Nice work.. Like you I was ancients here and see everything.. Will be doing major upgrade this year.. Cable management is #2 outside of acoustics😂

Simplest video ever!! Literally straight to the point

I think what you're doing and what you've done is super cool! Love when people think outside the box!

Why would you upgrade binding posts to a cheap amp? Get a better one, the posts aren't going to improve the sound! And even doubling the amp price will hardly get any improvement.

If you flip that aluminum channel over into a pyramid shape with two points down and one up, then make an appropriate cleat to attach to your speaker, that would eliminate the droop. Not that I think it's a concern as is, but if you're OCD... Or drill through the ends and screw the aluminum channel into the wooden supports prior to hanging the speaker might work as well.

Great work! thanks

You need to use a higher recording volume. Way to low.

If you paint, you might have to paint the whole room. 1 year from now, no way you can paint match. I couldn't even paint match to my own paint in my own house. I had to repaint with the same paint color lol 😂

Looking good!! Love what you did will the wall mount speakers!! 🎉 Also, that black velvet material looks awesome!! I like how it just covers all the walls etc!! 🎉 where can we buy some of that?? 🎉

Looking good! I’m sure that aluminum will never fail but if you’re concerned about it, just add another one with cross-members to create a truss. The 2nd one wouldn’t even need to be as hefty as the existing one to increase the rigidity significantly.

Can I ask whot volume you played this on please

You didn’t build an acoustic panel you built a frame for an acoustic material. 🙄 your wall would work just as good if you just glued that fiberglass insulating material on your wall…

I have a Denon receiver, a Samsung TV, a Firestick, and a Chromecast, they are all attached to the receiver via HDMI cable, the volume from one device to the next is significantly different. When I'm listening to the TV and then switch to Chromecast, I have to increase the volume 10 db to hear the Chromecast at the same level. If I forget to turn the volume down when switching back to the TV it rocks the house, do you have any suggestions?

I'm about to do this same thing on my old 5.1 Receiver . I pre-amp out my 4 ceiling speakers and let the old boy do some work. But those pin type binding posts...bothering me for years. Nice video! Sort of gave me a mental checklist.

Good build, can you share the velvet link?

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Love the build! Thanks for sharing, new sub 👍

Just found your channel and I’m loving it. Looking forward to seeing more.

Black walls, black floor and black ceiling, it’s like getting a new projector!

great tips thx for sharing

Coming together 🎉

Excellent one

May I ask which speakers you are using? :)

how are you getting on with this one, did you get a second one?

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Thank you for this.

Are your panels offset? I can’t tell. Do not hang them directly opposite of each other. Or, put more panels up to fill the gaps.

Great man. So is that screen material better than spandex?

If you could ever stretch the budget for the 1510 do it, you won't regret it. I also had the HSU and alot of other subs and while the HSU has more output below 30hz the REL is better at everything else tighter, faster, more dynamic and more articulate.

music is far louder than you speaking, goes from normal, then blasting.

You’re not doing yourself any favor with 1 sub in that nice theater. . Also I recommend not using your iPhone for sound recordings especially since you gave amble time to footage that did not convey your intentions. Look forward to your review when you have added a couple of 15s. Best regards

What crossover settings have you set and where? (SUB vs AV)

Part 2?

Your room is so small, I would forget the projector & screen, and go with a fairly big TV instead. Just my thought.

I thought it was just the Best Buy in my area? At Best Buy you can catch sales but online they hardly have sales especially Amazon. I'm glad I'm up-to-date with my physical media because it would cost a fortune to get all of that now online. I have a healthy bank account but it's healthy because I shop like I'm broke. I purchased high quality Equipment and media on sale.

Looks like a challenging room, but good plan. What internal cabinet volume did you use for the enclosures for the KEF 3160s? What is the bass extension like? Does it play flat down through 80Hz?

I am doing a similar setup. My room is 15 wide by 22 long. I'm building a bench under the windows to house the sub woofer and hide the cable runs.

Its coming together 🎉 You use the Joanne triple black velvet? I was over there and also liked the "scuba black faux suede" and "ast wool melton coatings". I dont know how good thar faux suede would be vs the trippe black velvet for light absorption The wool melton in a grey color could work dor that side wall if you go to joanne to check it out. Very premium fabric wall material to touch

That was a nice refresher. I last did this in 2014-15. Upgrading my projector to 4K Laser forced replacing my perfectly good Marantz AV7002 to the AV7706 and my Oppo BDP103D to a Sony 4K bluray player and adding a 4K streaming source. Watching this will make this process much easier. Thanks

Beter after app calibration with small changes

Nice job. I remember those old connectors-still hate them.

While this is a good idea, there are some points that compromise the new connectors. Firstly, they are screwed together. A one piece leading copper lead with a surface treating and no nuts to tighten, will perform better. Both mechanically and sonically. Next is the brass that yours are probably made of, which have a terrible conducting property. Get copper mixed with tellurium which hardens the copper, and only loose 2-3% conductivity relativer to pure copper. Silver on the outside enhanced this again. In this case, I would probably have undone the soldering flange and the nut and tossed them away. Then I would have drilled a hole through the rod and soldered into that. I just changed the terminal on my 30 year old Copland amp, and that, I can guarantee you, was a sonic improvement. Less mud in the sound - a cleaner sound with a little more detail.. Not much, but there. What it does is a better connection, also to the gauge of the wire. If you can imagine the this wire from before, only touching a many decade old clip, which is also dirty, the connection is just bad. The current have very little and dirty surface area to move through. Next point, which is also valid on almost all modern cables and connectors of today, is the idea of pinching strands of wire with screws, thinking it makes a good connection. Well, it does not. it's just as bad as bare strands clipped into the old style flipping plate connector. You may be remembering black strands, black connector etc, from the old days. Well, that's what is happening. Same with the modern connection, if NOT done properly. If you have say 200 thin strands in the wire, the contact point between them are minimal. Therefore you need to solder your cables in both ends. Also using proper flux to clean the contact area(-s) and secure proper clean soldering, as well as actually using the MUCH bigger area for the current. Further, any area exposed to air, should be covered in say an acid free silicone sealant, to prevent future corrosion. Many modern connectors, also expensive ones, are not well executed, with lots of small parts assembly, open for bad future connection, corrosion, loosing up and what not. Also, take a look at the quality of a current leading alloy or metal. Brass is often used, and is bad. Copper is better, Silver is the best. Silver plated copper with a bit of beryllium is very good. All these big clear plastic parts are good for turning knobs as in not carrying current, but bad for not being able to be surface treat the current leading metal beneath, which will then corrode. So, take a good look at stuff and do it properly. Very few, including companies do this. But that is the proper way. Kind regards.

You can buy banana plugs with about an inch of Braided speaker wire sticking out of them that you put into the old spring clips

Wire Farrels

Nice getting rid of those nasty vintage post connectors! Just one comment - did you vacuum out the filings from the case? It's the only thing that struck me as undesirable in this upgrade. All the best, Rob in Switzerland.

Good job. Looks clean and up to date.

Just saw your video now. Can you imagine, way back in the 1970s a girl told me the difference between a TWEETER and a WOOFER !!

You must hear a better quality of sound or detail or space do you not?

Like minds think alike, been on my mind for years, just never got the chance to do it. I would have marked everything before cutting and drilling the aluminum. Makes it easier to clamp without damage to the sides of the piece you are using. Just my two cents. Old carpenter and hifi nut.