Description

This room has 3 parts, music listening, movie sound mixing and movie picture editing.

Crazy I have 4 Dolby Atmos systems. We have 73 speakers that I can think of, not counting the 14 TVs. That sounds really over the top but it's a big house.

My Steinway Spiro/r is the most hi fi thing I own.

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Room Details

Dimensions: 30’ × 26’  X large
Ceiling: 10’


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    • Avid ProTools Dolby Atmos Mixing Avid ProTools, Avid S4 control surface
    This is a complete Movie/TV mixing room
    HDX, Mtrx Studio over 1000 channels.
    • Genelec Speakers 8351B Speakers (11)
    Powered full frequency speakers
    • Genelec Sub 7370 Sub
    Not a house shaking sub but accurate.
    • Paradigm 9h Speakers
    Hybrid, low frequency internal amp, also center channel
    • Paradigm B speakers (4) Ceiling (4)
    Passive speakers surround also Paradigm Atmos speakers in the ceiling
    • JL Audio JL 113 v2 subs (2)
    Shakes the house an sounds good needed for weak bass out of the 9hs
    • Boulder 1110 Preamp
    • Luxman M-10X
    • PS Audio Direct Stream DAC MK2
    • Lyngdorf Home Theater processor MK-60.2
    Brain of Home Theater
    • Anthem MRX amps (10)
    For passive surround speakers and biamping
    • PS Audio Perfect Wave SACD Transport
    This unit is really good
    • PS Audio Direct Stream Power Plant 20 (2)
    I had to have my house power upgraded and added circuits.
    • Elac Speakers Navis Series
    For video editing monitors
    • Steinway & Sons Spiro/r Model B Grand Piano
    This piano will playback nearly exactly what the original musician played the keys have 1000 points of dynamic resolution. This is the greatest HiFi system ever.
    • Focal, Naim Focal Stellia Headphones Naim HP amp
    Not really happy with this setup, don't know why.
    • HIFI Rose 150B
    • Roon Nucleus

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Owner
@noromance Thank you, I bought all the post equipment for a movie I haven't made yet, someday. I don't do any recording in this room I'm retired now but I started doing live sound then recording studios then production sound for movies and TV for 35 years. I haven't worked on post for a movie in a long time I just wanted to wear another hat.

donavabdear

Owner
jpipes 
Thanks for the kind words, I've changed a few things since the picture, I moved the speakers closer together, changed the equipment racks, I've got to hang some speakers for my Pro Tools system, It'll look awful, don't have any way to make it look good. Thanks.

donavabdear

Owner
@highend64 Thanks for the note. The Protools system is a full 7.4.1 with the MATRX Studio and HDC and a 4 x S4 control system. The speakers are all Genelec "The Ones", they are amazing every time I use them they surprise me in some way, the Avid S4 controller is very complicated but very versatile.

donavabdear

Owner
@tomcarr Thanks for the nice note. I'm happy you appreciate it.

donavabdear

Owner
@jmarshak I think you're correct there should be no problem with the bass at all the amp is plenty big and designed for those drivers. I think it's my particular speakers. I did call Paradigm and they talked a few things over with me but I'm so happy with the JLs and the 9hs together I wouldn't change a thing. The 9hs with the JLs are really top drawer they sound much better than their price range would suggest. I just heard a 100k speaker and it did go to lower frequencies on its own but this combination is really special. I have the crossover a bit high at about 100Hz. I took a long time and tuned the phasing by ear.

donavabdear

Owner
@jmarshak Yes the JL subs add so much to the Paradigm 9hs, there should be more bass from the 9hs but I really bought them for their mid and high end. I was very disappointed at first but adding the 2 subs makes the speakers really sound good.

donavabdear

Owner

@jmarshak yes I was very disappointed in the 9hs low end but the mid and high end are wonderful. Now if I can get those 113s to stop humming I'll really have something. 

donavabdear

Owner
@emergingsoul, I use PS Audio outlets, I have 2 dedicated circuits because when explosions happened at hi volumes in a movie the breakers would blow so I have now 40 amps to use. I have ok power but this stupid hum was driving me crazy so I bought 2x $10k power regenerators so I don't have to worry about power at all (my hum wasn't the power btw). I live in Eagle Idaho, it's beautiful when I look out to the lake after listening to music I can't help but to feel blessed.

donavabdear

Owner
@opera1 Thank you, funny you said that I have a kitchen in the back of the room and I really do have to force myself to spend time with the family.

donavabdear

Owner
@jond I live in Eagle Idaho, just like 90% of everyone else here a refugee from Southern California. Thanks

donavabdear

Owner
@jond thanks for the kind words, I did production sound for 35, recording actors mainly. I worked on Titanic, Pearl Harbor, CSI Miami and Scorpion among others.

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