Very Good Saintos
Bravo
Long time no see pix liao ... !

saintos,

Congrats on posting the pictures! Very nice HT room you have.

Wanna ask about the Auralex room treatment that you have. Was the type and position suggested by the dealer? What differences have you noticed after putting them in?

Oh, one last thing - how big is your room? And how far are you sitting away from the screen?

yes bro,thats wallpaper on my walls,courtesy of goodrich wallpapers

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Added on April 16, 2009, 1:48 pmthanks bro,

the auralex treatment was recomended through the dealer now my friend,Nelson from Centre Circle Audio.A very very nice guy.very friendly and his passion in av is very deep.

i aslo compared his setup by going through the auralex website.Theres a lot of information there regarding the setup.

and the difference?

EXELLENT!!!!!

Before the treatment my room was like a tunnel!!

full of echos and clutter and all sorts of things that is not good for an av room.

after installing auralex,all my problems was solved.

im not quite done with the Acoustic treatment,still need to add a Mini Fuser.It will make the room sound big..Thats because my room is not that big.

13 feet 4 inches both ends

and the room is square,meaning the bass build up is very high,thats why i add the Auralex Sono Column Towers.

overall the room Acoustics is damn good now thanks to Auralex.

Head over to Centre Circle Audio In Taman Tun and Nelson would be happy to guide you through the process.

Tell them Hussein recommend you.He will give u the best service.

my seating position from the screen is about 10 feet.

just nice,the screen may be a little to big for some people,but i like it! hehe

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Added on April 16, 2009, 1:52 pmAND THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE OVERWHELMING FEEDBACKS.IVE ALWAYS WANTED THIS KIND OF SETUP SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER AND STARTED SAVING 8 TO 10 YEARS BACK FOR THIS! AND WHEN THE TIME COMES,I WHACK LAAAAA!!!! HEHE

This post has been edited by saintos: Apr 16 2009, 01:52 PM

Thanks for the detailed reply.

Does Nelson need to come visit your room in order to advise what room treatment to get and where to place it?

That Mini Fuser is interesting if it can make the room sound big.

It's a good feeling to fulfill your dream of a HT right? I plan to join the club soon...

Excellent, finally you reap the rewards of your hard work

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Added on April 16, 2009, 6:15 pmmore more more!!! heheh

This post has been edited by saintos: Apr 16 2009, 06:15 PM

Hi saintos,

I'm looking for a recliner exactly like yours. Can you tell me where I can find that and how much it cost? Thanks,

Ikano Power Centre Mutiara Damansara

I Living (nest to harvey norman)

Price 1k plus for the single,dont remember that well

My friend who is using auralex told me that he just bought one for his B&W center speaker. He said the vocal sounds a lot better now. Gonna check it out.

I'm curious how he installed the Mini Fusor on his center speaker to improve the sound. I thought it goes on the wall or ceiling.

hi saintos, how much are the psb image, are they expensive ?

i was planning to get either psb or paradigm. in the future, probably i be like you, plan and save, and then go all out, dont want to be half way half way,

good idea, once and for all yeah

the psb image not very expensive though..
below 5k i think for the 5.0

It's Mopad. He got it for abt RM180

Great pics saintos..the psb rear speakers whats the different between dipole and normal speakers in term of sound quality used for rear spkrs..n how much is the psb s60 costs?

PSB Image speakers are quite affordable.

Image B15 - RM990
Image C40 - RM990

Cant remember the floorstander price.

The Image Floorstanders is image T55 = RM 2600

Image C 60 Centre = RM 1600

Subsonic 5i = RM 2500

Surround Bipole = RM 2150

And to answer what is the difference of bipolar surround speakers,

Advantages of Bipole Speakers

* The bipolar speakers are wired in phase and push out more air, resulting in a bit more bass.
* Bipolar speakers can be used as the main speakers.
* This design allows a bipolar speaker to provide the best of both worlds: a direct-speaker’s clarity and focus, and a dipole’s spaciousness.
* Bipolar speakers work in roughly the same way as direct-radiating speakers. They feature two sets of drivers pointed in different directions and wired in-phase, both pushing and pulling air at the same time. That gets sound moving toward the walls, ceiling, furniture, etc., introducing more sonic energy in more directions than you would with a direct-radiating speaker. In other words, you will got more sound coming at you from more directions. However, most of the sound is coming from the speakers themselves.
* Bipolar surround speakers use speaker drivers aimed towards the front and back of the room to achieve a diffuse sound-field like that created by the multiple surround speakers in movie theaters.
* Your room’s acoustics will affect these designs more than conventional direct-radiating speakers.

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Added on April 17, 2009, 1:19 pmheres your answer
Advantages of Bipole Speakers

* The bipolar speakers are wired in phase and push out more air, resulting in a bit more bass.
* Bipolar speakers can be used as the main speakers.
* This design allows a bipolar speaker to provide the best of both worlds: a direct-speaker’s clarity and focus, and a dipole’s spaciousness.
* Bipolar speakers work in roughly the same way as direct-radiating speakers. They feature two sets of drivers pointed in different directions and wired in-phase, both pushing and pulling air at the same time. That gets sound moving toward the walls, ceiling, furniture, etc., introducing more sonic energy in more directions than you would with a direct-radiating speaker. In other words, you will got more sound coming at you from more directions. However, most of the sound is coming from the speakers themselves.
* Bipolar surround speakers use speaker drivers aimed towards the front and back of the room to achieve a diffuse sound-field like that created by the multiple surround speakers in movie theaters.
* Your room’s acoustics will affect these designs more than conventional direct-radiating speakers.

Disadvantages of Bipole Speakers

* Bipolar speakers are affected by your room’s acoustics more than conventional direct-radiating speakers. You are at the mercy of the room. Some may actually like this effect, but it is less accurate.
* Some argue that the midrange response of bipolar speakers are not as good, particularly as the main speakers. It is probably more suitable for surrounds.
* Bipole speakers do not have the sound-field of the dipole (not as open sounding).

Advantages of Dipole Speakers

* Dipolar create a more open space of sound without the listener being able to pinpoint the source of the sound.
* Unlike bipolar speakers, the drivers in dipoles aren’t moving in and out at the same time. One driver pushes air while the other pulls. So when the dipoles are placed properly, at 90° from the screen, directly to the left and right of the listener, they create a null zone—an area in which the sound coming from each speaker effectively cancels itself out, usually in the off-axis middle area facing the listener. The sound coming straight toward the listener’s ears is effectively dampened, and instead the listener hears virtually nothing but reflections from the room boundaries. So instead of perceiving sounds as coming from the speaker itself, the result is a diffuse sound-field.
* This design offers a more diffuse, spacious sound than a direct-radiating model. This is what surround speakers should do, after all. They are intended to reproduce ambient effects.
* Dipolar models are favored for THX-certified designs specifically because of their diffuse sound, which more accurately resembles what you would hear in a real movie theater.
* According to Dolby Laboratories: “Surround speaker placement, room acoustics, and personal preference are as important as the speakers’ radiating characteristic. These factors vary greatly, so Dolby Laboratories cannot recommend a particular speaker for home theater use.”
* Dipoles are a closer match to the surround speaker arrays found in movie theaters.
* Ambience and envelopment are the goals of surround speakers, not the 3D holographic rear stereo images. Dipoles do a better job at envelopment due to the sound being directed away from the listener. Having the forward and backwards firing sounds out-of-phase makes the speaker harder to pinpoint.
* Dipoles have a bigger surround sweet spot than direct radiating surrounds have.

Disadvantages of Dipole Speakers

* Dipoles are said to provide the most room filling ambient effect, but sacrifice a little bass as the drivers are wired out of phase.
* Some critics claim that dipolar speakers were invented in the old analog and matrixed surround sound days. Nowadays, most digital surround audio codecs are discrete with five or more channels. The diffuse sound-field of dipole speakers destroy this advantage.
* Others claim that dipoles were originally designed to create a diffuse sound-field in rooms that were acoustically treated to duplicate the effect of multiple direct radiating speakers in commercial theaters. However, even in many high-end home theaters, they do not treat the rooms that much. So the advantage of dipoles is limited.




This post has been edited by saintos: Apr 17 2009, 01:19 PM

saintos, hehe...I like to comment on ppl. setup...but my own is sub standard..

So here it is....hope you take it positively....

hehe...your weekend projects.

1. The AV rack stands out like a sore thumb....consider getting some lacquer from the hardware shop that match the speaker wood tone...


2. Too bland...get some nice Arnie, brad pitt, etc movie posters on the wall.

other than that...



This post has been edited by azbro: Apr 17 2009, 01:52 PM

Thanks bro,no worries

About the rack,im planning too upgrade my theater room and make it bigger some time this year,more seat and all...and im planning to make an enclosed rack for all the equipments.hence leaving the rack as it is..hehe

and regarding the posters....i like it ol skool...hehe like the real cinema...u dont see any posters inside of the cinema do you..but outside?? definatelly!! so im planning to add posters outside the theater room.Theres a stretch of wall right next to the door and im plannig to put up the posters with lights inside of them(framed of course).excatly like in the cinema..
And one day invite some of you for a preview! not enough enjoy alone with family...share with people that have the same passion.
there you goo..hehe

Good you have though abt it...

Dun forget to add this poster...



Of course, now got Terminator Salvation oledi. A Transformers poster also would be nice..

Cheers...

If you got singing friends...an addition of a Karaoke system is always welcome...

Thanks saintos for that extremely detailed explaination abt bipolar, dipolar spkrs, those s60 sure cost a lot though..the area where my av set-up is located is 12' x 30' but since its a living plus dining area, my av set up actual area is abt 12' x 15' with the spkrs shooting across the shorter width of the room. So i dont think bi-polar spkrs can work in my system but i will try and borrow a pair from my friendly hi-fi dealer for a test soon. BTW any one knows the ideal room size for a.v. ?