The new AVR will all be announced soon(I already know the Onkyo/Integra, Yamaha and Pioneer/Elite offerings, but...can't say anything). Remove the above from consideration(they are all 2014 half-baked).
And...there will be "Auro inclusion" news...
Right now, Stewart is new to woven.(I didn't even know Stewart had one till April)
Screen Innovations and Screen Research are the two I use most.
Screen Research ClearPix is the screen used at...
Cannes
Sundance
Telluride
I've been doing AV since 1978(when I was 8).
Sold consumer electronics retail for 4 years(HH Gregg and Ovation) then parlayed that to 15 years wholesale.
The last time The Build said "perf and woven have adv and disadv" was back when 720P was relevant.
Now that 4K is on the horizon, perf is...
I and Gregg Loewen both have the Screen Research ClearPix II. Mine is gray, not sure which Gregg bought.
For years the "AT screen crowd" has embraced woven over perf.
The best woven beat the mediocre(there is no "best") perf. Period.
There is no "depending on application".
Robert and Greg probably share the same sentiment.
Bag End "might" do 5% of business QSC does.
The Bag End for this home theatre cost just north of $50,000. 11 "identical" 3-way, two 18 and three 21.
All self powered(power outlets ran to each spot with XLR).
As far as I know...nobody has ever used Bag End in a commercial theatre(they aren't a...
Oh yeah, side note...
2 weeks after install, the bolts holding the first row of power recliners to the floor broke.
During install, it was discovered that any seats within 8' of a subwoofer...electric football.
Didnt help the floor was reclaimed birch(slick to begin with). Concrete with 3" of...
No offense...QSC, while really good stuff, is a fart in the wind to Bag End.
Did a theatre design using an "on loan" Integra DHC 80.6 feeding 11 self-powered 18" 3-way speakers(the height were tether design...hanging from the rafters).
Front main were ran large feeding an additional 18" sub on...