Best home purchase you ever made

[KL8209]

All I want to tell you guys is to take a look at Sonos if you have a retail store local to you. So worth the cash....

Do you have a lot of experience with Sonos? What do you like about their line?

 

[Oregongearhead]

I've heard a lot of mid range sound bars and I haven't been impressed at all. How do you find it?

What dimensions are your living room? When you get the Denon receiver will you be getting more speakers or just the sub? Satellite speakers? Do you have a center channel speaker?


Good thing you had plywood and not OSB. I still see people use OSB for roofs and it makes no sense to me. Most roofs will end up with some sort of water exposure at some point especially when it's more aged. Once OSB soaks up water you're in for some serious fun lol

I hate OSB , I call it "swell board" because thats what it eventually does .
CDX Rules !!

 

[4Figgy]

That's awesome and sounds good. Any clue which 4k Sony projector he has?

I'll definitely be going that route with full Dolby Atmos. Man I was surprised the first time I heard the overhead speakers at a demo for Atmos. IIRC it was a plane flying over then also the middle of a battlefield with bullets flying overhead. Was sold instantly.

The Marantz receiver I purchased can support 9.2 so at the time it was a bit future proof. I'll likely upgrade my receiver though to fully support it and will get @ickyrica guidance when the time comes for that.

When you say it's hard not to want to buy the newest stuff you're dead on. Originally my budget was 10k but the more I learned it was leaning more towards 20k then had to force myself to back off. It likely would've kept climbing too lol

Next build will be much bigger but thankfully the speakers that I have now are pretty decent for what I was wanting so will add more speakers on top + the receiver and likely a new projector and will have a much higher budget to work with

Not sure which model or is. He paid $16k for it back in 2017. He’s got about $80k in it all together.

 

[ickyrica]

Do you have a lot of experience with Sonos? What do you like about their line?

Sonos has been in greater Boston for a long time now, I've watched them get better as they grow. I feel as the product line is going to sound as good as the next "best" brand like Bose or whoever else is rated at the top. There is no issue with any of the product line imo, and they support any type of setup you have.

You want a Sonos player with an amplified output? They have it.

The player with no amp, just line level outs? They have it.

Soundbar? Satellite speakers? Program left and right? Center channel? Yup, they have it.

Need wireless to all devices? Can do.

Have a wired connection available? G2G.

What really makes them shine is the software app. You obviously get a high quality product for audio reproduction, you get the ability control all Sonos devices and zones with ease, streaming music to all devices for totally separate audio or the same audio throughout.

I'm a fan obviously

 

[Logan44551]

I was going to say my traeger, but feel like your talking about home upgrades. I think a back up generator is next on my list.

 

[Thegreek]

I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!


That's awesome. My parents bought a soundbar that was on clearance for around 250$ and it's not good at all. They hate it and there's almost no sound separation. Everything is kind of 'mudded' together and once you hit around 50% volume it doesn't get any louder above that LOL even at 100 it's the same as 50. No idea, it's just terrible.

Does yours have a 'surround' setting on it? If so, how is it?

It’s got two features on the remote. One is to level out the sound so you don’t get insane explosions and conversations at a whisper. The other one is a fake surround sound button. Neither one really do anything for me. Was going through some shit this winter and at times I found myself going a little nuts and just wanted to be able to crank the music up. That’s the only reason I got it. It does the job lol. Like I said for the little bit that it breaks up sometimes vs how loud it actually gets and the cost. I can’t complain at all.

 

[ickyrica]

I was going to say my traeger, but feel like your talking about home upgrades. I think a back up generator is next on my list.

traeger is always considered a home upgrade!! Honestly, for a device that's generally under or around a thousand dollars it's a small price for something that does what it does.

 

[movingiron88]

traeger is always considered a home upgrade!! Honestly, for a device that's generally under or around a thousand dollars it's a small price for something that does what it does.

Agreed, I cook with it atleast 3 times a week. Also have the wifire which makes it easy to do long smokes and still live life.

 

[Mac11wildcat]

Pellet stove in my basement; hands down best addition to my home.