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6 million dollar Home Theater

post #1 of 44
2/11/08 at 3:07pm
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I've seen better
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post #2 of 44
2/11/08 at 3:36pm

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For $6 million you might as well just buy an actual movie theater.
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post #3 of 44
2/11/08 at 4:44pm

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Yeah, It's impressive. It's also obnoxious. I mean, what's he got there, 40 some speakers and 16 subwoofers. Holy shit man, if you need that many speakers to get the effect somethings wrong. I can imagine if you turn this bitch on your head would blow up like in Scanners.
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post #4 of 44
2/11/08 at 7:33pm

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The finished product is ugly...it doesn't look like a room I'd like to sit back and relax in.
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post #5 of 44
2/11/08 at 7:37pm

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Originally Posted by Brian Perry
The finished product is ugly...it doesn't look like a room I'd like to sit back and relax in.
Yeah but I suppose this person's real enjoyment comes from being able to say "I have a $6,000,000 home theater and you don't."
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post #6 of 44
2/11/08 at 7:48pm

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I hated it when I first saw it, you could do so much better for a lot less money. But I found out it's actually a show room. He sells super home theater packages or something, and that room is just to see all the equipment. That's not even the top of the line package lol.

If you look at it closely, it looks like a "standard" 7.1 system. Each channel has its own subwoofer and tower speaker, and each of those has a dedicated amp.
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post #7 of 44
2/11/08 at 7:57pm

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Originally Posted by Zack Gibbs
I hated it when I first saw it, you could do so much better for a lot less money. But I found out it's actually a show room. He sells super home theater packages or something, and that room is just to see all the equipment. That's not even the top of the line package lol.

If you look at it closely, it looks like a "standard" 7.1 system. Each channel has its own subwoofer and tower speaker, and each of those has a dedicated amp.
The artical says it's an 8.8 system? 3 center channels,16 subwoofers and who knows how many speakers in between. 16 subwoofers? WTF? When I need to simulate a f***ing earthquake I'll know where to go.
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post #8 of 44
2/12/08 at 6:58am

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Originally Posted by Zack Gibbs
I hated it when I first saw it, you could do so much better for a lot less money. But I found out it's actually a show room. He sells super home theater packages or something, and that room is just to see all the equipment. That's not even the top of the line package lol.

If you look at it closely, it looks like a "standard" 7.1 system. Each channel has its own subwoofer and tower speaker, and each of those has a dedicated amp.
Now it starts to make sense...sort of. I still think it's an ugly setup. For six million bucks he could have built several dedicated rooms, each with a particular package and looking (and sounding) much nicer. As it is, it doesn't look like a place anyone would actually want to watch movies in.
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post #9 of 44
2/12/08 at 7:56am

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Heck, for that much money I'd build a real theater.
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post #10 of 44
2/12/08 at 8:35am

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Originally Posted by Todd H
Heck, for that much money I'd build a real theater.
With real film projectors (including 70 mm), etc.
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post #11 of 44
2/12/08 at 8:53am

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What cracks me up is the PS3. I know it's supposed to be the best Blu-ray player out there, but it's still funny it in the middle of all that high end equipment.

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post #12 of 44
2/12/08 at 5:31pm

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I've seen better HTs at the Mall of America.
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post #13 of 44
2/12/08 at 6:33pm

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Hey, if it looks and sounds better than anything else, ok.

I'd probably end up tripping over a cable, and falling into a speaker while trying to actually use the bookcases though.
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post #14 of 44
2/13/08 at 12:07pm

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Originally Posted by JohnRice
I've seen better HTs at the Mall of America.

Not since the Bose store closed
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post #15 of 44
2/13/08 at 12:16pm

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Originally Posted by troy evans
Yeah, It's impressive. It's also obnoxious. I mean, what's he got there, 40 some speakers and 16 subwoofers. Holy shit man, if you need that many speakers to get the effect somethings wrong. I can imagine if you turn this bitch on your head would blow up like in Scanners.


Haha good one.
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post #16 of 44
2/13/08 at 1:35pm

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It all depends on what you think is better.

Is it value for the money? Looks? Probably not.

Do movies look and sound better than in most screening rooms? That's what he claims. So, before dismissing his choice of room treatments, bring a truckload of gear to measure everything-- ambient noise, brightness, frequency response, etc, etc.

And if doesn't surpass THX standards for theatre-- fine, go buy your own commercial theatre, and post about what a failure Kipnis's scheme has been.
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post #17 of 44
2/13/08 at 4:21pm

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Do movies look and sound better than in most screening rooms?
Most? For that much money, it had better be the BEST, or one of the top handful. From the looks of it, I'm skeptical it is.
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post #18 of 44
2/13/08 at 5:03pm

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Klipnis claims that the in room noise floor is 4dB.
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post #19 of 44
2/13/08 at 5:55pm

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Hmm, if I read that thread right, he has (or will have) actual film projectors, including 70 mm. It sounds more impressive now.
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post #20 of 44
2/13/08 at 7:22pm

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I like that he has three Crown Macro Reference Gold amplifiers, which is, as far as I'm concerned, the best amplifier ever made (along with its successor, the Crown Studio Reference). So I'm part way there!
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post #21 of 44
2/16/08 at 10:46am

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FYI Mr. Kipnis is a HTF member, so realize any slagging you are doing may be read by him...

I had also started a thread to discuss this in another sub forum:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...m-theater.html
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post #22 of 44
2/16/08 at 5:38pm

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I would have to sit down and listen to and watch this rig before I shot my mouth off on the qualities of it. It is easy to look at a picture and critique it as ugly. The fellow who designed and built this rig obviously built it from the point of view of performance. Aesthetics was way down on his list of priorities. He wanted to demonstrate a rig that would knock your socks off sonically, and this one definitely looks like amply capable of doing the job.
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post #23 of 44
2/16/08 at 8:00pm

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Man what an ugly overbloated mess...
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post #24 of 44
2/16/08 at 8:14pm

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Also, one has to ask is it really set up that way or has the equipment been arranged that way for purposes of taking a picture? He is marketing different levels of systems. The one in the picture is what he calls the "Beta" system. The picture may only be showing the gear that is used for that particular package. I looked at his site and this level of gear is being aimed at professionals who work in the movie and music industries.
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post #25 of 44
2/17/08 at 6:53am

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Does the 6 million include the house?? Maybe if I will 30 million in the lotto I might spend 25K on a system, but 6 million? Seriously, with that kind of money to throw around, he could spend some on research and development and develop something truly amazing. Like a equivalant system for $100K.
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post #26 of 44
2/17/08 at 8:37am

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The only thing I would do to that theater is hide the speakers and equpment. Seeing all that out in the open like that doesn't make the theater look more impressive, it just makes it look messy.

Speakers, subs and amps should be heard and not seen if one can help it.
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post #27 of 44
2/18/08 at 2:27pm

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I cannot stand shit like this. Like someone stated a home theater system should be heard and not seen. Oh Yeah you spent 6million on a home theater but Buddy it looks like shit. for 6 Million I could have bought a house a nice car and done a full Blown Meridian System and still had money lkeft over to get my wife some new boobies.


Hey Buddy Sorry about your penis. My guess is that he drives a corvette to
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post #28 of 44
2/18/08 at 4:21pm

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I think he started out small like the rest of us. He would watch a movie and think "it was a little off" and then add to the system. He had the money and my guess he doesn't have a wife to keep him or the WAF in check. Over the years of up-grade-itus, he has arrived with what you see. After years of reading posts on the HTF, I could easily see this happening to many of us. (if we had the resources)
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post #29 of 44
2/18/08 at 6:18pm

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I, for one, salute Mr. Kipnis. His setup is not eye-pleasing to me, but it is his baby. I'm sure my HT would not be pleasing to some here, but it's pleasing to me. Personally, I'd like to take a test drive in his HT and see if it really is the greatest show on Earth. I think it would be cool. I honestly don't understand all the jealousy and bitterness around here as of late... It seems the latest trend is It's not mine so I'm gonna criticize it and the person to whom it belongs. It's not Blu-Ray so it has to suck or your HT is piss poor because you don't have a 1080p 108" front projection set-up and 8.1 lossless capability or your grammar is atrocious so you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I really don't get it.
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post #30 of 44
2/18/08 at 7:24pm

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Originally Posted by Clinton McClure
I honestly don't understand all the jealousy and bitterness around here as of late... It seems the latest trend is It's not mine so I'm gonna criticize it and the person to whom it belongs. It's not Blu-Ray so it has to suck or your HT is piss poor because you don't have a 1080p 108" front projection set-up and 8.1 lossless capability or your grammar is atrocious so you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I really don't get it.
I can assure you that it's not bitterness or jealousy that makes me think it's ridiculous to spend $6 million on a home theater. Obviously, it's a labor of love and it's his money so he can do what he wants but I'm still allowed to think it's silly to spend that much money on almost anything.
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