Very large room HT

Oh, boy, here we go!

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Yeeeeaaaah,..I think we should just go around to all the local movie theaters and try to convince these companies that own them to throw out all their otherwise ineffective and crappy horn loudspeaker systems, and switch over to using Magnapans, B&W 801's, and Thiels instead! ..YEAH, NO! WWHAT A CRAPPY MOVIE EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE!!!

Im in the business since '96, fer now 17 years, and have worked in more AV stores, hi-end salons, and done more custom than most ever will (sold most every kind of ultra hi-end and midfi gear known to man, too, at one point)...and I'm here to tell you that your super deep holographic audiophile grade consumer loudspeakers and amp combo's WILL NOT REPLACE AN EFFECTIVELY WELL ENGINEERED HOME THEATER SYSTEM SETUP, FOR BEING EFFECTIVE AT REPRODUCING MOVIES!!!..period (But don't take my word for it...just take note of what all the highly regarded AV magazine reviewers use in their reference HT movies systems, and you'll quickly see speakers and electronics that ARE NOT super ESSOTERIC, DELICATE sounding, ULTIMATE AIR, SUPER HOLOGRAPHIC, AND UBER-WIDE SOUNDSTAGING AUDIOPHILE 2 CHANEL GEAR AND LOUDSPEAKRS, IN THEIR MULTICH HT SYSTEMS!!! - you do the math).
Again, THX spent decades and millions of dollars in R&D, perfecting what kind of equipment and setup would best reproduce the cinematic experience, and in the home. So who you gunna believe? Someone who's simply listened to different gear, or an industry that's won major awards, Oscars, and accolaids for it's accomplishments?
No brainer really.

btw, "A GOOD SPEAKER IS NOT A GOOD SPEAKER!"..just because someone else happens to think that it's a good speaker, for their limited application, taste or experience.

A toachable sound makes it more just like real. I use a THX processor as well. But this is not the most important thing for the end results. Everything in sound is about emotion and what it gives for a feeling. In 15 years of time I sold many sub's abd did test many. These days I have with Audyssey pro ( with my own way of measuring and settings the best stealth integration. For movies you also get more depth feeling even with the low freq cause of Audyssey pro. The superior timing sets it to a new level. By using the sub from 16hz till 140 hz the level of integration is a lot better than used to 40-80. The Monitor Audio PLW-15 has an extreme fast and tight response. So it has a lot more controle to be used at higher freq. Low freq. become toucable from 80hz and above. I am waiting for the pure silver Audioquest Watchdog sub cable to get even more speed and control.

Salmoni, what did you end up using? Did you go wiht Bo-Blow's recommendations of some way WAY over-priced Revel's for
"attempting" to filling a large room with potent high quality (touchble??? lol!!) Home Theater Sound? Or did you take my advice and end up with super dynamics, super high efficiency loud speakers, which helped integrate well with difficult room acoustics issues?
Do tell us what you ultimately did for gear choices?

Bo,

By using the sub from 16hz till 140 hz the level of integration is a lot better than used to 40-80. The Monitor Audio PLW-15 has an extreme fast and tight response.

What do you recommend for typical low pass cross point of PLW-15 with PL-200?

Jacintha's Light up fire, you introduced at here, is one of my 10 favorite songs.
Thanks!