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Look! $6 Million Home Theater
Yowza!

Wow. That's all we can say.

This is a home theater to beat all home theaters. Obviously this isn't a realistic set-up for those of us that earn less than seven, let alone five, figures, but it's an inspiration nonetheless. More about Jeremy Kipnis' $6 million (!!) theater after the break...

 
 

Kipnis has an 18-foot Stewart Snowmatte laboratory-grade screen that shows off video from a Sony ultra-high-resolution (4,096-by-2,160) SRX-S110 digital projector. While Kipnis has an 8.8-channel audio system, there are 8 Snell THX Cinema & Music Reference towers, three Snell LCR-2800 center-channel speakers, and 16 18-inch Snell subwoofers! Say what?!

He also augmented the treble on his Snell speakers with MuRata ES103A super tweeters. The subwoofers and the tweeters allow this home theater to accomplish the deepest bass (10 hertz) and the most extreme high-frequency range (100 kilohertz). A total of 11,315 watts of audio power can be pumped to the speakers with a series of audiophile solid-state and vacuum-tube amplifiers. Two mammoth General Electric 13,800-volt/800-amp step-down transformers power the whole thing.

Kipnis hopes to sell similar set-ups to movie-industry professionals and wealthy home theater enthusiasts.

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6 million dollars for something that seats 3 people?

posted by modernguy on May 18th 2009 at 12:50pm
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wow. and no wires in the the photos- I can only imagine what it looks like when everything is wired- like some sort of giger nest.

posted by maximumHOTbottom on May 18th 2009 at 12:54pm
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Is there such a thing as too many speakers?

posted by etslee on May 18th 2009 at 1:51pm
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I'd rather spend 6 million on something else. Whatever happened to just going for dinner and a movie?

posted by E.I.F. on May 18th 2009 at 2:17pm
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While the equipment is impressive on its own, this is perhaps the worst example of how to spend $6M! For that amount, you can build a full size theater, not something seats 3 and feels more sterile than a laboratory.

posted by jpriley75 on May 18th 2009 at 4:29pm
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gr8! I'll have one but only if you can install it on my 3billion dollar yacht....

really... I agree, a waste of money!

posted by TeaspoonInc on May 19th 2009 at 3:35am
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I hope they spent some of that money on the air conditioning system. Sitting in the middle of all of those amps must be damn hot!

posted by spinsLPs on May 19th 2009 at 11:44am
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Just a quick glance at the room, but it doesn't look acoustically sound for a surround sound set up. The racks on the sidewalls, the curved set up of the speakers, the proportions of the room (the ceiling appears way too high compared with the length of the room), etc.

This looks to be a more money than brains kind of thing.

posted by Jason on May 19th 2009 at 12:24pm
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A waste of money? Yeah, for those of us who have little, but obviously, this guy has money to spend, so more power to him!!! It's his disposable income.

I'd rather spend 6 million on something else. Whatever happened to just going for dinner and a movie?

Whatever happened to manners in shared public spaces? Every time I've gone to the movies, some rude people end up ruining the experience for others. What's up with all the loud talking nonsense on your phone?

posted by stickyricemama on May 19th 2009 at 1:26pm
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I'm impressed, but also skeptical: this equipement is awsome, but if it's to watch your average mass-produced DVD, I'm not sure it's worth it. I mean: the DVD's definition and quality is so bad compared to what this theater can produce... isn't it like watching a very, very old cartoon on a high definition screen ?

Still, the room is clean and neat. I'm not a fan of LED's blue light, but if you are, this is definitely the way to go. And it lacks a pop corn vending machine :-)

posted by Loora on May 19th 2009 at 1:40pm
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I've seen this before. I honestly don't like it. All the lights and gee-gaws detract from the point: full immersion in a movie.

I much prefer the streamlined theaters that hid the speakers and amps and leave the focus only on the screen.

posted by Max on May 19th 2009 at 4:07pm
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This looks like the set of who wants to be a millionaire or some other cheesy television show. I agree with the other posters that the equipment is great, but it is so ridiculous to spend 6 million dollars on everything else but then just put in a 3 seat leather couch and a rinky dink coffee table in the middle of the room. You can't even get seats that recline? Cup holders? It doesn't even look like a place I would want to hang out. I mean, I would just feel uncomfortable encircled with a million gadgets. Speakers that would blast the clothes off people are all good and well, but this is ovvvvv-erkill.

posted by hmillic on May 19th 2009 at 5:21pm
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Haha people complain too much. its all perspective. I'm sure there is some beggar out there clamouring about how we wasted a thousand whole clams on a computer.

But I agree with apartment therapy. thats a sweet set up.

posted by JamesdeMontreal on May 19th 2009 at 8:44pm
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The subwoofers and the tweeters allow this home theater to accomplish the deepest bass (10 hertz) and the most extreme high-frequency range (100 kilohertz).

I am guessing this is a mistake. Humans do not hear frequencies above 20kHz (lower than that as we age). Even if there are tweeters capable of producing these super high frequencies, no one can hear them, and they won't be present in soundtracks or music.

The 4K resolution projector is very forward-thinking. I wonder what his source video is.

posted by graefix on May 20th 2009 at 2:50am
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