Inside Look at My NEW 11.4.6 Home Theater - It's finally FINISHED and it's AMAZING!

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I tour my new 10 seat 11.4.6 ATMOS home theater and provide a short demo at the end. It has an enormous 165 inch 16:9 screen. It's taken me 4 months to complete but I have planned this theater for 2 years prior to completion. The room is completely treated with acoustic panels using a combination of absorption and diffusion. I have put so much thought into this room but the results speak for themselves. There is a short demo at the end of the video for all you demo lovers. The room dimensions are about 21' L x 21' W x 9' - 10' H.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
5:51 Screen
9:30 Projector
10:19 Thoughts on madVR
14:58 Speakers
17:44 11.4.6?
20:21 Acoustic panels
24:39 Carpet
25:35 Racks
31:09 Control4 remotes
33:09 Sound quality and value
34:28 Spatial audio and ATMOS music
36:05 Demo

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@chadkirk925 28 күн бұрын

I like how you actually bring up the fact that budget is a real concept. People online act like having a realistic budget is a mortal sin and you should be putting every dime you make into your home theater.

@Upscaled_Reviews 28 күн бұрын

Like many of us, I live in the real world where financial limitations exist. We still spent a ton but for many I should have a spent way more on the projector, processor, madvr, Kaleidescape, etc.

@m4nc1n1 6 ай бұрын

Emotiva and Monoprice have 16ch. RMC-1 and the Monolith HTP-1. I run almost the same as you 7.1.4 (7.3.4) and I love it. Been doing HT for 30 years. Gear is Marantz 7705, 8077, and 7055 with Klipsch RP 8000f, 504c, and four 5000f as bed layer.

@SuperExige 4 ай бұрын

This is probably one of the most honest, real and down to earth reviews of a room I’ve seen on KZfaq, and I’ve been watching these for years. The way you have gone about putting your dream room together on a budget is commendable. We can all go with our hearts, but you disconnected from that and made a lot of informed decisions to get to where you wanted. Hats off to you. There’s so much to like about this video and your delivery, and your room. Fantastic, well done and congratulations. 👏🏼👏🏼 Hope you have many many years of enjoyment from it. 👊🏼

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! The theater is even better now with the improvements we did earlier this year. Hoping to have a video on it later this year.

@alex42884 8 сағат бұрын

Amazing theater. Great job! A tip if I may...Black velvet around the front wall and a few feet out on the sidewalls and ceilings, or better yet the entire ceiling....totally worth the effort! It creates a black hole.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 сағат бұрын

There is a newer tour. The entire theater is black now.

@hatoraidcowboy 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful room man. Congrats on your dream Home Theater.

@jonathan8600 6 ай бұрын

Very clean and professional thanks for sharing!

@Scarphace 3 ай бұрын

The amps are dirty, man needs to give them a clean. The rest is tidy though.

@Xstream718 6 ай бұрын

Nice home theater. However, you would have less light reflection on the ceiling and walls if they were painted in black.

@mkmkmk845 Ай бұрын

I always had an air conditioning unit in my server room helps with keeping them cool and extending life of electronics. Amps generate a lot of heat while running a 3 hr movie show at high volumes.

@justchilling4491 6 ай бұрын

Enjoy you’ve obviously worked hard for what you have

@ajbriones 5 ай бұрын

Congrats on completing the theater! Re: your comment on MadVR Envy, I played with it on the software side and eventually went with a Lumagen Radiance Pro because I think it’s much better, and a third of the price. I would suggest for you the 4240 (route your inputs through your AVR and the LRP sits between that and your projector). It’s not just in the price point you mentioned, but IMHO it has better tonemapping and it’s made with an FPGA core and components that belong in a theater. It also will get you instant aspect ratio detection and switching if you ever want to move to a scope screen and does amazing upscaling. Most people haven’t heard of them because they don’t advertise, but it’s the single best piece of kit in my theater (and I say this having a Kaleidescape system). Great job!

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the recommendation. I have heard of lumagen before but was a little concerned about how effective it could be. I’ll definitely look into it though.

@StealthBlazer 6 ай бұрын

Definitive technology fan I like. My whole 7.3.4 is all DT, but my subs.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

I have 3 total def tech home theaters in my house. Great speakers.

@stephenphillips1660 6 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the new theater. You did an amazing job on the design and implementation of it. I built a new house 3 years ago with a dedicated theater room. I didn't put nearly enough thought into the design and I regret that. How often do you have 10 people in your theater? I only have 4 seats and I can count on one hand the number of times I have had 4 people watching anything other than demos. Sadly, most often I am watching it by myself. But I do enjoy it!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

So far, I had a max of 9 people (only once) so I haven’t even filled the seats yet. 99% of the time it’s just me.

@audireddevil 5 ай бұрын

gotta say i love the theater and wow what a great video. You did an excellent job at editing, filming and doing different sections. i noticed the same thing about my theater with 6 seats, usually it's just me@@Upscaled_Reviews

@mgtowminstrel9143 3 ай бұрын

I love the size of the screen. I love the fact that the seats are central so that the surround speakers are some way behind. So many home cinemas have the sofa against the far wall so surround speakers can only be to the sides at the same level. Confession: My home cinema has that fault because the room is too small! Hate seeing the plugs visible. Get a nice long unit to go under the screen. I give your cinema 9.999999999999 out of ten! fantastic. Lucky you having a supportive wife of your home cinema hobby. I live alone, thank God and love having people coming over to watch something. I have a 100 inch screen with a Viewsonic X-10 projector. Blacks are more dark grey but it is only intrusively noticeable when I watch something like 2001, A Space Odyssey. I'm happy. Not as happy as I bet you are though!

@fieldsniper88 6 ай бұрын

i don't wanna spend to much but then shows us his decked out house 🙃🙂

@rickardh6021 6 ай бұрын

very nice but one detail bothers my eye but is easily fixed, I'm allergic to cables :) fix the cables under the center, put it in a cable channel or at least attach them and change the color to the same as the wall

@jungle574 Ай бұрын

beautiful....dreaming same dream have my cinema room one day,,,

@nonametofame 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on the great new setup. You were wise to invest in the extensive room treatment. Especially for such a large, well designed listening space. The equipment may be bang for the buck level, but the room is aces!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

It really did provide subjective and objective improvements to the room. I just followed and did what the experts would.

@AA-ws3vd 6 ай бұрын

Great points on MADVR for the 99% of us. Congrats on the new setup!!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

It’s pretty cool tech but I can’t justify it at the current cost. Thank you!

@tooraj2raj198 3 ай бұрын

Change the colour of your walls to FLAT black paint and see the difference of colours & contrast, it’s like day & night 👍

@paulmardis1512 6 ай бұрын

Nice Job, amazing theater. The only thing I would've added was to paint the front wall black. I noticed even with a screen painting the front wall back took away any light reflections as to it looked like the front wall disappeared and you only see the movie with no background behind it. Something to think about for the future. I also see you have a Zidoo Z1000. How do you like it? I originally had a Zappiti Neo, then ordered a Zidoo Z2600. Once I received it and got it all setup to my liking it died. The unit did not last a week from when I received it. I sent it back and now waiting on my replacement unit. Good Luck PM

@chrishamilton5960 6 ай бұрын

What a superb job! I also added GIK acoustics treatment and clarity of dialogue is absolutely fantastic. It passes the Tenet test without the need to boost the center Channel. 👍👍

@BullyOG 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Yes more videos! I want all the details on your build!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Will do!

@deegates6506 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic! It was truly a pleasure seeing how it all turned out. So much detail went into the planning and the execution was spot on. Well done. Thanks for the detailed description of the components used and the reasons you chose not to go with the other mentioned choices. A home theater is a choice and not what someone else wants it to be. Too many actual movie theaters could use a makeover and they are designed by professionals. It's all a matter of personal preference. I'm working on designing mine to fit my requirements and the space and budget that I can work within. Thanks for sharing your build.

@dat868 2 ай бұрын

Excellent home theater. Def Tech speakers can give you theater like sound at a much lower cost than those specialty speakers costing thousands of dollars each. I listened through headphones and it does sound like the director intended with deep, but clean and well defined bass.

@MaZEEZaM Ай бұрын

Awesome system. Thanks for sharing.

@outofline9999 6 ай бұрын

I love the new room, you did a fantastic job. I agree with so much with a lot of your decisions. I also much prefer a 16:9 for the same reasons. I also have a wall of side surround which I love. I've been following your journey, I'm glad you made your dream theater!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@wa2368 6 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_ReviewsMovies, games aside, do you listen to any music in this rig?

@bearclaw5115 5 ай бұрын

Well thought out theater, thank you for sharing it with us. One thing you could get that would really boost the performance of the theater would be a Panasonic UB9000 blu ray player. It has dynamic tone mapping which is really awesome for projectors that lack it. And it will do even more amazing things for your audio. And if I may be permitted to be critical, I'd say your receiver is not up to the level everything else you've done here. Sony 7000ES, Marantz 8015, Denon 6800h and others will do amazing things in your room. Really sweet set up though, enjoy!

@askmatt7283 6 ай бұрын

Congratulations! Really well done. Your passion for this project really shows. Love the way you did the demo with the subs and spl meter. Keep up the good work. Subscribed 🍺

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@neilhansen3025 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic theater! Thanks for sharing! I love how you stuck to your budget. Enjoy the experience!

@David25522 6 ай бұрын

You did an excellent job on designing your home theater. Great job!!! Thank you for making this video as well.

@CarlosGomez-THX_1138 6 ай бұрын

Excellent theater.

@HiFinest343 5 ай бұрын

This is excellent congrats. Totally agree on your projector segment. Incremental improvements for doubling/tripling budget makes no sense to me. Those funds can be spend on more appreciable differences like more subs, better subs, etc. Home Theater tends to have an elitist following where anything less than the flagship products is seen as compromise. Look at this amazing theater tho! My gosh, proof that an amazing experience can be had without an NZ9 and MadVR. The guy who deals for MadVR is working on tearing down his theater and is spending $500k just on the equipment. At what point are we satisfied enough to just watch a damn movie and enjoy what we have?? Your space is awesome, be proud of it and enjoy. Well done on the decor and treatments too - nice job all around!

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I can understand his spending since it’s most likely a write off for his business. I built the theater to enjoy movies. I have accepted that it won’t be perfect and I just can’t obsess about every little detail. Everyone that experiences it thinks it’s amazing and I couldn’t be happier with the result. My projector looks great. That Harry Potter scene they keep using as propaganda is torture test. 99% of content looks great.

@CALLE92JOHANSSON 3 ай бұрын

I bought my first projector at 16, 15 years ago. This video hits so hard.

@enigmascv 6 ай бұрын

Well done! Beautiful

@vortekkz_mixes 5 ай бұрын

Looks like a nice Build. Great work, also that you invest time to get an Acoustic Solution (wich sadly most people dont do). Maybe just spend some more on the Ceiling i think there is some room for improvement acoustically. Also easy to do with some DIY Abosrber. And some ideas : wouldnt probably go for floorstanders, instead using something like a B&W CT7.3 or Procella Audio P6 MK2 (Wall Mounting Speakers) to match the Height of the screen and i would go for bigger Subs. They realy seem to need to work hard in that Top Gun Scene. Maybe four big DIY Cabinets (100x60cm or s at the ground on the front & back) an set them up via miniDSP as Array Solution (single bass array SBA)... but of course there are many ways to go :-) overall of course an awesome job

@cliffordcooper7318 5 ай бұрын

You have a beautiful theater. Mine isn't as large as yours. It's 15x20 with 7.2.4 Atmos system and 120 inch screen. The comment you made about the color of walls would make a huge difference in your room. I was on the fence about doing it to my theater. After doing it. I couldn't believe the difference it made. The walls are dark flat gray, and the ceiling is flat black. I covered the front wall with black velvet (For light absorption). You will not believe how much more you are immersed into movies. The light reflection will be gone from the ceiling and walls. Definitely recommend taking the time to darken your room up. It will be well worth it. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

Planning on painting the room darker maybe next year. I may not be able to commit to velvet though.

@mfkhometheater7742 6 ай бұрын

Really really nice job on the room, it looks fantastic! As for making the walls darker, it can be difficult to illuminate the room when the lights are on if every wall is too dark. That being said, I'm thinking about making mine a little darker too. I agree on two channel for critical music listening, I do more music listening down stairs where it's currently only two channel than I do in my theater.

@keepingupwiththejones2933 6 ай бұрын

I love the enormous screen and sheer size of this theater ❤🔥

@percybedford6266 6 ай бұрын

Excellent room. Been waiting to see your tour. I should be finishing up my room mid to late this month. I went with the LS12000 and I got the HD Fury VRRoom to do the tone mapping and to get Dolby Vision. If you do repaint your room I recommend cracked pepper. It is a dark charcoal gray like color. That is the color of my room.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Yeah. I honestly thought the grey was plenty dark but maybe one day. Thanks for the recommendation. Thankfully I have a lot of black panels and that helps with black levels.

@percybedford6266 6 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews no problem. Cracked pepper was voted paint color of the year as well.

@johnsmith-qz4bv 6 ай бұрын

looks amazing ....nice work ...

@Motorheadache95 2 ай бұрын

To be fair as well, Goblet of Fire is a tone mapping nightmare- my new OLED TV with a Panasonic player with HDR optimizer can’t tonemap that movie really well, especially that ghost scene at the end.

@lesterleonard8750 6 ай бұрын

Great job on your home theater. I love it. I watched every bit of this video to see how I can get my setup like that.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! 10 years ago, I never would have thought I would have something like this. It can happen.

@TMERUNNR 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely Amazing Work!!! I freaking studied that Grimani, Audioholic series too! Made a huge difference in my HT!! Your HT looks Amazing!! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm for our Incredible Hobby💯👍

@christopherday4027 6 ай бұрын

Actually the Anthem AVM90 or MRX1140 in this price category can do 11 channels! Great Job on the theatre!!

@MrBjorn6 6 ай бұрын

Nice room and setup!!!!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@andrewk7764 6 ай бұрын

Wow great work. Amazing job. I am just getting in ceiling speakers

@ArturoHernandez-px5cl 5 ай бұрын

I’m jealous as a home, sweet home theater👍

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@stevewright1539 6 ай бұрын

Looks great!

@jdavid1801 6 ай бұрын

amazing work! Beautiful room, enjoy it :D

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@duduking 6 ай бұрын

Looks great 👍

@chickenpotpie4045 6 ай бұрын

Incredible. Throughout this video, you made a few concessions on the pricepoint of certain components, and frankly, the only people who care, are not actually enthusiasts of Home Theater, they all tend to be brand snobs who would buy their preferred brand even if it produced an inferior result. I think what you've achieved here is genuinely the ultimate, at this moment in time at least, any improvements you could make would be so marginal, it might not even be noticeable. Who knows how much better things will get in the future, but as of right now, your system is my dream system.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

That really means a lot. I guess I just wanted to show what can be accomplished with a real world budget. Although I spent a lot but I could have spent almost as much on just the processor alone.

@-22766 5 ай бұрын

That is a really nice setup congratulations!!!👍

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@alexfernandez7529 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your dream home theatre system. I’m on my 3rd system. I’m quite happy with a measly 100” projector and 2005W 5.2.4 system. I just added 2x 50W bass shakers to the seats and I’m very impressed with how well they help with the very low sub 30hz frequencies. I wondering if this adds an extra .2 to my setup. Anyways, Thanks for sharing the home theatre passion. I really love how much personal work and dedication you put into it.

@andre10181 6 ай бұрын

Dream Realized Great Job!

@uncleswing4046 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video!

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kane7777 6 ай бұрын

Well done man, congratulations.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MrVb66 6 ай бұрын

Could you please make a video of your new home theater and how it sounds with the emotive amplifiers and the anthem 70 processor it would be interesting to hear about how things are actually sounding and be very Detailed in the video

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

I feel like I covered that in last portion of my video. I don’t how much more I could say. I don’t have Andrew Robinson’s arsenal of metaphors and jargon. It sounds really, really good. It’s the best home theater I have ever listened to.

@acg6004 6 ай бұрын

I agree that scope screen can be a pain in the butt. That 165" screen is really nice. Wish i could go that big.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

No regrets at all for me.

@cb_2887 6 ай бұрын

Great job on the room. I also agree with all your reasons for the 16x9 screen. I love IMAX movies and the 16x9 is more practical.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

No regrets at all on the decision.

@ElCidPhysics90 2 ай бұрын

Very nice. Starting to plan my next home theater which is probably 2-3 years away.

@Upscaled_Reviews 2 ай бұрын

I started a good year before we started construction and the planning continued during construction.

@ElCidPhysics90 2 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews this one will be a renovation. Looking forward to the journey. Will be the second home theater I’ve designed for myself. Love the large screen. Also, I like the emphasis on sound. I this that’s what really differentiates home theaters. So many focus on the image but honestly having great sound makes all the difference.

@Upscaled_Reviews 2 ай бұрын

@@ElCidPhysics90 I couldn't agree more on sound.

@totalplonker824 6 ай бұрын

As far as design and execution this theatre is probably one of the best I've seen to date. Love the space and separation. The system and the environment must truly sound amazing. Bravo 👏 Thanks for listening your equipment. Looking at your speaker cable selection. I would love know.. how's your noise floor? The thing is unlike your dedicated home theatre set up with plenty of space for unwanted RF to dissipate. My modest setup is only in a 13 x 11.5 ft living room. It was only when I shielded my cables did I finally manage to get rid of that extremely very faint (but annoying) background signal noise. I'm not talking about distortion or any kind of grounding noise! What I'm talking about 90% of people wouldn't even notice. The fact you've got several setups makes you the ideal person to ask. Thanks for posting the video and of course you're considerations.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I don’t notice any noise. It may be that my ears are not acute enough to hear anything. I just run everything on power conditioners and seems well.

@elitecleaning287 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful room!!

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ArturoHernandez-px5cl 5 ай бұрын

If you really wanna enjoy your Soundsystem, put six underground do a video on that one. The sound is bad ass.👍

@keithslade1493 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful home and theater nice job

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@keithslade1493 5 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews You said you might get a madvr if it was around $5000 well you can get a lumagen pro for $5,500 and it does the exact same thing oh by the way thats a great screen is it the same elite screen in the picture you posted

@stevemorgan3964 5 ай бұрын

Great job brother 👍🍺

@uncola6028 5 ай бұрын

Home theatre looks great. really clean design. Would like to see some horns though

@Lbmwm3 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely Amazing Home Theater😉!!! I would love you to a Video on your Atlona video distribution, please. I would further my knowledge on too. Thanks and Enjoy the Holiday Season.

@Prettytony0627 3 ай бұрын

Awesome setup. The only thing I would change would be to angle the center channel slightly upward. It’ll make a huge difference. I have the same center channel and it made a huge difference for me.

@Upscaled_Reviews 3 ай бұрын

I did angle a little more. Good advice!

@commanderrussels2612 5 ай бұрын

I agree with your thoughts on the MadVR. For your JVC example you showed the JVC NZ7, but actually the NP5 is a way better deal. Calibrate it hits the same brightness and it's much cheaper. The downside is no laser, but, you can buy a lot of bulbs for the cost difference between a NP5 and NZ7! Completely agree on aspect ratio also. That said, imo a false wall with speakers behind the screen really does make a huge sound difference, but I get that in your big room you wanted a higher gain screen. My theater is one row so brightness was easier. I only watch with my girlfriend and I, at most 3 people.

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

I have yet to fill every seat. Most I’ve done is 9 people. I would have never considered the nz7. I have a whole video where I talk about my projector choice (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdJyjNpptqizmqs.htmlsi=AMu0_beTf6-Ch691). I only went through 1 bulb in my old theater in almost 8 years with my old Epson projector. I changed the bulb before I moved to the new house, and honestly did not notice much of a difference in brightness. I have accepted that it won’t ever be perfect no matter how hard I try. I just want to enjoy my movies.

@chrisblum2194 4 ай бұрын

I’m considering a MadVR in my new build, but the tone mapping isn’t the main reason. I’m going with a 2.4 screen, and the MadVR can automatically and almost instantly manage aspect ratio changes, and shift the image for subtitles when needed. On a 16:9 screen it definitely seems less worth the high expense.

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

I believe the Lumagen can do what you’re describing for less money. It’s also smaller and takes up less space. Check it out be for you make your decision. I might eventually get one myself but I’m in no rush. www.lumagen.com/testindex.php?module=radiancepro_details

@chrisblum2194 4 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews thanks! I’ll look into that also

@nazwasakila6962 6 ай бұрын

Sh*t. Congrats man! Wow. Omg. Would love to have something like that to disconnect from everything.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I absolutely love it.

@The.Home.Cinema.Engineer 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful room! very well done! I Would paint the walls darker you wont regret it

@lipstickpig 6 ай бұрын

Hi , love your cinema, I have the same projector and I was wondering is yours calibrated or do you have an best settings etc, as your picture quality looks great, what number do you have the hdr sider set at in the flash video

@HiFinest343 5 ай бұрын

You are also magically the only person to admit the use of a mix of ported and sealed subs. The forums would have a field-day over that one. But if you think it sounds fine and the bass was additive then I don’t understand why it’s a “issue”. Keyboard warriors beware.

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

I like how the sealed ones are more near field and extend way down to hz. I think they blend nicely.

@adrianbarac3063 4 ай бұрын

Well done!!! This is one of THE best, well-considered DIY audio setups I've ever seen. Truly superb - (and all hail Audioholics and Anthony Grimani) Can I ask - are you upmixing all content to include the Front Wides using the Anthem? If so, what mode?

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I typically use the Dolby Surround upmixer since it uses the wides.

@adrianbarac3063 4 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews Good to know, as I heard only DTS Neural X would do that. Also, what brand of panels have you used, which I presume were the best bang for buck?

@MattyDaddy14 6 ай бұрын

Stumbled across this video when looking at the RSL subs.. gotta say, I’m super envious of your system!! Your house is a dream come true!! And def what I imagine a perfect house system to be!! Thanks for the sweet setup and ideas!! The theater room is just perfection! I wish everyone had a dedicated room like this! But I also really love how you set up the other rooms as well!! Just curious tho, I’m sure the def tech speakers sound good, but based on my research alone (as limited as it may be) , how you much better/different would the theater soubd be if you replaced all of the speakers with like Perlisten or RBH or something at that next level? (Also, curious if how you’d feel if you upgraded to bigger/badder subs like 2 JTR Captivators or 2 Perlisten D215s up front??) Sincerely I hope you make enough “youtube Notoriety” to get a chance to swap out different speakers but keep everything else the same!! I would really like to see someone on here do that. Thanks again! ~ newfan! 🎉

@chrisc1391 4 ай бұрын

Excellent setup and great video. What did you use to mount your projector?

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

The mount was included with my projector.

@randybradley4151 4 ай бұрын

Nice room.

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@TorontoJon 6 ай бұрын

It looks like an amazing and inspiring home theatre for sure and it's great that you are enjoying it for music too; not solely for movies. Now that you have the furniture, carpeting, screen, and audio equipment in place, my only recommendation would be to personalize the space a bit more with some cherished movie posters or theatre or movie paraphernalia (old empty film reels or toys, models, or props of some kind, etc.) to warm it up and truly make it your unique family home theatre. Fantastic job! :)

@ddent22 6 ай бұрын

Very nice, I was kind of hoping you tossed the Goldenear in the room for comparison. I am about to purchase a 133 inch screen and sit 12 feet back, nervous about the screen being to large.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

You should be ok with that size. I’m ok with 165 inches at 11 feet in my front row. Especially if you using a 4k projector. I have a video where talk about all my towers. Using all GoldenEar speakers in the new theater would have been substantially more expensive. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frOlfttqy5iYYWw.htmlsi=0pym0RYCMuHp8RmU

@oscarmazzini9862 6 ай бұрын

Hello, I loved your video, very good decisions and it looks very well put together. I am also a follower of Anthony Grimani and like you I based myself on his instructions, and the truth is that my room sounds extraordinarily good, I imagine that yours with the super equipment you have (better than mine) must sound wonderful. Your seating distribution also seems great to me, always maintaining the central seat to enjoy the room, when you are alone, and passageways on the sides for correct circulation and symmetry. Congratulations, good work! I only have one observation, the color of your ceiling! I am sure that if you paint it matte black, the colors on your screen will improve noticeably. I have noticed a little reflection on the ceiling attached to your screen. I think that even if it is that piece of ceiling before your panels, paint them black.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

We may go darker one day. Maybe in a couple of years or so. For now, it’s an upgrade from the color I had in my old theater.

@rayking507 6 ай бұрын

Very nice bro. But personally I would of had the room much darker including the carpets. And the subwoofers of my choice would of been from the company called Rel. They only do subwoofers.

@David-qp9bq 6 ай бұрын

Definitely would love a rack vid and also dsp - is it overrated?

@Mister_Sodium 4 ай бұрын

Great theater. Currently in the process of planning my own so gave me some inspiration. Do you know the brand of the racks that you are using?

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

The brand is Strong. I believe it’s an integrator only product. Sands makes some. I think Crutchfield sells them.

@jricoc3475 6 ай бұрын

This was an outstanding job, but you should have aired the second part (starting with the racks) first. I'm a big fan/proponent of the 21:9 aspect screen for which I deploy with lens memory on my Epson 4K projector, so I was particularly interested in your reasoning for going 16:9. By the time you got to the "Racks" chapter it became clear that this "theater" was the command center of a really sophisticated and well-planned whole-home media system! Optimizing for a cinemascope screen would have introduced numerous problems for the varied sources and viewing areas in your setup. In all, this was extremely well done, and shows that one of the greatest benefits of designing your own system is to get the best system for your needs; and not the whims of an installer ...

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Another reason for not going scope is that I lacked the throw distance to project a much larger screen in my room. For a larger screen size, the projector might have been put inside the closet or outside the room and I want to avoid that. I would’ve lost brightness too.

@squared80 6 ай бұрын

Well done on the acoustic panels. I also spent a lot of time watching Grimani on KZfaq. Did you think about making your own to save money? Also, any plans to blackout the front of the room with velvet? Would help your picture quality by keeping reflections off of it.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I never really considered making my own since GIKs are not that pricey and my work would have most likely been dramatically less appealing. We may paint the entire room a darker color but no plans as of yet.

@dom_delacroix7424 3 ай бұрын

I know all to well brother about the lower the volume text. Or it's to loud text. Nice build appreciate the video.

@Upscaled_Reviews 3 ай бұрын

I still haven’t gotten one in this theater.

@dom_delacroix7424 3 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews I'm happy for you. Lol. Now I need to do the same build or similar. Kids can not be bothered and wife will not be disturbed. I'm getting ideas to do a similar build thanks for your content you are helping us movie guys out alot. Lol

@eljeff3218 6 ай бұрын

Off topic...you have nice watch collections.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Thanks. Big watch fan here. I changed watches like 4 times in the video. Not on purpose. I have a smaller watch channel too. youtube.com/@TheTimekeeper?si=9VgwG-IkRu0Vltos

@Mr.HotRod 6 ай бұрын

Hello" Any thought on adding Kaleidescape to your whole system. I bet the movies would even jump 20% more in picture and sound. I cannot current afford such a great layout, but I have turned my living room into a nice small theatre the best I can with my new Nakamichi Dragon.Sound System. So I am content for now. I also am an Epson lover (5040ube) I'm very disappointed their new ST projector does not have 3d. Take Care - Hot Rod

@wendellwendellb339 14 күн бұрын

The Denon A1H is capable of 15 channels (15.4) also the Marantz AV10 is 15.4.

@rahulsarawagi 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on your Dream HT, I am also thinking to build one, can you please suggest me with what screen size and surronf sound i should go for according to the size of my room , which is 12.5'*20'*10'...

@Upscaled_Reviews 4 ай бұрын

Is it 12.5 feet wide?

@rahulsarawagi 4 ай бұрын

Yes , I can opt for any wall , but i think portrait (W12.5) would be suitable for me@@Upscaled_Reviews

@OhMyMemories 6 ай бұрын

I think all your theatre stuff put together is more than my house lol.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Imagine if I bought all the top of the line stuff.

@Sniper0 6 ай бұрын

How's ur emotiva amp perform did you encounter any issues after so many months of use?

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

All is well with them.

@Sniper0 6 ай бұрын

@@Upscaled_Reviews Good to hear that planning to buy xpa 7 to pair w/ denon & klipsch reference premiere gen 2

@davonfranklin5158 6 ай бұрын

Awesome theater. Does having the two rows of surrounds on a splitter cause any eco or double speak when listing to movies.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Nope. Sounds good.

@Sniper0 5 ай бұрын

Did the avm 70 work well w/ emotiva amp?

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

Worked very well. No complaints.

@dom1n8tr 6 ай бұрын

Awesome Theater! I'd like to know the name of the carpet and where did you get it from? Thanks for sharing.

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Carpet was Modern Contours Phenix Bespoke Collection MC115 in Color Noble 989

@kodybryantmusic7357 5 ай бұрын

I don't have near as much money to do something like this and I don't have a dedicated theater room, but I will have some money to put a theater like experience in my living room. What do you recommend for that?

@Upscaled_Reviews 5 ай бұрын

I would start with a solid 5.1 system. Maybe get some polk audio speakers and a 7 channel receiver. The Onkyo 6050 I just reviewed was just on sale for $300 (slickdeals.net/f/17132101-onkyo-tx-nr6050-7-2-channel-8k-network-smart-av-receiver-299-free-shipping). That's a lot of amp for $300. Get a good subwoofer. It's going to make the most impact. The RSL 12S is supposed to be next level for the money. www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/rsl-speedwoofer-12s

@homecinemademo 6 ай бұрын

This looks amazing. Congrats. How is the white screen working even though you dont have black velvet around the screen? I am about to upgrade to a white screen (I think)

@Upscaled_Reviews 6 ай бұрын

Obviously going for a white screen comes with a few trade offs. You sacrifice black levels a little but gain brightness. In our HDR world, having brightness is a plus. It does 2 inches of velvet around the screen. I've been very happy with it and I found my contrast and black levels to be more than acceptable.