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We were in a biweekly Meetup for boardgaming that met at the library (until 2020). If you can find a good group, they can work out really well.

@Sam Posten @Brian Dobbs Here's a possible topic for you: Is Home Theater a social thing or not? Does does your significant other / spouse / best friend / whatever enjoy your home theater? How do you (or will you, post pandemic) do movie nights / theater parties? :)

I’ve found it’s impossible to do a movie marathon party. No one has time for that. This is my particular social group. It‘s different for everyone and their own situation. :)

Yes, that’s exactly it. Most gatherings are social, hang out, talk, maybe some food and drinks. And for actually-watch-a-movie, it’s go to the theater. Part of this is, if people want to see a movie, they want to see a new movie, which of course I won’t have at home. I’ve hosted a couple of...

I know you're joking / serious, but literally the Alamo Drafthouse in our neighborhood (a ten minute walk) offers full service, in-theater dining and drinks and if desired a massive Dolby Vision, Atmos theater. It also has a full bar with indoor and outdoor seating to hang out at before, after...

Yep. When we get together, it was often social gatherings with food and drinks and conversation. Busy adults who struggle to find time to socialI’ve don’t want to spend their time sitting in a dark room not socializing. And when they do, it’s easier to go to the super-awesome commercial theater...

And now you're a bit far away for a evening viewing ;) But I hear you! Even before 2020, we had a hard time scheduling a group to come over. We only made it work for specific events. I did a Star Wars day. I did a Clue party. I was starting to plan a Lost Boys party, but the pandemic stopped that.

I use the network backup function to save state after running a new cal on my 7702mkII. So I could see that being a kludge. But practically, it’s a non-starter, unfortunately. And Audyssey isn’t designed for multi-row. I don’t want to slag on Audyssey technically. I’ve used it for years and I...

@Dave Upton Thanks. I’ll have to talk more with you about this when I’m serious about replacing my 7702mkII (late this year or early next).

@Dave Upton That’s good info! I’ll have to check, but I don’t recall seeing those details about ARC in HTF reviews or in the Anthem website.

It's a design deficiency. We use rooms in different ways for different viewings. Normally it's just me and the wife in the back row. Sometimes it's just me in the front row. Sometimes it's both of us in the front row. Sometimes, it's a party and it's six people in both rows. These different...

I’ve looked in REW. I’ve got a friend who uses it. Just, too much. Audyssey is work enough dealing with multiple mic locations. And there’s lots of lore and ancient teachings and philosophers stones on just how best to make Audyssey work best for multi-row seating. Which, now I’ll have a...

I prefer when you use clips from TV shows and movies and soundtracks and the like. But to each their own. :) I also wish the newer Audyssey app worked with my 7702mkII. But, technology. I’m inured to newer software having a cutoff date in supporting older hardware. That’s part of the reason I’m...

@JohnRice Thanks for the discussion on amps. I liked the breakdown of Gain and Power. That’s a nuance I’ve never paid attention to, and it’s helpful to have that made explicit.

Re: gaming. I was also confused by Sam’s comment that most gamers do surround systems. I mean, I gamed on my PS4 in 7.2 on a 120” screen. But the most hardcore, online competitive players I know use headphones. How does microphone work with external surround system? That’s why I had my Sony...

https://www.marantz.com/en-us/product/av-separates/av7706 On my shopping list for when pandemic subsides and I do my theater 4K upgrade. :)

Show had several occurrences of seemingly random “DLURRGG!!!” reverby sound effect. Don’t know / didn’t understand what they were. Wasn’t a fan of those sound effects.

@JohnRice and @Brian Dobbs re: amps for Atmos. I have same amps for all speakers. I’ve got basically a pair of these, a 7-channel and 5-channel Marantz amp,for 140W per channel, all channels. https://www.marantz.com/en-us/product/av-separates/mm7055 Monoblocks were impractical for me. And I...

@Sam Posten thanks for reminder on new Muppet show. Coworker told me about it. But i forgot. Gonna to wishlist to check out. Sounds fun :)

@Brian Dobbs, Re: audio calibration You’re calibrating volume only. You‘re not calibrating frequency domain response or phase response. Audssey and its ilk do that. If you want to keep it all under your control, don’t want to use an integrated system like Audyssey, have a look at REW. This...

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