One more fun bit of info. My wife is not much of an audiophile, is happy watching movies in our living room (61" DLP, no audio setup), but as I said in other posts, is very supportive of my hobby and is happy to see me happy listening to music and watching movies in the theater.
With the new speaker setup, I had been brining my 4 year old in to watch exciting scenes from different movies, and listening to music. She would poke her head in once in a while to see what was going on. Yesterday, she caught us watching one of my son's favorite scenes right now, Apollo 13, the liftoff. With everything properly calibrated now, it is absolutely awesome. So much so that she actually stuck around to watch a scene or two (which she rarely, if ever does). Afterwards she said she would love to see that movie (never had before).
Well, we made Saturday night our movie night last night. We put the kids down, took the baby monitor to the theater, and I popped in Apollo 13. Watching her experience the movie was almost as much of a treat as watching my son's expressions! She had her hands to her mouth at the suspenseful scenes, and was totally brought into the movie. Is is the first time I have ever seen her react this way. She was so drawn into the movie that she actually became interested in the space program and asked me questions about how things worked, and why they did the things they did. Yes, Axiom allowed us to have one of our first adult conversations in months (we have an 11 month old as well).
It was such an enjoyable night that we have a date next Saturday to watch another movie together in our theater. She now wholeheartedly agrees that nothing compares to watching a movie on the bigger screen, but more importantly, with the right sound.
Baby steps... But steps in the right direction nonetheless!
