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Robert Vanman

Robert Vanman

Serial entrepreneur and founder of WatchGuard Inc.; currently Chairman of the Board at Amazi Water, a Christian water charity focused on providing clean water solutions in Burundi.

Jun 4, 2026

2:04
When did, when did that happen?
2:06
Yeah.
2:06
So, uh, I bought the property in 2019, and, uh, we spent a year in planning and d- and architecture.
2:15
And, uh, uh, during that year, we had hired, uh, well, initially, I hired Elliston Systems as my integrator, and then Elliston Systems, uh, introduced me to Paradise Theater, as well as Keith Yates.
2:31
And, uh, so I met with both of them, uh, interviewed them to see which one, uh, we wanted to pick to be the theater designer.
2:39
And ultimately, I ended up picking, uh, I felt they're both great, but, uh, Paradise just seemed to be a little bit more down to earth in, uh, uh, hopefully not making, you know, too, too absurd of decisions that would-

22 MINS LATER

25:25
Mm-hmm.
25:26
So, uh, and of course, the isolation was such a, a big part of this design.
27:33
Yeah, so this
27:33
is a good photo to show a little bit of the scale.
27:36
So the two speakers on top of the stands on the left and right, Those are JBL subwoofers.
27:44
Those are the SSW1s.
27:46
And those are dual 15s that are separately driven and separately ported.
27:52
But those speakers weigh 350 pounds.
27:57
And, I mean, it took machines to put those speakers up on those stands, not people.

37 MINS LATER

65:04
Oh,
2:04
When did, when did that happen?
2:06
Yeah, so, uh, I bought the property in 2019, and, uh, we spent a year in planning and d- and architecture.
2:15
And, uh, uh, during that year, we had hired, uh, well, initially, I hired Elliston Systems as my integrator, and then Elliston Systems, uh, introduced me to Paradise Theater, as well as Keith Yates.
2:31
And, uh, so I met with both of them, uh, interviewed them to see which one, uh, we wanted to pick to be the theater designer.
2:39
And ultimately, I ended up picking, uh, I felt they're both great, but, uh, Paradise just seemed to be a little bit more down to earth in, uh, uh, hopefully not making, you know, too, too absurd of decisions that would-

22 MINS LATER

25:25
Mm-hmm.
25:26
So, uh, and of course, the isolation was such a, a big part of this design.
25:31
Um, so we wanted to, uh, to get the best sound out of the speakers with rigid mounting, but we wanted the best isolation possible.
2:04
When did, when did that happen?
2:06
Yeah.
2:06
So, uh, I bought the property in 2019, and, uh, we spent a year in planning and d- and architecture.
2:15
And, uh, uh, during that year we had hired, uh, well initially I hired Elliston Systems as my integrator, and then Elliston Systems, uh, introduced me to Paradise Theater, as well as Keith Yates.
2:31
And, uh, so I met with both of them, uh, interviewed them to see which one, uh, we wanted to pick to be the theater designer.
2:39
And ultimately I ended up picking, uh, I felt they're both great, but, uh, Paradise just seemed to be a little bit more down to earth in, uh, uh, hopefully not making, you know, too, too absurd of decisions that would-

22 MINS LATER

25:25
Mm-hmm.
25:26
So, uh, and of course, the isolation was such a, a big part of this design.

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