u/Wild_Trip_4704

I guess the deal is if you buy a game you can get a completely different game in return? 😅

I made my first post on here two years ago. I was sitting on a broken couch in a neglected, dark, speakerless room, asking for tips on my purchase lists.

18 months ago all I had hooked up was a tiny 5.1 soundbar set I took from my old apartment. It sounded impressive in a 10x10 box of a room, but anemic in a downstairs floor.

Since then I drove across states to pick up the exact speakers I wanted.

The first trigger for me was seeing a pair of Polk Signature s60s, a pair of s20s, and an s35 for only $700 bucks. They were kept in storage for a few years and still had the front wrapping on them. My first deal turned out to be a steal. After that I was hooked.

My room is a mix of home theater, co-op gaming battlestation, home gym, and as one commenter said, a "strip club".

It's mostly a Polk room: Polk Signatures for the bed layer, Polk OMW3s for the heights, and two RSL MKII Subs up front.

I got all Polk Signatures because timbre matching was a huge deal for me. I wanted a uniform bubble of surround sound while playing video games. I didn't want my fronts sounding warm while my sides shrill cold or whatever. My games sound great so I don't regret the extra effort, but being so picky was more of a hassle than just getting whatever mismatched speakers I could find.

Even the three seat couch, media cabinet, 6 acoustic panels, and consoles are all used. I picked them up either in person or online. Lots of driving and lifting that year.

The only item I overpaid for was my RZ50 reciever. I had to pay a couple hudred dollars to return two previous ones.

If I had some tips to share for newbies and cheapies like me, I guess it would be these:

• the most important decision you will make is your reciever. I ordered a 7.2 and immediately realized I would much prefer a 11.2 instead so I could add rears (9.2 native + 2 channel amplifier). Then I bought a broken one that I thought needed a very simple fix. Also wrong. These things are huge, expensive, and heavy as hell. I wish I only had to buy it ONCE and be done with it.
• Don't buy extra speakers unless you're ok with never selling them. My 4 extra speakers from FB marketplace pickups are still sitting in my room today lol. I could probably get at least $500 out of them, if I ever bother posting them up....
• The FB deals you can bump into really are amazing. be patient and think thrice before buying new. And meeting up with fellow audiophiles was a wonderful experience. One guy was polite enough to demo his room for me.
• Testing out speakers in person before buying is ideal, but honestly I couldn't figure out how to do that successfully. And I was too lazy, in a rush, and excited to pick up my speakers to care. Maybe don't be me, haha. So far everything works as intended!
• And finally - START NOW! Don't wait for the perfect apartment, perfect house, perfect room, perfect price perfect post on Craiglist.. Just start. I waited way too long and I regret it. I feel like I missed out on a lot, so I shoved 13 speakers in here to help make up for it. I wish I got to see my collection and knowledge grow over the years. Starting this hobby is like a planting a small tree that you can water and prune to grow as big as you want it to be.

As you can see it gets tight in here, but that just makes the sound even better. I pass the clap test with flying colors :)

I told this friend two years ago that I would build my own home theater and invite her over. She just stopped by for the first time since I finished. Very cool full circle moment for all of us.

She was amazed by the bass effects, light control, and sound that feels completely normal to me now. It was so cool seeing someone else's face light up when hearing (and *feeling*!) high quality sound for the first time.

I booted up Resident Evil 8 and when the RE Engine screen rumble came on, she visibly shivered and said "woooooo!"

After I finished playing the first 20 minutes of the game she said "now I want one too!"

A new convert! I didn't expect that at all!

Now planning our first movie night :)

very early on in my hyperion setup I turned off white because I felt like they were washing out my colors. I have near perfect color accuracy without whites. But washout whites could have been a calibration issue on my end. I was using the minimum setting.

When I upgrade to Hyper HDR I will experiement with adding whites again.

I mostly play videogames and watch anime. Rarely watch "human" media or whatever you call it unless it's youtube.

I think the biggest appeal of whites is accurate skin colors? I never cared about that.

I was away from my room for 3 months and I missed this so bad. I've replayed this scene 5 times already lol

Upgrading to HyperHDR soon. I have a hard time believing that my curtain wall can look any better than right now. We'll see.

Anime: Attack on Titan

Previously, on Get This Damn Ring off My Finger: https://www.reddit.com/r/ouraring/s/FGnagFd7fj

Thanks for the company everyone. For future reference, dremel tools are scary as hell but they do work.

They cut one side and pried it open from there.

While they were cutting I jumped, but it was because of heat, no cuts.

I recommend wearing safety googles, even though these badasses didnt. There will be sparks.

I wish I came here first. It was fast and free! Walk-in service! 😅

My finger still feels swollen and a bit firm, but it's subsiding. I would not have wanted to spend another 24 hours like this.

Anyway, how about that Gen 5 tho? 👀

Last Update: 🎇🚒🪚

Update: off to the fire department 🚒

Update: they are getting the ring cutter from the er next door. Hope that's good news. Nurse knows that smart rings have to be cut in specific places. He already knew before I showed him the Oura guide.

So i noticed my ring wasn't detecting any data for weeks. I think my ring finger got slimmer as I lost weight. And Ive cycled alot these past so maybe my hands have changed shaked

Tried to see if it would fit on my ring finger instead. I've been able to get it on and off before. Not this time -_-

I think I threw my practice rings away so I couldn't try them, but months ago my ring finger was the next best fit for my ring

Mom recommended urgent care over the fire department so here I am.

Making sure they use a titanium ring cutter not a normal one

Edit: reddit downgraded my video quality 🤷

I use my Xbox as my main streaming media device, but the native tv apps work better with my tv's enhanced features. I Input all my devices into my AVR first.

Watching anime on Crunchyroll on Xbox is ok. watching on the LG TV app is incredible. Vivid mode + high smoothing works properly again. the video I just recorded is using the native TV app.

Is there a way to get the same performance from a streaming device as with the tv while still keeping my AVR connected? I used the same settings for both sources as a control, yet I'm getting different results.

I also use a splitter in between my AVR and TV. I have ambient reactive LEDs connected to the splitter. If I remove the splitter I can't use the lighting.

She made me a chicken and egg salad. Im Still learning.