genoxy
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Hello guys,
Been slowly researching and gathering knowledge then making purchases to upgrade our home cinema. We purchased the house in Jan 2021 and the previous owner left his set up with Yamaha Amp, 7.1 channel speakers, Epson PowerLite 8350 projector and screen. Everything is at least 10 years old so no Dolby vision, atmos, DTS X etc
It was a pretty good experience but the sound never felt directional and it felt muddy/wall of sound with most viewing experiences. So I've currently purchased the following items and have someone coming to install them on Wednesday so I'm getting pretty excited.
Going for a 7.1.4 set up with the below orientation.
AMPLIFIER - Denon x6700h
PROJECTOR - Epson EH-TW7100
FRONT SPEAKERS - Wharfedale Diamond 11.2
CENTRE SPEAKER - Wharfedale Diamond 11.CS
CEILING/ATMOS SPEAKERS - 6 x Jensen EHT-9
REAR SPEAKERS - Wharfedale Diamond 11.1
BluRay Player - Panasonic DP-UB820EB
Games consoles - PS4 & Nintendo Switch
Streaming Device - Google TV
Turntable - not decided yet
I'm going to use the existing 6 ceiling speaker cut out locations and replace the speakers with new 8" 15 degree slanted Jensen speakers. 1st and 3rd speakers will be Atmos speakers, 2nd will be the left surround channel.
Downside of the retractable projector set up was it limited the size of a new projector, really wanted the Epson EH-TW9400W but it wouldn't fit in that space. Maybe Native 4K projectors will get smaller in future so I'll get one that fits.
Question I had was HDMI cables, I got a 15m and 20m because not sure how long I'll need. There's already a HDMI cable set up so I'm gonna try that because installing new one but worried it won't handle 4k due to its age 10+ years old. Will a long amplified cable be ok running 4k @ 60hz, the projector isn't native 4k so it's sending 1080p signal then using pixel shift to show a 4k image that's why I think the original cable would be ok. Thoughts?
Heard Optical HDMI cables can run long distances without degradation and unamplified also. Anyone vouch for that? I'm not using a PS5 (yet) so won't need 4k @ 120hz yet but may want to in future so hopefully these cables will be ok...
Reviewed this AV forum frequently for different reasons, Google pointed me this way many times so thought I'd contribute also and would love to hear what people think of our new set up!
Been slowly researching and gathering knowledge then making purchases to upgrade our home cinema. We purchased the house in Jan 2021 and the previous owner left his set up with Yamaha Amp, 7.1 channel speakers, Epson PowerLite 8350 projector and screen. Everything is at least 10 years old so no Dolby vision, atmos, DTS X etc
It was a pretty good experience but the sound never felt directional and it felt muddy/wall of sound with most viewing experiences. So I've currently purchased the following items and have someone coming to install them on Wednesday so I'm getting pretty excited.
Going for a 7.1.4 set up with the below orientation.
AMPLIFIER - Denon x6700h
PROJECTOR - Epson EH-TW7100
FRONT SPEAKERS - Wharfedale Diamond 11.2
CENTRE SPEAKER - Wharfedale Diamond 11.CS
CEILING/ATMOS SPEAKERS - 6 x Jensen EHT-9
REAR SPEAKERS - Wharfedale Diamond 11.1
BluRay Player - Panasonic DP-UB820EB
Games consoles - PS4 & Nintendo Switch
Streaming Device - Google TV
Turntable - not decided yet
I'm going to use the existing 6 ceiling speaker cut out locations and replace the speakers with new 8" 15 degree slanted Jensen speakers. 1st and 3rd speakers will be Atmos speakers, 2nd will be the left surround channel.
Downside of the retractable projector set up was it limited the size of a new projector, really wanted the Epson EH-TW9400W but it wouldn't fit in that space. Maybe Native 4K projectors will get smaller in future so I'll get one that fits.
Question I had was HDMI cables, I got a 15m and 20m because not sure how long I'll need. There's already a HDMI cable set up so I'm gonna try that because installing new one but worried it won't handle 4k due to its age 10+ years old. Will a long amplified cable be ok running 4k @ 60hz, the projector isn't native 4k so it's sending 1080p signal then using pixel shift to show a 4k image that's why I think the original cable would be ok. Thoughts?
Heard Optical HDMI cables can run long distances without degradation and unamplified also. Anyone vouch for that? I'm not using a PS5 (yet) so won't need 4k @ 120hz yet but may want to in future so hopefully these cables will be ok...
Reviewed this AV forum frequently for different reasons, Google pointed me this way many times so thought I'd contribute also and would love to hear what people think of our new set up!