Is there enough interest/desire to start a Home Theater Sub-Forum?

Looks like we have a decision!

eh, home theater is something I spend a lot of time using, but no time thinking about. I have a solidly midfi home theater, and use it for watching movies. Everyone who watches a movie at my place is impressed, but it's just better than a HTIB, really. One day I'll build somethign nice, but even then I probably wont' obsess about it...

This is kind of what I'm talking about. HT for people who are not totally gung-ho about HT, but just want to share some basic info. Home Theater Lite.

With a combination for gorilla and ninja tactics home theater could invade the miscellaneous section.

Weaponizing gorillas by giving them ninja training is a good idea.

I'm big on video gear, but not so much on the HT audio side of things. Very much in mid-fi land there. As long as it's basic digital surround good enough for games and movies I couldn't really care too much. Lately though I admit I've been finding the sound of my current setup a little lack-lustre. Been thinking about picking up a Sony STR-DA2400ES receiver. With DTS-MA, Dolby TrueHD, plenty of ports and a nice Faroudja 1080p upscaler I can't see anything missing I'd need.

So in other words, you are in favor of the subforum.

I'm in favor. The computer subforum is useful and hasn't yet materially corrupted the fundamental headphoniness of the site as far as I can see.

OK by me. I'm clearly in the HT mid-fi camp.

I'm in favor, I would like to upgrade our HT one of these days. I missed out on a local deal for an Emotiva LPA-1 7 channel amp and MMC-1 Processor on A'gon. I currently have a HT in a box from Klegg that I bought from Oz at Let There Be Sound. Not bad for what it is but I would love to take it to the next level. The catch is my wife doesn't want "big" speakers in the the room which is kind of our main place for watching tv and used to be the living room. I'm thinking small monitors for the fronts and surrounds that are a wood that would match the room well. Something like these, which I think I can get a good deal on from Oz: System-Audio SA505 in cherry

If you get fronts, center and surrounds that are "truly flat down to 80 hz", with a decent sub, you will have the beginnings of a great sounding HT system.

I think the thing to do is to see if there is already enough discussion in various subforums that merit merging into a new subforum. I.E. don't create the subforum to see if the discussion exists, see if the discussion exists to create the subforum.

or just keep discussing as is. Are there really enough threads and people here to justify even as many subforums as we have?

or just keep discussing as is. Are there really enough threads and people here to justify even as many subforums as we have?

Probably not, but variety is the spice of life.

I like the HT idea; I've considered it here and there but never very seriously, mainly because I don't know much about video.

or just keep discussing as is. Are there really enough threads and people here to justify even as many subforums as we have?

Not enough subforums.

A home theater subforum would be cool.

How about 10 + subforums for sponsors so they can clog up my tiny screen.

I like the HT subforum idea.

I sort of have a 5.1 stereo (5.1 channel receiver with two speakers) to go with my TV. (the family has taken over, which is why i love headphones)

or just keep discussing as is. Are there really enough threads and people here to justify even as many subforums as we have?

I'm with Dan on this, I feel its just fine as it is, the HT threads can fit nicely into the current speakers section. There is no need to add another subforum as this place is not exactly overflowing with HT threads. Some other forums I used to visit became waay to cluttered as time went on. They kept adding subforms until the whole place was a mess and I could not keep up with which was which. The worst part is some of the subforms contain only one or two threads in it.

Like Dusty said, if enough HT threads from the past can be rounded up to fill in a new subforum(at least 2~3 pages worth perhaps?), then fine, else I think its just gonna fill up our screens unnecessarily. I'm fine with it either way, but hope we don't keep adding new subforums every now and then unless absolutely necessary, lest we end up like that other place...

FWIW, I have a Pioneer HTiB system and I'm fairly happy with it. If I had the spare $ though, I'd probably go crazy on a full blown setup.

I don't think a subforum is necessary, but I will say that this is something that I'm highly interested in at the moment. I've been shopping around for something to go in my apartment, though its more focused on the tv side of things currently.

Thanks for everyone's input. It probably only makes sense to make a subforum if there is near 100% agreement. It appears that we aren't close to that here. Accordingly, I will be posting about HT stuff in the portable forum.

I'd like a subforum subforum where we can discuss various subfori.

On a serious not I'd really like to find some super small profile rear channels for my HT rig. They will be wall mounted (in-wall is not an option) so ideally I'd like to find something about the size of the little Bose cubes. I'm tired of not having rear channels.

I recommend Bose cubes.

(Seriously, though, I have some in a box here -- which you can have for free if you want.)

I recommend Bose cubes.

(Seriously, though, I have some in a box here -- which you can have for free if you want.)

Wow Stetch, that would be sweet. Negotiations to commence via PM.