My Review of Nano 5 Omni S8 5.1-Channel Home Theater System

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Nano 5 Omni S8 5.1-Channel Home Theater System

Great setup

PapaTripleJ Auburn, CA 2/5/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Easy To Connect, Crisp Sound, Powerful, Attractive Design, Great Sound Quality

Best Uses: Home Theater

Describe Yourself: Tech Savvy

I don't have a lot of experience with home theater, but I love this setup. The satellite speakers came with the wallmount brackets. I was able to easily install them. They are just below our head, and they are so small that they practically dissapear in the room. In fact, one of them is right next to our couch in one corner of the room. My wife puts a throw pillow on the couch's arm rest and it hides the speaker. I mostly crank it up for movies and Xbox games. My setup is this:
>15' X 14' room
>52" HD DLP TV on stand
>Sony DG720 Receiver
>Rocketfish wireless surround speaker adapter
>This speaker package

The front speakers are on the TV stand to either side of the TV. The center channel is below the TV. The rear speakers are at the corners of the room, probably 12-13' from the front speakers. Love it!

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Gymnastics

The girls started a toddler gymnastics class two weeks ago. They already had three classes and it's going well. I will post some pictures and short videos soon.

Big Breakthrough

Well, this is pretty cool. Yesterday, Emily had her first full day without a diaper! Technically, we put one on her when we went to the park to meet a friend for a couple hours, but otherwise, she didn't need it. And what's even more amazing - she slept through the night last night without a diaper. No accidents!! And furthermore, we're almost done with the day today, and still no diaper!

Posting Schedule

Just a quick "administrative" update. My posting schedule last week didn't work out, so you will now see several new posts that appear today, but were dated before Christmas. Please take a look at the posts starting last Monday, 12/22 because there are some good ones (if I do say so myself). :)

Christmas Cookies

On Friday night after the gym, Sarah got the great idea to bake some Christmas sugar cookies. Sarah did the baking and we all had a great time decorating.


Here's a quick video:

Gymnastics Class

On the Friday before Christmas, we took the girls to Miyagi Gym in Auburn. They teach gymnastics for people from 18 months to 18 years and I think even older. We went to the Parent and Toddler class, which is 18-36 months. They are four week sessions. The first time you go, they let you "tryout" for free. Friday's class was the last one of the year and the end of that 4-week session.

The class started at 9:15 am and went for 45 minutes. Sarah and I went together. There were probably 6-7 other children in the class. There was one other dad. We recognized one of the mom's from Placer High School. She was a grade or two above us. I think her name was Tina May (Sarah remembered her more than I did). It took our girls the typical 15-20 minutes to warm up, but then they were playing like everyone else.


The first activity was a warm-up, which was just running around the mat on a white line. After 3-4 laps, they began what I would consider the more structured activities. They had the children run an obstacle course that involved climbing up pads, hopping down, crawling through tunnels, riding a see-saw, and walking two different directions on a balance beam. The girls still weren't totally into it, but they had fun.

Next was another, more involved obstacle course. The children had to climb up a ladder, hop onto a pad, run up a padded ramp, go belly-first onto a hexagonal "log," roll along the log and do a somersault off, hop backwards about 5 feet, then climb across horizontal bars. It was great fun, especially the backwards hopping. The girls did a Great job. I was surprised at how well they went up the ladder and across the horizontal bars. We have some video of them hopping backwards, too.

Emily:

Ella:

After several laps for each child, the teacher brought out a parachute, and we played various games, all of them involving balloons. At the end of the parachute games, the children got about 5 minutes of free play. Here's a quick video of Ella (white and pink) and Emily (blue and grey) playing with the balloons on top of the parachute.

And here are a few stills from the class.

Grandpa Bud's and the Piano

We went to my dad's house on December 14th for a few hours. The girls had a great time playing with the piano.