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Not very popular, but popular enough. If you care about sound more than looks (...and if you get the system set up and have a convincing story for your wife tha
by baq 2y ago
Not very popular, but popular enough. If you care about sound more than looks (...and if you get the system set up and have a convincing story for your wife that it must be this way), it's the only way to experience movies 'properly'; mixed with an OLED TV, a proper subwoofer (like PB-1000 or similar) and bluray-quality content the system will be better than your average cinema experience.
Now, whether that means anything when 99% of everything made for watching is just playing in the background while you're reading HN on your phone is debatable. Still wouldn't trade the setup even if I'm watching one movie per month. (I'm not even close to that high of a number...)
- skydhash 2y agoThere are some nice speakers that can fit nicely in a living room, but rears placement are always a problem. Especially if the sofa is isolated in the middle of the room. But my SO has enjoyed nice sounds so there was no struggle there (It was gradual with a 2.0 setup before the 5.1).
- ryandrake 2y agoA lot of living rooms these days are terrible for surround sound, and sound listening in general. Big, “open concept” spaces without doors and walls, often with the “living room” area occupying an odd corner of the big open blah-space. No feasible way to correctly install and aim surrounds. Also sound insulation is generally quite poor unless you deliberately do it while building the house.