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Hey all,

Looking for someone to do a 10x10ish paver install in my backyard. So I guess a landscaper who can do hardscaping?

Any suggestions on some good local folks for a smaller project?

Thanks

I don't mean to fanboy.

I've been a long time PC gamer, and still do play online with my friends. However, I work in engineering all day and am tinkering, trying to get stuff to work.

I have a powerful rig, and I'm well versed in PC, Linux, all that. I just want to come home, plop on the couch and play.

I know I could hook a PC up to a TV, or use moonlight/sunlight. I've tried it, its not as good. Anything that gets between me in the game means I'm less likely to game.

Ever since I switched to the PS5 pro things "just work" and I love it. HDR works, my Dolby Atmos home theater engages, VRR works. I'm not messing with settings, tuning things, moding etc. I don't watch the

Hey All -

I've got an Home Theater Direct (HTD) system that is 5.1. I'm looking to upgrade to 7.2.4. I went to my local Home Theater shop and he was showing me Focal, Audio Theory, Sonus Faber, Paradim, etc.

He showed me a HT room with Ready Player 1 on the Audio Theory system and it was really nice. Everything was tight, dynamic, and rich.

I went home and listened to my system and I thought (to my ear) this is about 90% as good, maybe more.

I have the funds to upgrade my whole system to that if I wanted, but I struggle with the value. HTD sounds pretty good to me, so I was just going to get more of that and a new AVR. I don't even feel the need for dedicated amplific

Hey All -

I'm looking to upgrade my home theater and I just went to a local show room and was shown a theory audio design. It was insanely cool, it sounded amazing, but it seems like an "integrated system" where you need their speakers and DSP.

Anyone using these? Thoughts?

Hey Y'all -

So my wife and I basically hit our FIRE number, we aren't retired but our lifestyle is more or less covered with a 4% withdraw rate from our portfolio. The current portfolio mirrors VT.

I've been watching Ben Felix videos on portfolio construction and one of the things he talked about is how much risk do you need to take to achieve your goals and we've basically done it.

We plan to keep working, and don't spend as much as we make... so the natural next question is "Where should we put this money?" The answer appears to be Bonds, with something like BND.... but I see so much disagreement on bonds here.

We won't touch the money for 10 years, on the early end, it could

Hey All -

New to Linux. I have an LG CX OLED hooked up to my 4090 via HDMI 2.1.

I was shocked I was able to enable HDR in the display configuration and my LG said "HDR" so I knew it worked, awesome! I think this came in the Linux 7.0 kernal?

Anywho, I followed the below steps, and I can't for the life of me get the option to show up in game, I tried Cyberpunk and RE4.

Any suggestions?

As others have mentioned, if you have an nvidia card, you need the Vulkan HDR layer.

Install VK HDR Layer:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vk-hdr-layer-kwin6-git.git
cd vk-hdr-layer-kwin6-git/
makepkg -si

**Add launch o

Looking to update my home theater room (16x16 room with 9 foot ceilings).

I own:

• HTD Level 3 L/C/R (bookshelves + center)
• Rythmik FVX12 Subwoofer

I plan to buy:

• HDX-W80 for rears and surrounds (x4 total)
• HDX-R80 for Atmos heights (x4 total)
• Onkyo TX RZ-30 Amp
• [Monoprice M3100X

Looking to update my home theater room (16x16 room with 9 foot ceilings).

I own:

• HTD Level 3 L/C/R (bookshelves + center)
• Rythmik FVX12 Subwoofer

I plan to buy:

• HDX-W80 for rears and surrounds (x4 total)
• HDX-R80 for Atmos heights (x4 total)
• Onkyo TX RZ-30 Amp
• [Monoprice M3100

Just closed on my first house! I have a "bonus room" I want to build a home theater in.

Below is the room. Thinking of laying it out this way for best speaker placement. TV with 2 subs (maybe start with one) L/C/R sides and rear with 2 (or 4?) in ceilings. There is a sliding glass door behind circled in red. 4 person theater seat in the middle (need to measure that)

Questions:

1. Does this layout look good, I could do TV on north wall but I feel like speaker placement gets more challenging
2. 2 or 4 Atmos channels?
3. Any other feedback welcome!

https://preview.redd.it/sbwmxi09x8nf1.png?width=726&format=png&auto=webp&s=e16d51ec42cc403c4f865a906852334d2f646d35

Hey All -

I have a Windows PC set to boot up and launch Steam Big Picture with an Xbox controller. Works really well. I'm wondering how I should connect the system to my AVR.

Assuming I have a AVR that supports HDMI 2.1 so I plug it into one of the AVR HDMI ports from my HDMI 2.1 output on my video card. Then how should I set up my audio settings in Windows or my games?

Does it pass PCM? Can I get 7.1? Can I get Atmos? I have a 7.2.2 setup.

Thanks!

I'm going to get my first HT seats. Debating between high and low back.

https://youtu.be/ahmyTwHAF94

Leaning low back with recline to give more neck support.

I'm leaning the HT Market one. I think they are in Chicago so I actually might go check it out if I can . https://www.htmarket.com/htdesignsurround.html

If I were to go high back the Amazon special doesn't seem bad from what I've read...

https://www.amazon.com/Weilianda-Theater-Recliner-Electric-Headrest/dp/B0CCY7PRVN?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

Hi

Hey all -

My wife and I just moved to Madison from Portland OR. We are renting in Fitchburg and plan to bike into Madison for date days (meals, coffee, etc.)

We have some decently nice carbon gravel bikes (Santa Cruz Stigmatas) and I'm wondering how safe it is, with a beefy u-lock to lock it on Willie street, Monroe, Downtown, etc. and leave it for a few hours while we eat dinner.

This is something we'd never do in Portland as the property crime was really high. We had multiple friends have their bikes stolen via angle grinders.

Is this okay here, or not advised?

Hey All -

I have 750K in Cash in a Wealthfront HYSA. My wife and I plan to use this to buy a house in ~ 3 years (we do have some flexibility to delay if needed)

This is our house fund, separate from our 1.5 million of invested assets. I was debating moving this to a MM fund like Fidelity Treasury Money Market Fund (FZFXX) or Fidelity Conservative Income Bond Fund (FCONX).

Is this the right move to optimize to avoid state (WI 5.3%) income tax?

Should I leave it with Wealthfront?

Thoughts?

Hey All -

Just moved to the Midwest from the PNW. I have a Ripmo AF currently.

I'd like to get into some casual XC racing (Citizen class) as we as just have a daily bike for the Midwest trails (which are pretty XC). Lugging around the Ripmo on these trails doesn't seem awesome.

So I see three options:

1. Add a very XC focused bike to my stable, something like the Trek SuperCaliber, and use that for my daily driver. I worry it will be too harsh and unpleasant, but unsure.
2. Add a XC focused, but more rounded bike like the Ari Signal Peak 3.0. This would likely be really fun for my day to day riding and then I'll have the Ripmo for when I travel to places like Copper Harbor, Ma