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Excuse my enthusiasm, I know I'm sounding like an

Posted by cfraser (A) on August 27, 2002 at 11:21:32

In Reply to: The biggest problem I face with the HT set up is... posted by kuma on August 26, 2002 at 23:05:11:

evangelist, probably annoying. I have spent a lot of time moving stuff around, positioning speakers, auditioning speakers, changing electronics config etc. This HT stuff is NOT a no-brainer, especially when you consider most people (not here, in general) don't even have 2 speakers set up half-decently. I have put a lot of effort into it, and though my setup isn't expensive, I am pleased with the way it works in a not very big room. The junk does take up a lot of space, then you have to sit so far from the screen so it looks right, mount the speakers so they sound right where you're sitting, etc. etc. So many decisions.

But the center and the sub were what I wasted most time on. You can throw either in a room and plug them in, but it's amazing how annoying they can be if you do that. To me they ruined things, I didn't appreciate that they (obviously, now) require consideration like the rest of the gear. It's a learning process, and it's no wonder many people consider the whole thing gimmicky, because I see typical systems even at showrooms are just thrown together. The centerpiece is the nice display, and the sound is given little consideration it seems. But we appreciate the sound, so maybe it just seems more important to us, I think most people don't care so much.

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