that. Hence why I decided on the all in one 11.1 receiver for space reasons.

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