The day has come ! Take a tour of our new HTE Demo Rooms!

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The day has finally arrived. After 6 months of design, construction and installation our exciting new demo rooms in Perth Western Australia are complete, up and running and calibrated.
We built these cinemas so clients can be invited to come and see what is achievable at a range of budgets from the entry level of the reference home cinema all the way up to the stunning $800,000 Barco, Wisdom, Trinnov, Parasound, MadVR and Screen Innovations equipped Cinema 1.
EQUIPMENT LIST
Room 1 - 11.4.6
WISDOM line 2 LCR . WISDOM L8i SURR . WISDOM S90 SUBWOOFERS . WISDOM ICS7A ATMOS
Barco Residential Freya DCI projector . Mirror by Visual Fidelity . 180” SI screen microperf 2:35
Parasound 5 channel THX A51 x 5 (10,000 watts)
Madvr Envy Pro Extreme
Trinnov Altitude 32
Panasonic UB9000
Apple TV
Nvidia shield
Control 4
PlayStation 5
Manhattan seating
Room 2 - 9.4.4
Procella P28 LCR . Procella P6V SURR . Procella P5 atmos
Rel 1205 x 2 . Rel 1508 x 2
Parasound A31 LCR Parasound A52+ SURR
Arcam AV40/Trinnov 16
MadVR Envy Extreme
Panasonic UB9000 . Apple TV . Nvidia shield . Xbox series X
Control 4
Row One ambassador . Row One evolution . Row One Carmel
Room 3
7.4.4
Krix Megaphonix flat LCR . Krix Megaphonix flat Sure
Krix Hyperphonix 45 atmos
Denon AVCX8500H
Parasound A31 (LCR)
Sony VPL -VW790
Sony VPL -590
Benq W5700
Madvr Envy Pro
Xbox series x . Apple TV . Nvidia shield . Panasonic UB9000
Control 4
Some have told us Cinema 1 the best equipped demonstration cinema room in the Southern Hemisphere and we would like to think that is true.
With reviews like this:
"I've travelled the world and experienced some amazing cinemas, BUT nothing like this. This has left me speechless and shocked. This is next level and arguably one of the best demo rooms I've ever experienced! The bass is detailed and impactful yet comfortable. Felt like I was on a ride." Mark R
and this:
"Just had a demo of this room. Incredible setup. Extremely dynamic with no fatigue. Clean and effortless sound. I'm very picky with my bass and this is the only demo room I have heard with no bloat. Subtle. Congrats on the room guys. Great investment for your business!"
We think this room is right up there. Come and experience it for yourself.
So, if you are interested in high quality home cinema then drop us a line and chat with us and ask for an invitation to come and tour this great home cinema complex unlike any other.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Andrew and Enzo
Home Theatre Engineering.
00:00 - 00:44 Intro
00:44 - 01:50 Entrance and Candy Bar
01:51 - 03:46 Showcase, Projection Room and AV Rack
03:47 - 07:18 Cinema Room 1 180" Screen, Barco Freya and Wisdom Speakers
07:21 - 10:16 Room 2 - 5 Projectors, Procella and Krix Systems
10:16 - 11:21 Summary.

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@davidissko9796 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Andrew, Enzo and all the HTE team. Even your lowest cost 'budget' system on display will easily fulfil the requirements of most buyer. Barco, Parasound, Trinnov, Lumagen, Wisdom, Procella, Krix and the rest. The best of the best.

@davemccague222 2 жыл бұрын

Good lord!! Unreal absolutely unreal. I can’t even imagine how that main home theater room must sound. Incredible job.

@keepingupwiththejones2933 2 жыл бұрын

Yesss!!!!🔥❤🔥❤ I don't have the words.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

@dreamav8161 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job gents. I know it's been a lot of hard work and precise detail in undertaking to bring a demo showroom to Australia unlike any other. I am humbled by having been able to work with you on this. I would encourage anyone out there who wants to experience Home Cinema like never before to get in touch with the team at HTE.

@johnwaugh8633 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you did a lobby and made it look the way most of us grew up with at the theater. I really think lobby areas like that even scaled down are going to be a trend going forward. People miss the full theater experience. Which now that we can replicate the same picture and sound, people ate next going to want the atmosphere entering their room. Or at least that's my felling on the topic. Anyways, awesome job and greetings from the US.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We wanted to keep the feel and the fun. It’s about an experience

@9and3 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff guys, cant wait to get over and see them both one day!

@pascalweiss306 2 жыл бұрын

I have been lucky enough to receive the demo experience and WOW!! Awesome experience!! Great to see so many options in one place so you can compare. Here is my tip…even if you are not in the market for a home theatre right now - go for the experience!!! You will love it!!

@georgepopescu1327 2 жыл бұрын

If I might make a suggestion, as you said you will add more projectors, I belive two important additions , for budget home cinema, can be Epson TW9400 and for the really budget tight customers Benq W2000 which, although it's just 1080p and it doesn't display HDR, it's a very good projector for SDR as it has better native contrat than most DLP's, including the Benq W5700 you have there.

@romanlewandowski9616 2 жыл бұрын

What can one say fantastic. Thanks for the update

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roman

@StereoNET 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation and even better execution. Well done guys.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

That’s high praise indeed coming from StereoNet thank you so much for commenting. We are grateful and humbled.

@cableguydan 2 жыл бұрын

Super rooms, Andrew! Love the style, and of course the tech, of each different one. (Hope Enzo is feeling better). ☺️👍🏻

@MrAtoulmin 2 жыл бұрын

I like how everything is tucked away, almost understated. Amazing design.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

We have tried to focus on the experience. We hesitated a long time over the colours especially the front wides but as they are angled in they are in shadow so don’t light up. We liked the open cinema-ish feel without to much “plushness” if that makes sense.

@jacobtheyab488 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, great job 👏🏼 I’m from Kuwait 🇰🇼 , and I hope I will visit your demo facility one day. I want to experience a reference cinema like yours.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

We would love to host your visit to Western Australia and proud to show you are facility.

@jacobtheyab488 2 жыл бұрын

@@HomeTheatreEngineering 🙏🏼thanks

@UnLogitech85 2 жыл бұрын

did you know that the air direction coming out of the a/c which in your case is in front of the projector affects picture quality? do the test,turn on the ac,pause the movie to a bright scene,then slowly adjust the direction of the air up and down. you will see some picture artifacts like hot air coming from boiling water. then turn of the a/c and the picture will clear immediately. the artifacts usually are in the center of the screen. please reply after test.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

We were already well aware of this. The effect you are talking about only occurs if there is a thermocline. Once the room temp is within a few degrees of the air coming out of the ac the mix interface doesn’t occur. Already tested and proven. We just make sure we get the room to temp before we use it. :-)

@jonathan9130 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. Have you guys done a rundown of the different use cases for Lumagen vs MadVR?

@Goodboy0953 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job…

@victorpulos823 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@home4810 2 жыл бұрын

NAJS !!

@mfkhometheater7742 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job! I'm a big fan of line arrays, in my opinion they are the best solution for cinemas. My new theater will have open baffle CBT line arrays, if you are not familiar with CBT, you need to look into it. I can send links to papers on the topic if you like. The advantage is constant directivity independent of frequency, something conventional lines cannot do. Unfortunately there are not a lot of good options available commercially, in fact there are non for open baffle CBT. I was planning conventional two or three way speakers for the surrounds but maybe I should rethink it. I really like your use of line arrays for the surrounds. CBT line arrays have to be a circular arc curve either physically or acoustically via DSP so it's a bit complicated. Physically straight works best in terms of constructing the speakers and fitting them into the room but this requires multiple DSP and amplifier channels for each individual speaker. One possible solution is to make a hybrid of physical and DSP curve, this is what I'm doing for my new center speaker. This simplifies the problem, by curving only the center and leaving the ends straight... the speaker doesn't need to be so deep. This also reduces the number of DSP and amplifier channels. In my center speakers case, it is reduced to just 14 DSP and 18 amplifier channels. This is still a lot but at least the DSP channels were reduced by physically curving the center. It keeps the speaker shallow enough to fit behind the screen whereas if it were fully physically curved it would never fit.

@C--A 2 жыл бұрын

mfk Home Theater while not open baffle JBL do some excellent performing commercial and consumer CBT (Constant Beamwidth Technology) line array speakers. Just realised I had already subbed to your KZfaq channel a while ago. I'll check it out for your dedicated home cinema updates.

@mfkhometheater7742 2 жыл бұрын

@@C--A I just posted an update if you want to see the CBT's. They are going to look pretty cool once I get them hanging from the ceiling. Yes, JBL does have some nice CBT products. Don Keele and I will be meeting in Kansas City to see the CBT home theater that was recently featured on Youthman's channel the first week of May. I think the, "J-array" concept is perfect for side surrounds. I had considered a ground plane CBT inverted, "a ceiling plane CBT" but this places them too high to be side surrounds and I think JBL's J-array non symmetrical CBT is the perfect solution. Of course I will build my own version. I'm glad to see JBL coming out with so many CBT products but I think they need more attention. There needs to be a lot more noise/conversation about them in forums to promote them. In general line arrays have a lot of advantages for home theater and countless other applications but CBT specifically is really ideal. If you are ever in the Austin, TX area look me up and come check out the system.

@richmoore5080 2 жыл бұрын

May I politely make a suggestion for a follow up video that I think would be fantastic?? You guys drive home the point that the room dictates what you do and EVERY room is a series of compromises... the more speakers, the tougher it gets! As good as this setup is in room #1, I can see where you have had to make design decisions. (Compromises) Will you PLEASE make a video on how this room was designed and the thoughts behind each action. If any other people than HTE feel this would be invaluable, please comment!

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion Rich. Great idea will certainly look at doing that.

@richmoore5080 2 жыл бұрын

@@HomeTheatreEngineering Thank you for your kind reply! Please do not think I am not impressed with what you guys have accomplished here! Will you please pay for my air fare so I can here and see what you have accomplished! (Just a joke)

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

@@richmoore5080 Again thanks Rich always value your comments. Wish we could pay for you to come over, would love to do that for everyone. Certainly we will be doing this for certain customers engaging us for entire projects.

@stephenfrancisvoros382 2 жыл бұрын

Great home cinema rooms Andrew, very well done, all well out of my budget though, my set up is 7.2.4, a dedicated 4k system, with a Samsung 55"NU8000 tv, Samsung UBD-K8500 4K player, a Yamaha RX-A3070 the master to it, with 2 external amps that are kenwood krf-v5100d-s (1 coming from my old system and second one I bought second hand cheap), one kenwood power's my side's and rear's, the other powering my atmos front's and rear's, leaving the grunt of yamaha to power fronts and centre, my fronts are Polk Signature Series s60, all other speakers are Accusound Reference 8.6xd, with 4 subs, 2 are Accusound Reference 8.6xd 200w, with 2 Emotiva basx s12 300w, some home made room treatment, all for under $10,000 lol, now that's a budget set up, it took me a lot of time setting it all up, calibrating it all, with a million dollar sound I love enjoy everyday.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear. Well done. Our rooms are not necessarily about selling high end gear but inspiring people, showing them what can be achieved and what we can aim for. Hearing about your room is great and we love to hear this sort of thing. If we can ever help you tweak or refine your room do get in touch. Hopefully some of our videos help too

@scottwallace1 2 жыл бұрын

In the time you’ve had this room up and running, have you found the height of the Line 2’s problematic with taller viewers in the back row being out of the zone of the line source? That dispersion just falls off a cliff.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

None of the head heights are outside the zone of any of the speakers with a clearance of about 20cm

@martinvegas1327 2 жыл бұрын

I do agree, the video doesn't do the Freya justice but you still sold me on one. Was that 6 and a half feet high by 15 feet and a quarter feet wide. 8 foot high by 18 feet wide would probably be the maximum for the Freya that's a seating distance of about 15 feet!

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure in feet and inches for width and height but it’s 180inch diagonal 2.40 screen. A Freya will do a much much bigger screen than that though depending on your intended luminance we are running at 40ft lamberts so plenty of laser power left had we had a bigger room.

@TechinaSec101 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing room, just a question. Between Krix and Procella, which one would you pick for movies. Also why did you not go with the bigger Krix speakers such as Pix compared to the Megaphonix ? Thank you

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not easy to answer all of your questions in a quick KZfaq comment but.. the idea of the room is to be comparative in performance and budget. We would use either for movies if it suited the clients room, budget, design, goals, seating distance etc. Room 2 is not a big room so again speakers were selected that suited that room and again budget. The Pix would be inappropriate in that room for both reasons. If the room were bigger and we were demonstrating more expensive speakers then the Pix might have been an option. They are more than twice the price of the megaphonix. The aim was not “what are the biggest and most expensive speakers we can get into this smaller room” but which are more appropriate and a fair representation of sliding price scale and performance that are going to perform well in that space. We would never over specify speakers etc for clients. That can be a waste of money that can be put to use elsewhere. Design the room first, arrive at a selection of gear that works in that space then present the client the options that fit their budget. Guide and advise not sell the biggest speakers possible regardless of room specifications. Deliver the utmost performance you can for the clients budget.

@DuzBee 2 жыл бұрын

Well wishes to Enzo

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Enzo is back on deck again so appreciate your kind words

@richmoore5080 2 жыл бұрын

What are the room dims in room #1? Thnx.

@bbaasje 2 жыл бұрын

Get well soon Enzo! Great video, such build quality. I dont get the reception area, why a counter? At home nobody will stand behind a counter.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Enzo has recovered well thanks. Our complex is not a home theatre but several cinemas and so the foyer is more like a candy bar in a normal cinema. Just added to the feel we thought (and the fun).

@calvinkroll6313 2 жыл бұрын

What is the contrast ratio of that Freya? I heard it’s only about 4,000:1. That would bother me and take me out of the movie. I need at least 30,000:1 to have an acceptable black level.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

I think you need to do a bit more research on this and better yet, find a way to experience a Freya Image. If anyone actually believes contrast ratio figures like 30,000:1 then they a being misled. Any figures such as 30,000:1 become immediately irrelevant in most home cinemas. ANY light in the room including light reflected of clothing or faces even rapidly reduces this figure closer to 3000:1 or even 300:1. These high contrast ratio numbers are derived from FOFO or sequential calculations alone and again are irrelevant. Barco and Christie are some of the very few companies stating realistic contrast ratios not just marketing numbers. We are definitely not comparing apples with apples here. I certainly wouldn’t be hanging my hat on that one number and saying “that would take me out of the movie” The bigger issue is the overall accuracy of the image in so many other ways. Want to find a great image look for full gamut luminance of primary and secondaries NO ONE publishes these! See my video “Color space are we getting what we paid for? As a nice wrap up Projection Central said this “Dynamic and Full On/Off contrast specs are notoriously misleading. They tell you almost nothing about what the average video image will look like. If everyone published ANSI specs, that would be enormously helpful, but the risk to the manufacturer is huge simply because the consumer will misunderstand them. Unless manufacturers suddenly take an enormous gamble to publish ANSI contrast specs in the hope consumers will figure them out, do yourself a favor and ignore the contrast specs you see today. Full On/Off and Dynamic specs say nothing about what the picture looks like, and they are absolutely no way to compare projectors.” All I can say is if I had a choice between a crazy high contrast ratio labelled projector image and our Freya image… it’s game over!

@eflizotte 2 жыл бұрын

Man I’d love to know more about that sub deployment in the main room… how cool!! Also, how are you switching between rig a and rig b in the small room? Same source to multiple processors? Same processors different amps?

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

2 entirely different systems switched by control 4. Only thing in common are the subs which have their own presets and switched via control 4 using a dsp

@DuzBee 2 жыл бұрын

Freya - $180k...... Plenty of money in Perth, there will be a few in homes.

@JairusJ 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@Mark-rn6rs 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning, the team has really outdone themselves. Love the collectible display in the hallway. Get well Enzo 🙏🏼

@danielwander605 2 жыл бұрын

Really incredible. That first room is a just a no compromise home theater solution. Would love to experience something like that one day.

@pb24dagrk 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this in silence, so amazing

@davidissko9796 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this with the sound on!! (haha) Yep, amazing to watch. Smiles throughout.

@bbaasje 2 жыл бұрын

What can i get for my $200 budget?

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

If that’s really your budget and this isn’t a facetious question then your best bet would be to get a second hand plasma TV and second hand soundbar or 2 channel system to get started. We all started with nothing…I started off by learning to repair electronics at an early age and worked after school to save enough money to buy my first radio.

@davidmorgan3328 2 жыл бұрын

WoW great presentation Andrew, great deal of effort has gone into your dreams.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Now that you are a man of leisure I expect a visit very soon :-)

@martycurran2059 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to visit, looks amazing!!

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marty. See you soon :-)

@GriffithUNIs2762194 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredible guys. Amazing what you have achieved at HTE in a seemingly short time span. I'm hoping the business takes off to even greater heights now. Congratulations.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Chris.

@karamcpheat4511 2 жыл бұрын

That's my seat. Just sayin' 😉

@eddytrochez 2 жыл бұрын

Surround speakers are “Line array” not “Line source”. Floyd Toole predicted years ago that line array surround speakers are the future of surround sound.

@HomeTheatreEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Yes you are technically correct they are line array and they deliver a sound that approaches a line source. It is not unreasonable to refer to them as line source by comparison to point source speakers to highlight the difference. And, yes one of the reasons for wanting to do this was a discussion I had with Floyd Toole some time ago about this very subject.