Surrounded by the Order

Gentle folk, recently, I treat one's self to an impressive surround sounding system for the front portal. Coupled to the visual generator and a myriad of other complicated boxes of delight I was able to boast I'd finally made it into the 21st Century.

Shortly after set-up was complete I was presented with NO at Finsbury, recorded in surround sound 5.1. Phew what a scorcher! ... It was like a dream. With bass at a premium, and speakers coming out of the walls it really was like I was attending the gig.

Anyone else enjoyed this joys of the surrounding world?

Its almost as if you can hear the butty as its thrown across the field.

Oh God... I'm beyond words! Not only did Huntsman returned, he now also starts threads too!

On the thread issue... welcome to the 21st century, friend!

I recently accompanied a friend who was setting up such a system for a friend of his. After watching his day-long effort, I vowed, never will I purchase one of these!

Huntsman, i applaud your genius.

It maye be time to resurrect the "Huntsmanisms" thread...

by brother has just such a system, watching saving private ryan its almost as if the tanks are in the room when you get the sub going.

my finsbree dvd was borrowed by one of my birds friends a while ago (day after release) whilst i was out of the house & so i have not seen it, though she tells me its very good.

Its severely good, i think the reading 98 performance is better though :)

I listened to True Faith on a pair of £24,000 speakers at a hi-fi show in bristol. I swear you could hear Hooky fart in the bass solo.

Originally posted by Major Tarantino I listened to True Faith on a pair of £24,000 speakers at a hi-fi show in bristol. I swear you could hear Hooky fart in the bass solo.

at the marriott? & you didnt contadct me to say you were here to go for beers because.....?

Having spent almost a month on setting the system up (I neglected to mention that) I can appreciate how a man is uncomfortable taking on the task. Its like the dichotomy of owning a large house and jardinier, only to realise in the summer months (hours, if in the UK), one has to plod up and down the grass chopping it with an electrical or petrol mower and using approx. 700 bin-bags just to remove grass which will never fit inside the garage bin (which is almost the size of a modest city).

Not only did our system take a full day to rig-up, we then had to get rid of the wires! Which we did, the following weekend, after we had bought speaker stands, of which our system was the 'only' system which required 'every' wire to be cut and re-made just to get the wires down the speaker stands!!! - At this point, suicide was contemplated.

To cut a short story long, we eventually made the wires disappear under the carpet, at one stage, piping a broom with one of the wires wrapped around the end with electricians tape, under a difficult bit of terrain near the telly.

Nowadays, our couch is approximately 3 feet of the ground where the wires gather most, but I've heard in the winter time the air cools the wires which decrease in size so we should be only 2 feet off the ground over the Christmas holidays, where most of the best programs are broadcast.

I hope a bird didn't fly beneath the carpet whilst we were in full flow.

So to all, be very wary, setting a surround sound system up is possibly more tricky than buildling a massive bridge over the river Kwai (or somewhere else equally as impressive).

Originally posted by Hibster > Originally posted by Major Tarantino I listened to True Faith on a pair of £24,000 speakers at a hi-fi show in bristol. I swear you could hear Hooky fart in the bass solo.

at the marriott? & you didnt contadct me to say you were here to go for beers because.....?

Yeah, didn't know you were going mate!

Hibsticker ... I am keen to view Private Benjamin as its one of my fave movies. Unfortunately my bird has banned it so I have to wait until she's out of the arena. Which could be as close as tomorrow night when she is attending a dog track (that's actually true).

Private Brian and I also look forward to Jacob's Ladder which is another fine movie.

The game Medal of Honor is very good, incidentally, for anyone out there who enjoys New Order, and World War II.

This thread is so funny, i feel it should be engraved onto a plaque and sent to the band.

Well, H, I think that with your glowing recommendation about the ease of installation, you've probably set back sales twenty years or so.

Is the DVD from last year recorded in a surrounding area? - I do hope so, it really adds a little to the proceedings.

Lord of the Raiders is a knockout on 5.1 ... it makes normal telly sound like it was created for visitors from another planet who had never known the sense of sound, and were quite emotional hearing anything at all.

Originally posted by Patrick Well, H, I think that with your glowing recommendation about the ease of installation, you've probably set back sales twenty years or so.

There should be a health warning on the tin. Is your friend okay now or is he still suffering?

This explains why you haven't been posting.

He was very patient about the whole thing, but definitely there should be boldface warnings.

... isn't that the name of a famous Native American?

new order are in medal of honour? that is a fine game, but only have the first one where you have to blow up the rocket base & dont recall any new order, though a few soldiers came to regret crossing my path... (sorry)

heat is another one with a great scene for this (also has new dawn fades on soundtrack, though not original) the gun fight in the street - if you are not ducking for cover your system is set up wrongly!

Originally posted by Major Tarantino > Originally posted by Hibster > Originally posted by Major Tarantino I listened to True Faith on a pair of £24,000 speakers at a hi-fi show in bristol. I swear you could hear Hooky fart in the bass solo.

at the marriott? & you didnt contadct me to say you were here to go for beers because.....?

Yeah, didn't know you were going mate!

I didn't, but I live in Bristol don't I you numpty!

I know... i'm just thick.

All you guys who spend a fortune on fancy sound systems obviously have the good fortune to live somewhere where the walls are made out of something thicker than plasterboard and to have neighbours not prone to going psychotic if one turns the TV on higher than a whisper.

Whats the point of all this stuff if you can only listen on headphones anyway?

Mind you, with the cost of some up market hifi stuff, buying a new (detached) house to put it in would probably represent only a small addition to the total cost.

I can't decide if I like the film Heat. With Jeff Pacino and Alan De Niro together on cellulite for the first time it was all a bit slow. Sure, a great big explosion helps and New Dawn Fades make for a better experience but there wasn't enough horse chases.

SO far Episode II The Attack of the Clowns reigns highest, followed by Lord of the Flies, then perhaps The Matrix and then some others which haven't got many explosions.

Metroid Prime, I've heard, is delicious on Surround and also looks like a gold sovereign. Fighting one-on-one games make me feel sick. I prefer games like Shenmue where you look after cats (and for anyone who's played the game you'll know that's absolutely and utterly true).

(Shenmue II the best game in the world ... ever)

I thought DVD's were the brainchild of TW and invented to play NewOrder concerts and dvd singles from Grrrrrready

Originally posted by 404 error All you guys who spend a fortune on fancy sound systems obviously have the good fortune to live somewhere where the walls are made out of something thicker than plasterboard and to have neighbours not prone to going psychotic if one turns the TV on higher than a whisper.Whats the point of all this stuff if you can only listen on headphones anyway?Mind you, with the cost of some up market hifi stuff, buying a new (detached) house to put it in would probably represent only a small addition to the total cost.

Steady 404 Error. I've wanted a surround system since before they were invented ... and I've only just picked one up. It's taken over 20 years to save the coin.

For the record, my neighbours thoroughly enjoy the movies we watch. And they can also hear when I turn the socket on and off when I switch the light off.

Anything over 2 decibels is audible next door, but we're all cool with it.

Our neighbours at the rear of our house, on the other hand, have a big dog who's just leaned against our fence and now its leaning.

But I love dogs so I don't know what to do for the best.

invest in mice, it's the only way forward.

Originally posted by Huntsman I can't decide if I like the film Heat. With Jeff Pacino and Alan De Niro together on cellulite for the first time it was all a bit slow. Sure, a great big explosion helps and New Dawn Fades make for a better experience but there wasn't enough horse chases.SO far Episode II The Attack of the Clowns reigns highest, followed by Lord of the Flies, then perhaps The Matrix and then some others which haven't got many explosions.Metroid Prime, I've heard, is delicious on Surround and also looks like a gold sovereign. Fighting one-on-one games make me feel sick. I prefer games like Shenmue where you look after cats (and for anyone who's played the game you'll know that's absolutely and utterly true).(Shenmue II the best game in the world ... ever)

"Attack of the Clowns"? Huntsy, I expected a lot more inspiration from you...

Star Wayne Teat; Addition of Certain Clams.

stop that, it's silly.

That's what they used to say to Harolyd Lloyd ... but he insisted on mounting skyscraper after skyscraper in the search of loose clock faces to hold on to whilst busy traffic passed underneath.

It was a risk, but it was an hilarious risk.