It was great to see this nail-biter once more, and with the debut of our new sound system, even more gripping. However, there remain a few wrinkles to be ironed out. For instance… having the volume level displayed on-screen when making an adjustment just isn’t cool. That’s been sorted out now. The saddest thing (of course, sadness is relative… I mean this is really nothing to be sad about!)  was that after calibrating the 8 speaker layout extensively, I forgot to set the audio mode, and it was left on All-channel Stereo. By the time I realized, the movie was well underway and I decided to just live with it, rather than further distract our audience. It was absolutely fine, of course, but… coulda, woulda, shoulda… I hope to be better educated next time. Also, as much as I love our McCall commercial fridge (P. Woody once described it as “Bitchin’ in the kitchen”) it is sooooo loud. I think an experiment involving having it shut off for an entire movie is called for.

We are, of course, mourning the removal of the stack o’ Marantz receivers that used to supply the oomph. Fear not… we will keep at least one, and find good homes for the others.