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Post by Gary Cook on Jul 9, 2017 23:26:30 GMT -5
If Emotiva would have made a XMC-1L with seven channels and no Atmos I would hve snatched it up in a heartbeat. I have been hanging here since the beginning and watched the UMC-1 thinking that would be cool. I bought the Fusion AV receiver on sale just to give it a try. The XMC-1 was going to be $999 or something. The price tag now is the only thing that keeps me from clicking buy and I can afford it. It has what I want with the TI chips and better operating system. I do not need the balanced 2 channel or Dirac. I am never going to use more than five speakers for my surround system and Dolby HD is just fine with me. Who in the hell is going to have fourteen speakers in there living room other than you audio nuts ?  Not me, but last year I helped a friend set up a 5.1.2 Atmos system and, as I have reported several times, it was/is pretty damn good (his layout is Dolby approved). Loses hardly anything at all to a 7.2.4 system in another friends house. Our lounge room is a large space, with cathedral ceilings, but the watching/listening area is much smaller. So my system has to have some grunt to fill the space but at the same time be OK for closer field listening. It's acoustically pretty good, not much correction required. So the XMC-1L with 7.2 channels would have been OK to switch to 5.1.2 for Atmos/DTSX. I could overcome my dislike of heights long enough to fit up pair of ceiling speakers. I've even spoken to my speaker designer/manufacturer and he has some ceiling speakers that will match up quite nicely with the rest of my system. Plus I have 2 channels of the XPA-5 that I only use occasionally when we have a group on the veranda. So it's a pretty easy set up for me. I just need a 5.1.2 capable processor, that doesn't cost an arm and leg because I know it's going to be out of date in 2 to 3 years. Cheers Gary |
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Post by adaboy on Jul 10, 2017 0:42:40 GMT -5
No more sales... Jadedesign eBay prices are too high as well...
Emotiva priced their own customers out. Well except for some here.
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Post by Boomzilla on Jul 10, 2017 5:21:17 GMT -5
No more sales... Jadedesign eBay prices are too high as well... Emotiva priced their own customers out. Well except for some here. Apparently you haven't heard about the BasX line? |
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Post by adaboy on Jul 10, 2017 8:05:17 GMT -5
No more sales... Jadedesign eBay prices are too high as well... Emotiva priced their own customers out. Well except for some here. Apparently you haven't heard about the BasX line? Sorry Boom I was talking about the X series not the UPA's. The X series is what rethinking high end was all about. |
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Post by sahmen on Jul 10, 2017 9:39:47 GMT -5
Who in the hell is going to have fourteen speakers in there living room other than you audio nuts ? Fourteen? Nah! although I confess I often dream of going up from my current 5.2 setup to a 7.2.4 once I upgrade my XMC-1 to the Atmos/DTS-X specs..., which will bring me up to 13 speakers... Okay I agree, thirteen speakers in the same room sounds sorta nuts! although things get a little complicated here, because the wife thinks that my current 5.2 setup is already "nuts," so what's a guy to do ? If I were just an audio nut, I could easily get by with a 2-channel stereo system in each listening station... However, I also happen to be a video/movie "nut" who must have all his channels properly separated, so is there any way out of this ? We are currently in the hunt for a new home, and I hope we get one with a sufficiently large basement that can serve as our main viewing/listening room . Talk about "first world" problems, huh? (Place facepalm here)   |
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Post by Boomzilla on Jul 10, 2017 9:56:22 GMT -5
...We are currently in the hunt for a new home, and I hope we get one with a sufficiently large basement that can serve as our main viewing/listening room Consider using in-wall speakers. Good WAF - relatively inexpensive - and they make up in composite what they may lack individually. |
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Post by garbulky on Jul 10, 2017 10:05:36 GMT -5
...We are currently in the hunt for a new home, and I hope we get one with a sufficiently large basement that can serve as our main viewing/listening room Consider using in-wall speakers. Good WAF - relatively inexpensive - and they make up in composite what they may lack individually. Ewwww!! I'm ashamed of you!    Go with these instead  |
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Post by Boomzilla on Jul 10, 2017 10:30:45 GMT -5
I'm not recommending in-walls for the "big-3" (the right, center, & left), only for the side, rear, and ceiling speakers.
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Post by leonski on Jul 10, 2017 11:34:48 GMT -5
As long as they are all timbre matched?
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Post by Boomzilla on Jul 10, 2017 12:41:27 GMT -5
Well... Axiom Audio DOES make both stand-alone and in-wall speakers that ARE supposed to be at least somewhat timbre-matched.   |
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Post by adaboy on Jul 10, 2017 14:02:32 GMT -5
Who in the hell is going to have fourteen speakers in there living room other than you audio nuts ? Fourteen? Nah! although I confess I often dream of going up from my current 5.2 setup to a 7.2.4 once I upgrade my XMC-1 to the Atmos/DTS-X specs..., which will bring me up to 13 speakers... Okay I agree, thirteen speakers in the same room sounds sorta nuts! although things get a little complicated here, because the wife thinks that my current 5.2 setup is already "nuts," so what's a guy to do ? If I were just an audio nut, I could easily get by with a 2-channel stereo system in each listening station... However, I also happen to be a video/movie "nut" who must have all his channels properly separated, so is there any way out of this ? We are currently in the hunt for a new home, and I hope we get one with a sufficiently large basement that can serve as our main viewing/listening room . Talk about "first world" problems, huh? (Place facepalm here) It's really not all that complicated. I'm running 7.4.4 so 15 speakers. I'd do more if I had the right processor to take advantage of it. Once you start cutting in the ceiling you may as well put in what you want before you close the wall up. I actually watch Blu-ray movies to listen to the audio tracks |
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Post by Boomzilla on Jul 10, 2017 18:38:32 GMT -5
Since this thread got revived from the dead (much like phonograph records), I've opted to change the title. Poor Mr. @roryb gets serious heartburn, I suspect, every time his eyes happened to espy the previous title. I've come to like and respect Mr. Rory, even though we may disagree from time to time. That being the case, I chose to change the title.
Still a good discussion...
Cheers - Boom
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Post by sahmen on Jul 11, 2017 1:24:03 GMT -5
It's really not all that complicated. I'm running 7.4.4 so 15 speakers. I'd do more if I had the right processor to take advantage of it. Once you start cutting in the ceiling you may as well put in what you want before you close the wall up. I actually watch Blu-ray movies to listen to the audio tracks Not Complicated... Agreed, at least not for me, and not in itself... It is only when considering the WAF factor that some gremlins begin to muddy the waters  |
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Post by 405x5 on Jul 11, 2017 7:53:05 GMT -5
"That being the case, I chose to change the title. " Uh Oh.......we better jump in there and change our responses! 😱 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2017 14:52:12 GMT -5
Since this thread got revived from the dead (much like phonograph records), I've opted to change the title. Poor Mr. @roryb gets serious heartburn, I suspect, every time his eyes happened to espy the previous title. I've come to like and respect Mr. Rory, even though we may disagree from time to time. That being the case, I chose to change the title. Still a good discussion... Cheers - Boom I'd be a lot less fun if we always agreed. As regards the title, I was over it, but thanks for thinking of me. |
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Post by Axis on Jul 11, 2017 14:56:37 GMT -5
Since this thread got revived from the dead (much like phonograph records), I've opted to change the title. Poor Mr. @roryb gets serious heartburn, I suspect, every time his eyes happened to espy the previous title. I've come to like and respect Mr. Rory, even though we may disagree from time to time. That being the case, I chose to change the title. Still a good discussion... Cheers - Boom I'd be a lot less fun if we always agreed. As regards the title, I was over it, but thanks for thinking of me. We want to know what you are doing Rory. You were not hired to make BasX gear and we know that.  |
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Post by klinemj on Jul 11, 2017 15:45:48 GMT -5
T2's are on sale so Rory does need a new project!
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Post by LCSeminole on Jul 11, 2017 16:02:46 GMT -5
T2's are on sale so Rory does need a new project! Mark Maybe a new Reference level speaker line?!?! |
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Post by copperpipe on Jul 11, 2017 16:10:58 GMT -5
T2's are on sale so Rory does need a new project! Mark Maybe a new Reference level speaker line?!?! Yes please! And please consider the looks this time around, something with a little more WAF |
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Post by Axis on Jul 11, 2017 16:27:04 GMT -5
Speakers are high end folks. Not amps. Let's get a grip on this audio stuff folks.
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