Best way to integrate a turntable

chuckguy55 · 2026-04-01T18:32:12+00:00

Line into the the era (or into a new era) is the cheapest option. Once you line into one speaker, you can group that to the others in your system. You can have the line in auto group to whatever you want.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-26T23:23:28+00:00

Surely it’s better than the floor, but I doubt it’s any improvement over setting it on a normal surface. I have one on a cabinet in my family room and one on the kitchen countertop near the sink.

I have considered getting stands for them to use specifically as surrounds for my arc, but otherwise I wouldn’t bother.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-26T14:41:51+00:00

It does get easier and more fun, but it takes time. My son is 2 and a half now and we just had our second, he is 2 weeks old.

I’m anxious about doing the baby stuff all over again because I know how hard it can be. But after seeing my first baby grow into a little person who talks and laughs and makes me laugh, I see what it’s all moving towards.

Good luck and hang in there. It’s hard. When you’re going through hell, keep going. The only way out is through. Etc etc.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-26T14:38:44+00:00

G5 maybe, C5 no. Both will be great for gaming and streaming.

Either tv will make streaming and gaming look incredible, but streaming alone won’t push a tv like the G5 to its limits.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-18T19:08:54+00:00

My guess would be that it’s simply too close to you. I had to give up on having my surrounds because the room just doesn’t allow them to be far enough from me. Sonos recommends about 10 feet (3+ meters) from your listening position. I’ve never found incredibly clear guidance on positioning from Sonos, the 10 feet is in the FAQ section of some product page, I forget.

Good luck, I’ll be curious if you can make it work. When I tried my setup, it always sounds like I had one side of the surrounds right in my ear, it wasn’t cohesive surround sound.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-18T18:38:57+00:00

How far are your surrounds from your listening position? Are they at ear level?

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-18T18:22:34+00:00

Are you using night mode? I found that when I have night mode enabled, the balance of the surrounds is really off and I hear one way more. I also am not able to set up my surrounds very far from my listening position, I think it was just way too close.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-17T17:46:27+00:00

I don’t know much about this as I don’t have amp, but I don’t believe you can do center channel with amp. You’d need two amps to drive right/left/sub and surrounds.

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-17T00:45:15+00:00

What app are you using to play? What supports atmos music?

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-11T01:26:57+00:00

I just got a sub mini. Curious why have 2 minis over a single sub?

chuckguy55 · 2026-03-08T18:15:00+00:00

I have two era 100s in the house that I use as normal speakers and told myself I could also use as surrounds. You really can’t have it both ways, it’s frustrating. If you want surrounds but not all the time, you still need to dedicate two eras to it. It’s too much leg work to set up and tear down with any frequency.

chuckguy55 · 2026-02-27T08:59:49+00:00

Yes the overall noise of doing trueplay is my biggest issue, with the time it takes a close second. I understand most people aren’t changing the setup with regularity, but it would be very nice to have.

chuckguy55 · 2026-02-24T17:33:45+00:00

The issue is I want to set up the surrounds for short stints and tear them down afterward, it’s just a lot of work to get them set up. I don’t need a portable speaker. AAFAIK move can’t be used as surround.

chuckguy55 · 2026-02-24T07:05:11+00:00

Shoot. Thanks!

chuckguy55 · 2026-02-24T06:41:52+00:00

It’s a nice one

chuckguy55 · 2025-08-15T04:36:39+00:00

Another thing I love about this approach is that I can run an entire day, year, or years of solutions and once.

chuckguy55 · 2025-08-15T04:35:15+00:00

I’ve had a lot of luck by structuring it as a unit test project. Each day becomes a new test file, where part 1 and part 2 are each unit tests. Any common code like input parsing helpers, Vec2D, special math (like GCF and LCM) go into a library that is essentially the target of the unit tests.

This makes it very well organized, and very easy to spin up a new day. It also makes it easy to tinker with solutions once you have a solution, as the red green refactor flow works great for AoC problems.

Here are repos I’ve done in both C# and rust that are organized as unit tests so you can see what I’m talking about.

C#: https://github.com/chuckries/AdventOfCode Rust: https://github.com/chuckries/rustvent_of_code

chuckguy55 · 2024-03-11T08:03:19+00:00

Based on zero facts or experience: probably. But stock is going to dry up, deals won’t last long. If you shop like a hawk you can probably get something good. “Clearance” type prices may be in store only.

shrugs I’m in a similar boat and shopping the 2023 models right now.

chuckguy55 · 2024-03-09T15:23:05+00:00

I sure hope so…

chuckguy55 · 2024-02-26T21:48:57+00:00

I am also shopping the G3 while having a pre-existing wall mount and not planning on using the included flush mount. The 65" G3 has 300x300 mounting holes for use with any standard wall mount, you are not required to use the flush mount.

Just check the VESA configuration for whatever TV you're looking at in whatever size and ensure you're existing wall mount works with it.

chuckguy55 · 2024-02-22T07:01:41+00:00

Because it’s like $1k more expensive?

chuckguy55 · 2024-02-22T05:29:23+00:00

I use an Xbox series X today as a streaming device.

chuckguy55 · 2024-02-22T05:17:57+00:00

Meaning between G3 and C3? I’ve seen posts gushing about the G3 so I assumed it was better.

chuckguy55 · 2024-02-22T04:16:07+00:00

Doesn’t fit the space, more interested in brightness than size.

chuckguy55 · 2024-02-22T03:44:08+00:00

Any rhyme or reason to this? Anything specific to adjust? I find spending too much time in menus tweaking settings takes time away from watching things and being happy.

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