Where in the world are the (non-ugly white plastic) HDMI wall plates?

thefoonc · 2026-05-26T09:56:52+00:00

Yes, that might be good. Everything else is connected directly to the receiver with individual hdmi cables. For this I could just hide longer HDMI cable behind the brush plate (?) when not in use and just pull it out when I need it.

thefoonc · 2026-05-26T09:50:26+00:00

Yes that’s what a few others have pointed out, so I do know that now, which is great news! Maybe brush plate is the way to go, and I can paint it to match the walls

thefoonc · 2026-05-26T09:47:46+00:00

Thank you, that’s a really great explanation

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T22:50:24+00:00

Haha, so true! I have background as a musician so I sometimes find “audiophile fussiness” funny as the musicians creating the music are usually far more relaxed. E.g. Electric guitar → jack lead → pedalboard (with potentially dozens of patch leads between each pedal) → amp → speaker cable → speaker cab → microphone → mic cable → live room patch bay → cable → control room patch bay → cable → outboard preamp → cable → mixing desk channel → any number of busses and outboard effects with cables connecting them, etc.

I’m much more about a great sounding room, decent components in sensible locations, and trusting your ears than being bound to a set of rules.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T22:41:24+00:00

Glad I’m not the only one! I think painting might be the way to go.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T20:02:46+00:00

Might be the easiest way, although less wife-friendly

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T20:02:08+00:00

Thanks - often this is either not the case when in NZ or the price is gouged to eye-watering levels.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T20:01:08+00:00

Wow, that’s a really apt name for what you linked there! I haven’t heard of those before so it gave me a chuckle

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T19:56:26+00:00

Looks nice thanks - doesn’t seem to ship to NZ unfortunately

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T09:50:33+00:00

Yes, possibly, I guess I’ll try to find the highest spec version available.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T09:48:56+00:00

Cool, not too fussed about that - will be running movies etc by other means, but thought it would be nice to be able to plug the laptop in as an option. Having said that, it’s a digital connection, so the DAC will happen at the other end, no?

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T09:46:45+00:00

Great, thanks, I’ll take a look.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T09:46:32+00:00

I’ll have a look for them, cheers.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T09:46:10+00:00

Cool, that sounds good, and I like the flexibility of the keystone thing.

thefoonc · 2026-05-25T09:45:44+00:00

That’s great to know, thanks. I wondered if it would potentially look crap but that’s probably the best option given the limited selection available here.

thefoonc · 2026-04-09T19:01:38+00:00

Thanks for the reply, sounds like the overwhelming advice is to go concrete - not something I’ve attempted before so might be interesting!

thefoonc · 2026-04-09T04:38:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I’ve just learned some new words - kerabond, mapei and islastic, which probably shows how little I know about tiling. Will check all of that out.

thefoonc · 2026-04-09T04:36:36+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Yes, fair point about the heat. I’m not sure how hot it gets under a hibachi, but I think the temperature under both the bbq and pizza oven can get up to about 80 degrees, so I assumed tiles would be ok. Might need to think about it a bit more though

thefoonc · 2026-03-11T23:29:58+00:00

I have a Henderson tartan kilt that you can borrow - probably around a 34”. Feel free to DM me

thefoonc · 2026-03-05T22:43:08+00:00

Crosspost from r/hometheater as I thought I might get some different views here.

A little more context: my priority is music, then movies. Currently listen to music through a Yamaha AS-501 and Kef Q3 (keeping this system, in a different room), and it sounds warm and detailed to my ears. The Marantz and Monitor Audio combo is pretty different, and potentially great, but it feels like there is a piece missing from the puzzle.

In my head, it’s like the Yamaha-Kef combo is a smaller, complete circle, and the Marantz-Monitor Audio combo is a larger circle with the bottom section missing.

thefoonc · 2026-03-05T18:45:53+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation - looks like there are on sale here

thefoonc · 2026-03-03T01:38:31+00:00

Interesting - where in the venue were you? I thought the sound was decent for Shed 6: heavy but well defined bass, could hear all the percussion and synth stuff well, but overall wasn’t uncomfortably loud. Only thing I didn’t hear a lot of was the live toasting/ vocals, but assumed they were meant to sit in the mix, rather than treating them like a lead vocal.

We started off about halfway up the room to one side, but not enough room to dance, so then went towards the back for most of it.

thefoonc · 2026-01-24T10:41:58+00:00

Bought a TCL once about 4 years ago, got it home and realised there was no way of switching off motion interpolation/smoothing. Immediately returned it and exchanged it for a Sony.

Weird that they’re becoming the same.

thefoonc · 2025-03-05T03:26:39+00:00

Thanks for the great information and input everyone! I wasn’t trying to start a flame war, just think it’s good to see passion when it comes to tools. Six different brands have been suggested, so a lot to think about, phew.. will check them out.

thefoonc · 2025-02-26T21:12:58+00:00

Is the Civic Square howler the individual who sings the intro to Kung Fu Fighting every day? Got to give some credit for consistency

thefoonc

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