The Villages: Matt Moreman's 5.4.4 PSB Home Theater Build VLOG

[@Youthman]

The Villages: Matt Moreman's 5.4.4 PSB Home Theater Build VLOG Subscribe to @ObsessedGarage Watch Matt's Home Tour - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ-VnqScg91mpLc IsoAcoustics Sub Isolation Stand - amzn.to/47ziQ8C Monoprice 12 gauge speaker wire - amzn.to/3XAbwoH OSD Wireless Subwoofer Kit - amzn.to/4de3g3i Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro to Obsessed Home Theater 01:45 - Living room overview 05:15 - Installing in-ceiling speakers 09:11 - Cables 16:21 - Install plan 22:00 - Wireless transmitters for subs 22:50 - AV components 26:44 - Installing on-wall speakers 33:31 - Isolation feet for subs 37:10 - OSD wireless subwoofer transmitters 42:00 - Installing on-wall speakers 53:30 - Installing NAD T778 AVR 01:02:08 - NAD menu settings 01:08:18 - Initial impressions and future plans Expand Your Home Theater Knowledge - bit.ly/Home_Theater_Seminars Platinum Channel Sponsor: Arendal Sound - bit.ly/Arendal_Sound Subwoofers - bit.ly/Arendal_Subwoofers 1723 Speakers - bit.ly/Arendal_1723_Series 1723 THX Monitor - bit.ly/Arendal_1723_Monitor 1723 Subwoofer 2V - bit.ly/1723_Subwoofer_2V 1723 Subwoofer 1S - bit.ly/1723_Subwoofer_1S Use the affiliate links below and help support the channel with no cost to you. TV's (98" and larger) - shop.howl.me/youthman/collections/5383 Audio Advice - bit.ly/Audio_Advice Best Buy - howl.me/clwC9rCV7qx Amazon - www.amazon.com/shop/youthman Weekly and monthly Zooms on Patreon - www.patreon.com/youthman FREE Home Theater Design Tool - bit.ly/Home-Theater-Design-Tool Recommended Home Theater Gear - www.amazon.com/shop/youthman Submit your Home Theater - hometheatertours.com. Ways You Can Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/youthman Youthman Merch - teespring.com/stores/youthman/ ____ Disclosure: Affiliate Links are used in the description of this video. I earn from qualifying purchases. Valencia Bespoke Series Theater Seats: Monza Carbon Fiber (NEW) - bit.ly/Valencia_Monza Tuscany Ultimate Luxury - bit.ly/valencia-tuscany-ultimate-luxury Oslo Ultimate Luxury - bit.ly/valencia-oslo-ultimate-luxury Naples - bit.ly/Valencia_Naples Valencia Cinema Series Theater Seats: Venice - bit.ly/valencia_venice Budapest - bit.ly/valencia_budapest Piacenza - bit.ly/valencia_piacenza Piacenza Powered Headrest - bit.ly/valencia_piacenza_powered_headrest Verona - bit.ly/valencia_verona Verona - Powered Headrest - bit.ly/valencia_verona Valencia Premier Series Theater Seats: Oslo - bit.ly/valenciaoslo Oslo XL - bit.ly/valenciaosloxl Zurich - bit.ly/valenciazurich Tuscany - bit.ly/valencia_tuscany Bern - bit.ly/valencia_bern All Valencia Seating - bit.ly/valencia_all

[@mitchy5994]

Matt is crazy OCD! Great guy, great channel. Love the collaboration between y'all! Been watching Matt with my father for a while, and I've been watching you on my own. Glad that I now have a perfect reason to put this on for the both of us!

[@Youthman]

Thanks for the support Mitchy!

[@mitchy5994]

@@Youthman48:18 Funny moment from Matt. I'm sure you'd get a kick out of it.

[@Youthman]

I edited the video 😀

[@mitchy5994]

@@Youthman That's right. Well, I got a kick out of it! 😂

[@Youthman]

🤣 Matt is a hoot

[@chrisbullock6477]

You slowly start to understand why some are still bachelors..😅 Loves those speakers, just look so elegant and well made.

[@Youthman]

If I had them, I would want to leave the grills off but I know Jessica would never go for that 🤣

[@chrisbaker2004]

Michael, I'm loving this casual format where you guys are just talking through things with no rush as you do the project, love it!!

[@Youthman]

Thank you so much for the feedback Chris. It’s definitely a new format for me, but thought it might be refreshing for my channel.

[@SteveManCentral]

YESSS, two of my favorite KZbinrs collabing and working together!

[@Youthman]

Thanks Steve!

[@PabloConcrete]

What a great video! You guys come across super natural on the camera. Just few friends messing about with the stuff they all like. Rest assured there is never ending content when Matt is around! 😅 Lovely stuff! All the best!

[@Youthman]

Thank you Pablo! We have big plans for Obsessed Home Theater.

[@ObsessedGarage]

Great video! Looking forward to more of this!

[@Youthman]

Thanks! I’m super pumped. We are going to be a lot of fun together.

[@tb2324]

Nice video guys. I told Michael on another video of how I plan to move to Ocala in the next year. I’ll miss my dedicated HT I had at my last house here in the basement. Wondering what I’ll do once I get to sunny FL without a basement. Was nice to see this video and give me a bit of hope that I can still have a fine setup even if it’s not a dedicated space.

[@Youthman]

Definitely be encouraged. 2/3 of my audience said they do not have dedicated theater rooms. You can absolutely have a great great system in the living room set up.

[@Youthman]

Also be sure to hit me up once you move. Would love to meet up sometime.

[@tb2324]

@@Youthman absolutely. Missing my HT. This gives me some excitement now.

[@ericreese4606]

Love this. Can’t wait to see more of you guys together having some fun and showing us the possibilities!

[@Youthman]

Thank you Eric. It’s going to be a fun journey for all of us.

[@bert4910]

That white Marantz Cinema 40 will be a game changer! ;)

[@Youthman]

I think so too. I want to get the Cinema 30 to test in my theater room as well.

[@Universe910]

I always have the same problem (THE LOW END ), and I came across this when I used a front-fire subwoofer with a very little delay in the front LRC. As a result, I got very coherent and the same out at each place. but here, you guys are doing such a great job.

[@eflizotte]

I have personally found the aiming of the tweeter on my atmos ceiling speakers made a substantial difference

[@Youthman]

Definitely a good idea.

[@PeterEidegren]

Wow, what a great group of friends! It's like I'm there hanging out with you guys and I can agree with the difficulty in throwing away cables, I have a secret stash, hidden from my woman, in the addict that I know I probably never will use, heck there are even som Scart cables in those boxes ;o) Great video!!!

[@Youthman]

Haha we all have those boxes. One day we’ll need those cables right? Matt threw away too many and we ended up needing to buy Y adapters from Best Buy and power cords off Amazon.

[@user-gz6tx6yp3v]

They are titanium domes but also you should have gone with the PWM2's all round and the 3 for just the centre. The PWM3 is the most detailed of them and can be harsh, they are meant to be used as a centre. The PWM2's are much smoother on the top end. Also on the NAD you can add their 2 ch power amp for the fronts and get more power to the rest of the channels for that headroom. Try the c298. Hope this helps.

[@paulupton7698]

Home theatre! The best therapy money can buy.❤

[@Youthman]

I know I love it

[@dhowting]

I LOVE videos like this! It has a "show us what you got" type of feel to it without coming off as showing off...I like just hanging out with you guys atmosphere. I feel like I'm just sitting on one of those chairs in the room with you. You're making me want to fish speaker wire into my ceiling and mount some built in Atmos channels.

[@Youthman]

Thank you for the kind words. We are having fun and a grateful you’re enjoying the videos as well. Much more to come!

[@dhowting]

​​@@YouthmanGoing out on a limb for his height channels....my Denon has a "programmable Zone 2" that can be used to hook up a pair of speakers in a separate room OR you can tell the AVR to use them as a second surround or height channel. Any chance the NAD has a similar option?

[@Youthman]

@@dhowting someone mentioned that the T7 78 should be able to assign the surround back channel to the height 2. Doing a little more research, I believe what it doesn’t internally is it routes the Height 2 to the Surround Back speaker terminals (which is dumb considering there are Height 2 terminals). Thats why we were not able to get sound from the surround backs. Matt still wants to check out the Marantz Cinema 30 for its additional power and 4 independent sub outs.

[@m4nc1n1]

Love my PSB P5's! Matt is the reason a bought them from his video testing all the SVS subs.

[@Youthman]

Awesome! This was my first experience hearing them. Very enjoyable sounding system.

[@cincydreamhomes]

Love this colab. Remember seen you in one of Matt's houses he had a car outside with a soft plasic enclosure, several years ago. 😂 I have done several similar on the wall setups with cheaper speakers, of course. Interestingly, there will be flection(s) of the front channels from the kitchen wall/cabinets with a significant delay. It gets all nicely mixed with the side speakers and feels like there are phantom rear speakers, especially listening music or sports (arena or stadium feeling) The easiest way to notice is to sit sideways, one ear toward TV and play calibration sound klicks. Try it the next time you are there.

[@Youthman]

Yes! That's when I filmed his Home Theater Tour on my channel!

[@bobsacamano1274]

It’s Canada Week on Youthman’s channel and I’m here for it! First it was his video from CEDIA which was all about Paradigm and Anthem, and this one featuring PSB-all Canadian brands. Actually, you could make an argument that NAD is Canadian since it was acquired by an audio/video distributor (Lenbrook Industries) based in the Toronto area. Anyway, totally enjoyed this video too. Keep ‘em coming!

[@Youthman]

Representing my Canadian followers!

[@MrMichaelEsser]

Great job!!!

[@Youthman]

Thank you kindly,

[@GamingwithMDP-MDP]

Best collab ever!

[@Youthman]

Wow thank you kindly. We’re going to have a lot of fun together.

[@emiller7040]

I've watched Matt through several house moves. This is #4, 5 if you count the house in Helen. Looking forward to Obsessed Home Theater content!

[@Youthman]

I give him 2 years tops until he moves again. 🤣

[@srincomptr]

@@Youthman 2 Years, I give him 12 months max...lol

[@Youthman]

Hey I’m an optimist 😂

[@srincomptr]

Also for Banna Plugs I would look at Speaker Snaps

[@Youthman]

I just can’t get over how cheap they look

[@richardzagozeski892]

I think he needs the RTJ Super Towers.......more KICKASS! also good listening for 2 channel music.

[@Youthman]

He will have a full JTR system in his dedicated Home Theater upstairs

[@srincomptr]

I am excited to see these install videos. For remotes, I used to be a Harmony user and have had lots of them but since harmony has stopped making them. I decided to get a real system and went with Savant. Its 100 times more user-friendly and easy to use and the remotes are not bad.

[@Youthman]

That’s great you found a solution. I’m looking for a solution that is easy to fully set up and customize without the need for a dealer to do it for me. I can’t let them have all the fun. 😀

[@srincomptr]

@@Youthman What about the Sofabaton or the AVA Cinema remote ?

[@Youthman]

Sofabaton isn’t quite there yet. Check out my review. AVA still requires a dealer to program.

[@KimmoJaskari]

The strongest drywall anchors are GeeFix. They're wild. You could mount a TV with those easily. I mean two of those. And you need two just so the mount won't rotate. They can hold hundreds of *kilos*, not lbs. The first thing to fail would be the entire wall.

[@Youthman]

That would be my concern that the entire drywall would break loose. I definitely would not trust drywall anchors with something that’s heavy.

[@ryankramer]

I'd pick TOGGLER SNAPTOGGLE Drywall Anchors over a GeeFix for strength and higher flexibility of installation scenarios. Can't use GeeFix on anything other than a single sheet of drywall.

[@ASillyLlama]

Love this style video!

[@Youthman]

Thank you so much for the feedback! There’s always a risk with trying something new and I wasn’t sure how you guys would take to the new format. It’s much more conversational and less “polished “… but it’s authentic and real. I plan is to show you the good the bad and the ugly. The challenges, the mistakes, as well as the successes. We want to document it all, and have fun doing so.

[@KimmoJaskari]

That room deserves a nice new Samsung LP9 UST with 3 lasers and 3600 lumens, and a nice floor-rising 120 inchers from Vividstorm or Spectra Vision... TV's are too tiny. Or maybe that nice Jupiter 105 inch ultrawide LCD monitor I saw the other day.

[@jeeves1219]

@youthman need to show Matt how good the anthem stuff really is. An mrx would do great in that room and have much better connection options for both the speakers and subs. Plus coming from dirac, arc is going to be the better calibration software.

[@Youthman]

I think that’s pretty subjective. There are a lot of people that feel that Audyssey < ARC < Dirac. 🤷‍♂️ I’m really wanting to check out the Marantz Cinema 30 for my setup to see how it compares to the Anthem AVM70.

[@JASONH01]

I use Amazon basic cable they have amazing 100% Copper speaker wire.

[@Youthman]

Quality copper is quality copy. Don’t need anything fancy. I’ve used and recommended Monoprice for many years.

[@JASONH01]

​@@Youthmanused them for years on ethernet etc but they failed me a lot so I stopped buying wires from them. Amazon basic wire is pretty cheap got 200 feet for $58 I think used 1 1/2 rolls for my setup so I did pretty good. Also at the end one microphone wasn't a good move there's parts we barely heard you at all.

[@Youthman]

@JASONH01 yeah I’m not sure what happened there. We filmed in two different days and I was using my microphones. I must not have turned mine on.

[@JASONH01]

@@Youthman it's alright everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Can't wait to see what else y'all have going on

[@Youthman]

I make a lot of them 🤣

[@richardzagozeski892]

Also could use CHERRY Class D Amps

[@m4nc1n1]

Dirac does not do crossovers. That is what you were thinking of.

[@Youthman]

Interesting. I’ve only use Dirac. I believe one time when I reviewed many years ago the Monoprice HTP-1. Rusty did the Dirac calibration on this one but I wasn’t watching him.

[@martinmares8998]

These videos are food to my brain. Thank you guys.

[@Youthman]

I’m glad glad you enjoyed the video Martin!

[@housbinpharteen7445]

I see those sub boxes were wireless ,i thought it was like a multi sub input / output .... is there any boxes like that , that can have say one input and say four sub outputs? instead of using a splitter?

[@Youthman]

Could use a miniDSP 2x4HD if you want to get fancy.

[@BoyGenius-1]

How did those tri-band wireless adapters work for you guys? I tried to use one, in my LivingRoom setup, with a couple of minor line of sight obstructions, and I had sporadic distortion. This was evident when running REW sweeps. Otherwise, I don’t believe I would’ve been able to detect it. It sounds like a blown speaker at lower frequencies.

[@Youthman]

During the time that I was there, we didn’t seem to see or hear any issues. I only heard the system for a few minutes.

[@SIat]

Do any precautions need to be taken to support 4 subwoofers on a single circuit like that? Like Matt's house I also use my living room for my home theater (but in a 3.1 setup) and would love to add an additional subwoofer but don't want to over-stress the circuit

[@Youthman]

Matt’s lights dim when the subs are bumping. He would benefit from having a dedicated 20 amp circuit added to his room.

[@petecap4382]

Hi are they any home theater store show rooms near Orlando that u know of besides Bestbuys. What happened to the stores gee😮?

[@Youthman]

Unfortunately, most of the Home Theater showrooms have gone out of business. There’s one in Tampa called Maximum Audio Video.

[@housbinpharteen7445]

@8:27 Is just a few screws in the drywall gonna hold those speakers?

[@Youthman]

At 4” for each driver, they don’t have much excursion.

[@ChadAV69]

This guy is insane, and not in a good way. Spending that much money on a living room setup with no treatment and in a white room is a complete waste of money. Build a shed in the back yard and make a dedicated get away room with hush frame and treatment where you can watch movies, play pool, etc.

[@Youthman]

I guess I’m insane too for not having any treatment in my living room. That’s why we both have dedicated Home Theaters. No need for a shed.

[@ChadAV69]

@@Youthmaneven better. I just don’t think there’s a point in spending 30 grand on a theater setup in a room where 75% of the sound is going to be lost anyway. But whatever no skin off my nose

[@Youthman]

75% loss? I’m curious where you came up with that figure.

[@ChadAV69]

⁠@@Youthmanyou’re hearing mostly reflections anyway and since the room is so big the reverb in the room is longer which is covering the sound even more. There’s noticeable reverb just speaking in there around 55-60db, let alone when you’re playing 85db dialogue in a movie. All that’s gonna do is veil the sound in reverb so you’ll hear no fidelity and no difference from $5000 speakers and $500 speakers. Again I really don’t care about what the guy does, obviously it’s his money. The guy obviously has some sort of problem seeing that he spent $3500 on a cabinet that looks the exact same as one for $150 on wayfair.

[@Youthman]

@@ChadAV69 Matt said he will mainly use the system for sports. I think it’s a bit overkill for that but will do very nicely. His dedicated Theater Room that we are going to build upstairs will be fully treated and will be used for movie watching.

[@JayPatrol]

He must be a home installer with his own business. I seen another video with him in a house he was in guessing him and his family lived in reviewing soundbars

[@Youthman]

Neither one of us are “home theater installers”. We are just three guys that have been obsessed with Home Theater since the days of Dolby Prologic. Matt will buy one of every product on the market (like soundbars), test and compare them to find out what is the best product for him and for his audience. He then he reaches out to the brand to become a dealer for that specific model and sells it to his audience. He and I are both full time content creators, sharing our lives and our experiences with our audiences. We realize that many garage and car guys love home theater, and mini home theater guys love cars, and garages. So it makes a great partnership as we prepare to launch Obsessed Home Theater next month.

[@JayPatrol]

@@Youthman awesome

[@richardzagozeski892]

Would a JOSH AI work for his system? or TOO Expensive for the entire house?

[@Youthman]

Matt’s living room system is pretty simple. He typically uses an Apple TV and blue OS to stream music. JoshAI would be cool but might be overkill for his setup. But if it’s integrated into the entire house, that would make it more justifiable.

[@Brick100]

I noticed judging from the KZbin audio the room is very echoey and has very high reverb times which will affect the systems performance in very significant ways. All I heard was I want to replace this audio component for that audio component but no thought went into the room acoustics. I dont mean he should plaster ugly black absorption panels all over the room but there are options nowadays that can look very aesthetically pleasing- ie acoustic products that resemble artwork for instance. It just seems like a shame to dump a fairly expensive (or pretty damn expensive for a lot of people) system into a room that has little to no treatment that sounds like an echo chamber.

[@Youthman]

Matt’s living room is very typical of most consumers living rooms. Mine included. Ideally, we would love to have acoustic treatment in our living room. my agreement with Jessica is I can do anything I want in the Dedicated theater room, she however, has the living room. And I’m perfectly OK with that. Matt and I both have dedicated Theater Room. We can do whatever we want and treat that room. but when you have the means to have a nice audio system, even in a room, that’s not ideal, they’re still valuing that, and you can still find incredible enjoyment out of it. The key is to work within the limitations that you have and not get discouraged by what you don’t have. Matt likes the sound of the system. It’s not that he’s chasing better equipment. He’s going with larger subwoofers to get more physical impact. He’s changing the front soundstage to black for aesthetics, not performance. And he’s upgrading to the Marantz Cinema 30 because the NAD does not have four independent subwoofer outputs, and it does not power 4 Dolby Atmos speakers. Hope that provides some clarity.

[@KimmoJaskari]

@@Youthman There are acoustic treatments out there that qualify as artwork, and Matt seems to have the dough to spend. Controlling the reverb in the room would pay big dividends in comfort and just livability in the room itself.

[@Youthman]

@KimmoJaskari oh I completely understand. But that’s a decision Matt will need to make. I’ve had that conversation with my wife. 🤣

[@RR-dr6du]

48 inch tall speakers.. well where is the 98 inch tv.. they just happen to be 48 inches tall.. replace the 85!

[@Youthman]

98” LG is going upstairs in his theater room.

[@RR-dr6du]

@@Youthman well he did say he was living below his means so put the 98 downstairs and pick up a new 110 or 115 incher for upstairs ;).

[@yournightmare9999]

👍

[@RR-dr6du]

T778 powers 9 channels so 5 bed 4 oh.. wont need an external amp..

[@Youthman]

That’s what we were thinking but when you look at the rear, it has speaker outs for 7 bed layer and two Atmos. Then there are a pair of RCA preouts for Height 2. We didn’t see a way of assigning the surround back channels to Height 2.

[@RR-dr6du]

@@Youthman you should be able to reassign the back surrounds soeaker outputs to height 2. I do it on the t777. If you go on Crutchfields webside they tell you 5.4.2 is a configuration available..

[@Youthman]

Thank you! I thought it should be assignable based on what I was seeing in the menu. I had connected the Height 2 speakers to the Height 2 speaker terminals on the NAD. In most AVR, that’s how you would do it, then within the menu assign the surround channels as the Height 2 speakers. It appears that in the menu, we need to tell it we have Height 2, but instead of the speakers being connected to Height 2 terminals on the rear of the NAD, we have to connect to surround back terminals on the NAD. That’s stupid. It should always be connected to output like most other AVR’s but it seems that’s how they have it setup. That would explain why we did not get any sound from the rear Atmos speakers, even though we had it configured for Height 2 speakers. This was my first time using NAD so I assumed since they had height 2 pre-outs, that meant it was not a assignable, and you had to use an amplifier for height 2 speakers. Matt will still likely purchase the Marantz Cinema 30 for the extra power capability and 4 independent subwoofers

[@techsamurai11]

Really impressive video - great discussion. Obviously not a budget system especially when you have a BDI cabinet, a NAD, and the largest G3/G4. I see 4 subs but then I wonder about the 40-80hz positional bass which the subs can't really do and for that kind of money, I think the LCR should be handling part of that (the 50-80hz) range. Would it be better to sacrifice 2 subs and get the better positional bass? That'd be an interesting test. Certainly music would also benefit if the towers can sing on their own and it does sound like he really likes music given the Contour. Curious to watch part 2 and the grand reveal.

[@Youthman]

Thank you for the kind words. He’s going to upgrade the at least the front two subs for more grunt. 😀 He was wanting to keep the profile small but we all know there’s no replacement for displacement.

[@JLRJ]

O'Yes! I can already tell this is going to be good!💯 Loved the video. Matt buys houses like I buy shoes and I can't keep up!😅 Congrats on the new business venture and hope it all works out for everyone!💯🥳❤ The Old Man!🧑🏾‍🦲 Julius

[@Youthman]

Thank you for the kind words Julius

[@adamjj85]

Not sure about this style. I would say stick to shorter, polished videos. 1.5 hours of amateurs installing a system with poor technique and then deciding the design doesn't work? Not sure how that is adding value for anyone. I've loved your stuff for a long time, hopefully this is not what Obsessed Home Theater is going to be.

[@Youthman]

Seven years ago, my channel started out which just reviews. I later added Home Theater Tours, tutorials, trade show coverage, podcasts and factory tours. The new content is additive, not a replacement for what I’m currently doing. Feel free to watch just the shorter, polished content. No format will be for everyone.

[@Youthman]

From KZbin Studio "Views are up 25%! More regular viewers are choosing to watch this video, and they’re watching longer than usual, helping to increase its reach on KZbin recommendations" with 97.9% like to dislike ratio. It seems a lot of people are connecting with the new style.

[@ChadAV69]

I agree adam. They’re so obsessed with home theater that they didn’t bother testing a design choice before spending 8k on speakers. They’re so obsessed that they installed a center speaker with lobing issues (for 8k). They’re so obsessed that they only have 2 subwoofers that are co located. Definitely obsessed.

[@Youthman]

You mad bro? 🤣🤣🤣