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Hi all,I have a difficult (I'm finding) room to work with, HT-wise. Could I get some input on whether or not it's worth trying to create some sort of HT environment here?
The room itself is 13.5' by 27', a great 2:1 ratio to start things off. 2/3 is carpeted, 1/3 is linoleum. There's a brick fireplace smack in the middle of the rear wall, and the mantle that surrounds the fireplace fills the entire wall up to about 4.5 feet, and extends (about 4 inches high) 2 feet out into the carpet.
The TV (36" XBR400) sits in the rear corner.
I'd like to get some sort of system here that will provide adequate surround sound for movies, and also room-filling sound for music. Probably 50-50 music-to-DVD ratio, good amount of general TV.
Anyway, I've tried moving the TV in front of the fireplace (we don't really use it), but that doesn't quite work, and along the right wall sort of ruins the room.
I've attached a JPEG with a room layout. Is there anything I can do to this, or should I simply forget it and wait for the next house?
Thanks very much in advance,
John
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This is the exact configuration in my room and I have a 7,1 set up in it. It seems to work very well with the time delays in the set up menu. I basically put my 65" XBR exactly where yours is. It spans from the hearth to the wall. Behind it is my Rel Sub. Center sits on top of RPTV. The left main front is about 3 feet from the RPTV along the windowed wall. The right main front is in the opposite corner of the RPTV with the components along the right side of it. I have a Corner couch. One side along the wall the other comes out into the room. My Listening Position is in the corner piece of the couch directly in front of the RPTV. To set up my surronds I stand at my listening position and raised my arms to the side. This is where my surrounds went up on the walls. The surround backs went directly behind my listening position along the back wall and along the small souphet that spans the opening to the rest of the house (3 walled room, 2 long walls, 1 short w/fireplace). Sound is excellent, however, if I were to make changes it would be with a Plasma above the fireplace. This would allow me to then treat the room as a rectangle, with the back wall open, and then place my mains on eather side of the hearth. Email me if you have any other questions.Kirk
It's hard to exactly visualize, but you might need to think outside the box or try something that seems strange on paper. My first thought is flip-flopping the room and moving the desk by the fireplace. But, I'm assuming the one wall has a window and some sort of view that you feel makes the room. In that case, why not try the TV where the sofa is and put the sofa parallel to the fireplace, moving the chair to face the TV in front of the window or off to the side if you must.With delays and volume calibration, you can make crazy things sort of work, but it's far easier if it fits into a box. I'm sure you know that though.
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