Do you have surround sound?

[megabyteme]

I am curious how you listen to your media. Please check as many of these as you have.

*Note* There are many, many versions of these technologies. I tried to place these in ascending order from oldest to newest. If you don't see the exact version of DD or DTS you have, check the newest version before the tech exceeds what you have. Also, I mean this in a sense of being able to use. If you only have 2 speakers, then that's not really surround sound, IMO.

Thanks, I think this might be interesting...

[mjmacky]

If I did, I wouldn't know which version. Also, I think headphones count as surround sound.

[megabyteme]

Also, I think headphones count as surround sound.

Headphones and a bong hit should be added to the list, shouldn't they? :D

[mjmacky]

And to be technical, all sound is surround sound...

Just like all food is organic food. Even a plastic chew toy is organic, that doesn't make it food.

[megabyteme]

And to be technical, all sound is surround sound...

Just like all food is organic food. Even a plastic chew toy is organic, that doesn't make it food.

I'll add bananas to the list. :P

[mjmacky]

And to be technical, all sound is surround sound...

Just like all food is organic food. Even a plastic chew toy is organic, that doesn't make it food.

I'll add bananas to the list. :P

Per the previous point, you're going to want to stick that whole banana down your throat, skin and all.

[Artemis]

If I did, I wouldn't know which version. Also, I think headphones count as surround sound.

It depends on the headphones and whether they can position the sound. Some Headphones are incapabable of 3D positioning so the argument that all headphones count as surround sound is invalid.

[IdolEyes787]

Yes.

[mjmacky]

If I did, I wouldn't know which version. Also, I think headphones count as surround sound.

It depends on the headphones and whether they can position the sound. Some Headphones are incapabable of 3D positioning so the argument that all headphones count as surround sound is invalid.

Not really. If you put one earbud in one ear, and then cut the other *one with scissors, I suppose that would not be surround sound.

*severing the earbud, not the ear.

[megabyteme]

Yes.

Please don't use my thread to boost your post count just to gain access to the invite section. Go spam the movie threads like everyone else, loser. :angry:


Also, feel free to use this thread to finally come out of the closet. Idol, are you a flaming homosexual who dresses up in vinyl gimp suits?

[IdolEyes787]

Yes.

[paulkingston]

i like the way dolby surrounds and it feel
yes i voted for it and will always

[mjmacky]

Would have expected an edit war.

[megabyteme]

Would have expected an edit war.

Honestly, who hasn't suspected him of that sort of deviancy? :unsure:

[Artemis]

Would have expected an edit war.

Honestly, who hasn't suspected him of that sort of deviancy? :unsure:

Well my list is quite long.....and you are near the top.... :yup:

[megabyteme]

Well my list is quite long.....and you are near the top.... :yup:

:fist:


On a serious note, I think it would be an interesting study to learn the effects of the internet on peoples' fetishes. Do people get them through life encounters, or by stumbling across something that strikes their fancy (like a video/pic)? If the latter is true, then the sheer ease of finding such potentially out-of-mainstream stuff, it seems, would lead to an explosion* of people finding their niche(s).


*Pun not intentional this time.

[mjmacky]

Well my list is quite long.....and you are near the top.... :yup:

:fist:


On a serious note, I think it would be an interesting study to learn the effects of the internet on peoples' fetishes. Do people get them through life encounters, or by stumbling across something that strikes their fancy (like a video/pic)? If the latter is true, then the sheer ease of finding such potentially out-of-mainstream stuff, it seems, would lead to an explosion* of people finding their niche(s).


*Pun not intentional this time.

If the internet handed me my fetishes, I'd pop a boner any time someone said "mermaid", "red-headed mermaid" or, "where did the shells go?". But alas, all my fetishes are derived from RL experiences. Maybe this is because the internet wasn't able to affect my childhood. But even after, when I had both the internet and RL matched up against each other, my real fetishes came to me through RL. Other than that, I just have internet interests.

[sandman_1]

Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR702 7.1 Surround sound

Has THX Surround EX. Prefer DTS modes over all others.

Klipsch 5.0 Synergy Quintet (Although I blew 2 so I don't have the 5.0 setup anymore. Hopefully will get the dough to replace soon...)

SVSubwoofer (now SVSound) with Bash 320watts RMS amplifier and box style (PB-12 or something) 12" driver. Rattles the house and good for pissing off the wife and scaring the kids.

[megabyteme]

my real fetishes came to me through RL. Other than that, I just have internet interests.

Maybe that's more of what I had in mind, just didn't know the difference. I'm not much of a fetishist, so my knowledge has mainly come from either stumbling across stuff online that either makes me chuckle or grasp gasp, and late night HBO documentary-style shows.

Interests really aren't fetishes, are they?

I guess this means you must have witnessed a giant squid violating a Japanese teen at some point IRL. Which is not surprising as it ranks third in "worst things to happen to people living in Japan" right behind tsunamis and Godzilla attacks...
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Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR702 7.1 Surround sound

Has THX Surround EX. Prefer DTS modes over all others.

Good choice!

I have had an Onkyo TX-NR807 in my living room for the past couple years, and have been so impressed with it (paired with Polk Monitor 60's, CS2, and 4X 30's and a budget Velodyne sub) that I just now replaced my Lexicon DC-1 in my media room with an Onkyo TX-NR809. In fact, my project for the night is to finish hooking it all up. I'm actually pretty darn excited to try it out. The Lexicon's only downfall is its lack of DTS- and that is a BIG issue when it comes to downloading movies that may, or may not, be marked as having that as a sole sound track... I solved the deficiency of HDMI switching with an external auto switch, and ran that into a Logitech Revue.

[mjmacky]

I'm not much of a fetishist

I have a couple, though I'd never share them with anyone ever. I don't think I've ever even joked about it, likely because it's too obscure to wiggle into conversation.

Maybe an interesting side point, the reason I used that first example is because the first "porn" I ever saw on the internet was Disney character depictions that were either forwarded to me in an email or on a BBS or something. Before that, I had honestly never thought to seek out porn; search engines used to suck. So Ariel & Jasmine were literally my inspirations for the initiation of my internet porn journey. Absolutely true.

[anigav]

Yes.

+1

[megabyteme]

Yes.

+1

:mad3: +1


I have a couple, though I'd never share them with anyone ever. I don't think I've ever even joked about it, likely because it's too obscure to wiggle into conversation.

Oh come on, you can trust us. We'd never mock you mercilessly every day from this day forward, including after you decided you could not take the relentless bombardment and fled the site. :angel:

And you could even put them in spoiler tags for privacy... :shifty:


I think another component of what I was thinking was perhaps the internet and its vast riches of utter perversion helping to reveal something(s) that may not have been recognized as a fetish before. And maybe someone with a true fetish cannot help but recognize their fixation, and don't need that, "Wow, this is the greatest thing EVAR!!!" moment when they receive that Ariel and Jasmine lesbo scene in their email. :w00t:

[mjmacky]

+1

:mad3: +1


I have a couple, though I'd never share them with anyone ever. I don't think I've ever even joked about it, likely because it's too obscure to wiggle into conversation.

Oh come on, you can trust us. We'd never mock you mercilessly every day from this day forward, including after you decided you could not take the relentless bombardment and fled the site. :angel:

And you could even put them in spoiler tags for privacy... :shifty:


I think another component of what I was thinking was perhaps the internet and its vast riches of utter perversion helping to reveal something(s) that may not have been recognized as a fetish before. And maybe someone with a true fetish cannot help but recognize their fixation, and don't need that, "Wow, this is the greatest thing EVAR!!!" moment when they receive that Ariel and Jasmine lesbo scene in their email. :w00t:

I wouldn't share them with a deaf dying psychologist, and I think I'd be overestimating everyone's talents if I thought I would be mocked for them. The internet has yet to provide any insight or competition to true sexual oddities. How do I say it... the internet is superficial. Looks like some guy named Dave W owns superfacial, the dot com domain.

[sandman_1]

Good choice!

I have had an Onkyo TX-NR807 in my living room for the past couple years, and have been so impressed with it (paired with Polk Monitor 60's, CS2, and 4X 30's and a budget Velodyne sub) that I just now replaced my Lexicon DC-1 in my media room with an Onkyo TX-NR809. In fact, my project for the night is to finish hooking it all up. I'm actually pretty darn excited to try it out. The Lexicon's only downfall is its lack of DTS- and that is a BIG issue when it comes to downloading movies that may, or may not, be marked as having that as a sole sound track... I solved the deficiency of HDMI switching with an external auto switch, and ran that into a Logitech Revue.

Nice setup man. I wanted to get the network ready Onkyos when I was looking for one but they were near $1000 at the time. I always kick myself for getting rid of my full range Infinitys with 8" drivers. They were big but they were damn good speakers, a moment of insanity I guess. They would of been great front speakers. How is that Velodyne working for ya? Back in the day, Circuit City had some of those and they sounded, to me at least, too muffled with the bass especially for the price they wanted for a 12". SVsubs were slightly cheaper but had a more crisper sounding bass imo so I went with them instead. Plus the Svsubs have a greater range and the model I have hits around 19hz. Wish I could of gotten the Ultra series though. I would of loved having around a 12hz sub. Definitely would of pissed off the neighbors with that beast. :naughty: But about $3000 at the time, it was a little out of my price range.

What kind of flicks do you watch with your setup? I like my shit loud. If they aint blowing shit up or tossing grenades, I don't feel like it is much of a movie. :D Ohh the wife does hate me...

[Skiz]

I used to have somewhat of surround in my bedroom. Had the TV on the top of the armoire. Two Sony tower speakers on either side with two small satellite speakers, one on each bedside table. Not really surround but it was great to lay in bed and watch movies with. After we changed up the room, it didn't really fit well, so now all that remains plugged in is the two towers.

Sony sa-va15

[Artemis]

I used to have somewhat of surround in my bedroom. Had the TV on the top of the armoire. Two Sony tower speakers on either side with two small satellite speakers, one on each bedside table. Not really surround but it was great to lay in bed and watch movies with. After we changed up the room, it didn't really fit well, so now all that remains plugged in is the two towers.

Sony sa-va15
I forgot about this fred, but I have a minimalist bedroom surround system. Works for me though. Atom PC running XBMC with an optical audio output to a logitech Z5400 5.1 Multimedia speaker system, it's an excellent sized system for a bedroom. TV is a Samsung 32" LCD.

http://i.imgur.com/2ymww.jpg

[megabyteme]

Apologies for the near-abandonment of this thread...

Technology is fantastic in that quality gets better, and the price goes down as it does. Who can't get happy about that? :w00t:

I can say that I have now gotten my new Onkyo hooked up in place of the old Lexicon DC-1, and the sound is NOT lacking in any way. I will say, though that the Lexicon earned its keep over the past 15 years (I bought it about 11-12 years ago) by being sooo far ahead of other technology at the time. The sound is VERY comparable (I am actually using the pre-outs for each of the 7 channels (4 separate amps) ) between the two. Which is great for me since I replaced the Lex out of "need" for DTS.

All in all, I am absolutely floored at what can be had during current model year close-out sales on Amazon/Newegg, etc. for $700. In addition to DTS, the receiver handles any kind of input/output you would care to make part of your sound system. HDMI switching is beyond transparent- video signals are actually improved by sending them through the unit. Upscaling is done in the background, and the rec has the capabilities for 3D as well as upscaling to 4k (which is roughly 4x the resolution of 1080p, and not doable by any current video devices) which is a great indicator of how effortlessly signals/files can be upscaled without artifacts.

As for the Velodyne (I mentioned a 12") earlier- I am happy with it as a behind the living room television set-it-and-forget-it kind of sub. It is there, it produces enough bass to compliment the Polk towers (also another Newegg super deal), and give very satisfying sound with the older 807 Onkyo I have. Nice pairing without digging in too deep.

I do have a Velodyne F1800II sub (yeah, that's 18", baby...) in the media room, but sadly it has been waiting (not a top priority) to get its amp replaced as a result of my not having it connected to a surge protector. :pinch: Live and learn, right? :(

Thanks for the responses to my poll. Interesting spectrum tilted towards 5.1, it seems. DTS is nice, but is not absolutely necessary if one doesn't mind checking each movie's sound channels before downloading. And, honestly, that did become enough of a PITA to set aside my still very well running Lex. It is quite annoying to take the family to the media room for , say, Harry Potter only to find that Dumbledore is mute 3 minutes into the show... :sigh:

[jacson1253]

No but I really want to install surround sound in my house. Anyone know a reliable brand?

[DarioMic]

yes .have surround sound in my house.......its the best ..........sony sistem..........

[Artemis]

yes .have surround sound in my house.......its the best ..........sony sistem..........

:glag: of course sony is the best. :glag:

[megabyteme]

yes .have surround sound in my house.......its the best ..........sony sistem..........

:glag: of course sony is the best. :glag:

And of course, it says, "sony sistem" right on the front....

[Darth Sushi]

Nope...just stereo.