Donivlapog
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Preamble
After creating an interest check as per mods of this forum, subsequently, Chennai AV enthusiasts WhatsApp group was formed recently with an intent to meet, share and experience this hobby. With a small group of 20 members, Aug. 15 was selected as the 1st meet to happen at Ragu’s house to experience his home cinema setup.
(Notes by Kannan)
*AN INTRO:*
*_From a humble Soundbar to a Dedicated Home Theatre has been Ragu’s (@liverpool_for_life) passionate and dedicated journey, definitely tumultuous but at the same time purposeful and highly successful, over the past 8 years._*
_Link to thread of how he went about it:_
www.hifivision.com
What makes this long journey exhilarating is that once he struck down on the *Seaton Brand Speakers* (essentially active) and realized their potential, they have been the end game around which he has worked and improved upon the acoustic pitfalls of the reasonably big sized room with professional intervention, and slowly but steadily, upgraded the rest of his equipment to almost reference level.
*He has finally conjured up a full-fledged 7.4.4 setup (All Seatons) (Left, Right, Center, 4 Surrounds, 4 subwoofers and 4 Atmos speakers) and has employed extensive acoustic treatment to the room to bring it up to reference playback level.*
*_A very special mention goes to his family who have been his biggest motivators in this monumental journey of his.
*_Mark Seaton (the owner of Seaton Sound, USA), Harwin of Volumate (Chennai), Ankur Bhatt (Sound Sense), Roshan(Orange Pale Audio) and some others have been his source of help, advice, critics and service providers in this journey.
_His current list of equipment is as follows:_
*Main Speakers:*
Seaton Catalyst-8C actives (Left, Right and Center channels). Tri-amped with two 8-inch woofers and a coaxial 8-inch midrange and 1 inch tweeter. *Capable of 1000 watt continues power per speaker.*
*Surround Speakers:*
Pair of active, bi-amplified Seaton Sparks as rear surrounds
Pair of 6.5 coaxial Seaton passive speakers as side surrounds adjacent to the seating position
*Subwoofers:*
Pair of Seaton Submersives - Dual 15-inch active subwoofers in the front between the left and right speakers. *Capable of 6000-watt.*
Pair of active 12-inch JS-12 Seaton subwoofers close to ceiling in the rear end of the room. *Capable of 700-watt continuous power.*
*Atmos:*
Pair of 6.5inch coaxial Seaton passive speakers on the ceiling between the mains and seating position.
Pair of 6.5inch coaxial Seaton passive speakers on the ceiling behind the seating position
*Amplifier Stage:*
Two numbers Powersoft Quattracanoli 1204 amplifiers (400-watt continuous power per channel) to power the pair of the passive surrounds and the two pairs of Atmos.
*:Source*
Apple TV
*Cinema Processor:*
Trinnov Altitude 16 – Capable of discrete 20-channel of processing with all audio and video codec support. (Upgraded from Anthem)
*Video Processor:*
madVR Envy Extreme Mk1: An exceptional video processor and enhancer
*Projector:*
JVC NX7 (Upgraded from Epson)
*Screen:*
THX Certified Stewart Luxus 130 G4:, Size: 150 inch
miniDSP 2x4 HD for subwoofer integration
*Cables:*
Belden 8477 (12 awg) for the passive speakers and Canare 4e6s (star quad) for all signals.
*Power Section:*
FURMAN PL-PRO DM CE 16A Power Conditioner for the front stage.
A pair of FURMAN PL-8C E 10A Power Conditioner for everything else.
APC SRV2KL-IN Online UPS for JVC, Trinnov, madVR Envy and the Minidsp for controlled shutdown in case of power outage.
*Remote Commander:*
Logitech Harmony Remote with a Hub.
*_Though Ragu’s setup is 7.4.4 as I mentioned earlier, we could experience 5.2.4 only as two subwoofers and two surrounds were not functional. It unluckily for us enthusiasts, included the two behemoth Seaten Submersives (the dual 15-inch subwoofers that are part of the front stage and the foundation for bass responce)._*
So just a few minutes before the auditions, Ragu with the kind assistance of Harwin had to do a quick calibration to integrate the setup with the two 12inch rear subwoofers and then run a full calibration for the setup with Trinnov, one for music and another for movies Due to paucity of time, the tuning could only be done for one center listening position.
The experience yesterday was tatamount to how critical room treatment is when it comes to setting up a serious home theater. Critical both from the aspect of video as well as the accompanying multi-channel sound. With room out of the equation, the upgrades then start to show their value and importance.
The sample video clip shown was "Ford vs Ferrari" which has such effects that even drag races, door closing, pit conversations at the backdrop of action low frequency sequences were crystal clear and a forward thrust while door closing or sudden bursts of jump effects were felt like sonic 3D. The tailor made seating arrangement with cusion is very comfy and can please a celebrity guest.
Ragu has done something incredible in a hybrid space that is neither a living room nor an acoustically-treated dedicated room. That is our overall encapsulation over his setup.
Participants were
1) Host Ragupati Chandrasekaran @liverpool_for_life
2) Kannan Annanagar @Kannan
3) Harwin (Volumate)
4) Sivakumar @SiR
5) Sathish Chandran @sathtom
6)Satish Kumar @Sai_Satish
7) Dinakaran @rainbowsong2000
8) Arasu @ttarasu
9) Raghavan @cooltoad
10) Kannan Srinivasan @Telekan
11) Alfahath @Alfahath
12) Vimal @VSTEREO
13) Senthilnathan @pksnathan
14) Mano Fernando @manofernando
15) Venkataraghavan @dvraghavan
16) Vinod Gopal @Donivlapog
17) Srinivasan @srinisundar
18) Rajiv @Rajiv
19) Rajagopal @rajagopal_j
20) SenthilKumaran @sunshine_vsk
After creating an interest check as per mods of this forum, subsequently, Chennai AV enthusiasts WhatsApp group was formed recently with an intent to meet, share and experience this hobby. With a small group of 20 members, Aug. 15 was selected as the 1st meet to happen at Ragu’s house to experience his home cinema setup.
(Notes by Kannan)
*AN INTRO:*
*_From a humble Soundbar to a Dedicated Home Theatre has been Ragu’s (@liverpool_for_life) passionate and dedicated journey, definitely tumultuous but at the same time purposeful and highly successful, over the past 8 years._*
_Link to thread of how he went about it:_
From a soundbar to an all-Seaton Atmos setup
As someone else said: It all started with a freaking soundbar! My first foray into (somewhat) hi-fi audio is documented here: https://www.hifivision.com/threads/medium-sized-living-room-to-do-or-not-to-do-5-1-ht-setup-that-is-the-question.56565/ Naturally, after the initial honeymoon...
www.hifivision.com
What makes this long journey exhilarating is that once he struck down on the *Seaton Brand Speakers* (essentially active) and realized their potential, they have been the end game around which he has worked and improved upon the acoustic pitfalls of the reasonably big sized room with professional intervention, and slowly but steadily, upgraded the rest of his equipment to almost reference level.
*He has finally conjured up a full-fledged 7.4.4 setup (All Seatons) (Left, Right, Center, 4 Surrounds, 4 subwoofers and 4 Atmos speakers) and has employed extensive acoustic treatment to the room to bring it up to reference playback level.*
*_A very special mention goes to his family who have been his biggest motivators in this monumental journey of his.
*_Mark Seaton (the owner of Seaton Sound, USA), Harwin of Volumate (Chennai), Ankur Bhatt (Sound Sense), Roshan(Orange Pale Audio) and some others have been his source of help, advice, critics and service providers in this journey.
_His current list of equipment is as follows:_
*Main Speakers:*
Seaton Catalyst-8C actives (Left, Right and Center channels). Tri-amped with two 8-inch woofers and a coaxial 8-inch midrange and 1 inch tweeter. *Capable of 1000 watt continues power per speaker.*
*Surround Speakers:*
Pair of active, bi-amplified Seaton Sparks as rear surrounds
Pair of 6.5 coaxial Seaton passive speakers as side surrounds adjacent to the seating position
*Subwoofers:*
Pair of Seaton Submersives - Dual 15-inch active subwoofers in the front between the left and right speakers. *Capable of 6000-watt.*
Pair of active 12-inch JS-12 Seaton subwoofers close to ceiling in the rear end of the room. *Capable of 700-watt continuous power.*
*Atmos:*
Pair of 6.5inch coaxial Seaton passive speakers on the ceiling between the mains and seating position.
Pair of 6.5inch coaxial Seaton passive speakers on the ceiling behind the seating position
*Amplifier Stage:*
Two numbers Powersoft Quattracanoli 1204 amplifiers (400-watt continuous power per channel) to power the pair of the passive surrounds and the two pairs of Atmos.
*:Source*
Apple TV
*Cinema Processor:*
Trinnov Altitude 16 – Capable of discrete 20-channel of processing with all audio and video codec support. (Upgraded from Anthem)
*Video Processor:*
madVR Envy Extreme Mk1: An exceptional video processor and enhancer
*Projector:*
JVC NX7 (Upgraded from Epson)
*Screen:*
THX Certified Stewart Luxus 130 G4:, Size: 150 inch
miniDSP 2x4 HD for subwoofer integration
*Cables:*
Belden 8477 (12 awg) for the passive speakers and Canare 4e6s (star quad) for all signals.
*Power Section:*
FURMAN PL-PRO DM CE 16A Power Conditioner for the front stage.
A pair of FURMAN PL-8C E 10A Power Conditioner for everything else.
APC SRV2KL-IN Online UPS for JVC, Trinnov, madVR Envy and the Minidsp for controlled shutdown in case of power outage.
*Remote Commander:*
Logitech Harmony Remote with a Hub.
*_Though Ragu’s setup is 7.4.4 as I mentioned earlier, we could experience 5.2.4 only as two subwoofers and two surrounds were not functional. It unluckily for us enthusiasts, included the two behemoth Seaten Submersives (the dual 15-inch subwoofers that are part of the front stage and the foundation for bass responce)._*
So just a few minutes before the auditions, Ragu with the kind assistance of Harwin had to do a quick calibration to integrate the setup with the two 12inch rear subwoofers and then run a full calibration for the setup with Trinnov, one for music and another for movies Due to paucity of time, the tuning could only be done for one center listening position.
The experience yesterday was tatamount to how critical room treatment is when it comes to setting up a serious home theater. Critical both from the aspect of video as well as the accompanying multi-channel sound. With room out of the equation, the upgrades then start to show their value and importance.
The sample video clip shown was "Ford vs Ferrari" which has such effects that even drag races, door closing, pit conversations at the backdrop of action low frequency sequences were crystal clear and a forward thrust while door closing or sudden bursts of jump effects were felt like sonic 3D. The tailor made seating arrangement with cusion is very comfy and can please a celebrity guest.
Ragu has done something incredible in a hybrid space that is neither a living room nor an acoustically-treated dedicated room. That is our overall encapsulation over his setup.
Participants were
1) Host Ragupati Chandrasekaran @liverpool_for_life
2) Kannan Annanagar @Kannan
3) Harwin (Volumate)
4) Sivakumar @SiR
5) Sathish Chandran @sathtom
6)Satish Kumar @Sai_Satish
7) Dinakaran @rainbowsong2000
8) Arasu @ttarasu
9) Raghavan @cooltoad
10) Kannan Srinivasan @Telekan
11) Alfahath @Alfahath
12) Vimal @VSTEREO
13) Senthilnathan @pksnathan
14) Mano Fernando @manofernando
15) Venkataraghavan @dvraghavan
16) Vinod Gopal @Donivlapog
17) Srinivasan @srinisundar
18) Rajiv @Rajiv
19) Rajagopal @rajagopal_j
20) SenthilKumaran @sunshine_vsk
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. Shockwave effects of subwoofers were very intense and I can't imagine watching a Horror Movie in this setup..
. On the whole, Completely enjoyed the HT setup and coudn't thank 
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