Happy 2024 to you A&A. WOW!!! This topic brings so many thoughts to mind. Potentially quite serious issues could arise because clients may be led to believe the mis and disinformation, rather than your expertise. Sadly, it's happening NOW. A great topic to discuss during our next Patreon meeting, if you're able to organise them for this year. Look forward to catching up when you're ready. Cheers. David Issko.

the accustic panels you guys sell are on another level

I’m over here in the UK, and although I couldn’t use your room engineering services, I took away lots of useful information over the years from your videos. One of the most valuable tips was not to go as big as I could for the screen. My wall can accommodate around a 122” screen with floorstanders either side, at a squeeze, being a bloke you want the biggest right!! After watching your video on screen size and how many ft/lamberts you need for a decent HDR image, not to mention one of the most crucial points you made about being too close to the side walls and having light reflected back on to the screen, I’ve dropped my needs and wants to a 115” screen. I’ve also gone a size smaller for my floorstanders. This makes for an aesthetically pleasing and well balanced front viewing area, now everything looks and sounds in harmony, and everything has room to breathe. I have the Sony VW760es laser projector, and because of the points you raised in the screen size video, I feel that the image output is near perfect without losing all its best attributes had I gone with a larger screen. I’m sat 11.5ft away from my screen, I also personally feel had I gone 120/122” on fast action Michael Bay style scenes and fast panning shots, my eyes couldn’t handle the image, causing fatigue and blurring of the image, for my eyesight. I am using Black Devore all around the screen and approx 4ft into the room on all sides and ceiling, this is a revelation in how much contrast I’ve gained. The rest of the room is painted in a neutral flat matt dark to mid grey. I have a 22ft x 11.5ft lounge, the fixed 16:9 framed screen is at one end of the room and I sit half way in the room away from the screen, utilising a 7.2.4 system. Behind my seating is the front half of the room which is used for general lounging and watching tv, where there is a bay window which is the only ambient light coming into the room. The room is near enough pitch black when curtains are drawn. The only thing I haven’t done is room treatment for acoustics…yet. It just remains to say I have a wife that was made in the Victoria Bitter factory😂. as I’ve not had to compromise anything in the lounge/cinema room. I married a fantastic woman. Regards this video, I hear you, and agree with so much of what you have said and value the honesty and transparency, so many KZfaqrs have sold out and it is so apparent to see, they need to give some of us a little credit for having a brain to be able to read or “see” between the lines. Thanks for all your time and effort and wish you continued and greater success in 2024.

Totally agree with you. I was lucky enough to have relatives who are sound and projection engineers. The thing I really learned from them is to scale the sound to the size of the room, something I wouldn’t have thought of and just gone for “biggest”

First of all have a great 2024 !! Second excellent video and i hope people will open their eyes and see that not everyone is as experienced with actual Home Theater building like you guys and that it pays off to get advice from trained professionals who did the extra mile and keep informed on as many topics they need to to give their customers the best experience possible. See you soon guys 👍

Great video. More power to you boys.

Good to see you boys! Happy New Year. Looking good Enzo 😊. My Brother Simon and I have been in the hobby since around 1993. When my Brother sought advice he went straight to HTE. As Andrew knows we (My Brother and I) are not neophytes when it comes to HT. Further, having been in IT for 35 years people would consider me an “expert”, a word I actually detest. At no time in your life should you stop learning and always understand there will ALWAYS be someone more knowledgeable than you. Stay humble and listen is my advice. To that end, Simon and I listened to HTE and frankly, we’re glad we did. Finally, it’s ok to not know something and ask questions. That’s how we grow as people.

Not a whinge Andrew, an education...a lot of us with vast experience know, that home theatre is a constant learning curve, and one size DOES NOT fit all...great vid boys!👍👍

Certifications, Journalism credentials with ethics code published. These are the mark of a professional, which also opens them up for public criticism and even legal action for the things they say.

finally some honest in your face truth. I find it funny how some youtube channels review projectors or TV's but don't calibrate it first. How can you say how good it is if it's not even calibrated! Some youtube channels do calibrate as they should, but others are so misleading.

guyz we love you and what you do keep on it.

Hey fellas! Personally I'm sick of seeing these HT KZfaqrs who started out as a hobby channel, then turn to reviewing a bunch of random A/V products(that were sent to them), just so they can make more content for their channel in order to make money. They don't use any professional equipment and don't have any professional training, so basically they are just giving an uneducated opinion and selling a product to people for money. Also, the other issue I see is that some guys tend to just push the brands of equipment that they personally bought, and talk it up like it's the greatest thing ever, even though they don't have any real experience with other brands and manufacturers... It's just weird to me.

I don't go to a heart surgeon and tell them what equipment to use or how to do the procedure. I also don't listen to Dr Nick either, or expect to go to him and get the same outcomes as the real pros. Problem is that there are "experts" and brands in our industry (even some that are award winning - its not necessarily what you know, but who or how big your spend is), that are very dubious. Its tough and hard gents, when you spend so much time trying to debunk what clients have been told and I feel for the clients as well. They may not feel the impact until the job is finished and by then, it's too late.

Im a big fan of erins audio corner. Klippel backed speaker data

Free the hostages

I like click bait! A calibrator with training and a good name is worth the expense. My biggest problem was not knowing what good sounds like. (I still don't) Good becomes bad when you hear something better. People are happy when they're getting the best out of what they've got. (or not listening to anything else and not asking for other peoples opinions) Playing around can be fun, but too much, and you find yourself analysing speakers instead of watching a movie. Ceiling surrounds aren't the best? hmm! Maybe I can attach them to pull down retractable cable and lower them when in use.

Maybe a better title for the video would be ‘you will respect my authoritah!’

Joe Kane from ISF is intended for dim old CRT displays

First video i saw of u guys was crapping on other ht designs. That was a bad start. Focus on yoursekves.

Doesn’t help when some of these reviewers also make unhelpful comments, I nearly fell off my chair when a certain reviewer stated that just because someone is ISF certified (or PVA) doesn’t make them a good calibrator. Not many of the reviewers come from a technical background and most are just paid shrills. No real qualifications or training. Sadly they get sent calman and calibration equipment for gratis, where as we have to pay a fortune. Cheers

Oh boy. I may sound like a keyboard warrior but man, many of the channels i used to watch, now have 100 000 subs and up. They went pure marketing. With all the knowlage i have gathered in the last 4-5 years, i started asking the important questions or to pinpoint mistakes in the room designs. Everytime i ask a question, or point a mistake, i don't get any answers. I think i might actually be shalow banned on those channels. There are very few channels that actually serve good information. The rest of them are pure marketing or for content only. "Look at this room" -which is rubish. "Look at all this equipment" - but the room is just, and speaker placement is .... "How can a 6 inch coaxcial paper coned driver, produce 117 db/1m with 200 watts ?" i don't remember exactly but It was something ridiculas. I never got an answer. No measurment, no data, nothing, jsut marketing and content to have views.

Viewers of this video, please listen to this.... No matter where you are in the world, LISTEN to these two guys!!! My collage major was audio engineering, speaker design & physics of hi fidelity sound... I know a lot about this topic! Andrew is the first and ONLY person I have seen on KZfaq that I trust! (I also have met him here in the US and I believe in what he preaches) I currently live in the US, but am moving to south east Asia in the next couple of months. I am more than willing to pay for these guys to set up my new system.. you should too! I must assume that all of the miss information I hear here is repeated everywhere! For a few hundred dollars for their consulting fee, you can get an un-biased review of what you need to reach your dreams! I started my search for good video and audio in the late 80"s and have heard more than my fare share of garbage.. Who do you trust? Even if you don't use these guys in the end, at least give them a chance! :)