I have good news and bad news, and some of it is audio related.
First, the good news- my new place in Berkeley has a sweet view:
(no sock picture yet, but I'm working on it)
More good news is that my fiancee recently got into baseball, and agrees that we really need a flat panel HD tv :T
The bad news is that my listening room is now going to be less than 90 square feet. Here's the floor plan; the couch and TV are going in the small bedroom on the right:
Here's my audio conundrum, and why I'm starting a new thread. I still have the corner TV stand, but I clearly won't be able to fit a larger TV on there, and if I did, there just isn't space to put the Modulas on stands. Even if I did, they would need to be tucked right against the wall.
What's a guy to do? My first reaction was to try Zaph's slimline wall mounted speaker:
My main concern is that I'm going to sacrifice too much sound quality by going from the RS180 to the little Aurasound. Granted, I'll be sitting like eight feet from the speakers.... but come on- can anyone who's heard them both tell me that it wouldn't be a big sacrifice? I think I need more bass and more headroom.
I recognize that the days of "Wow, I don't even need a sub for movies" is over. What I'm not ready for is "Wow, music is lifeless without the sub."
Does anybody have any ideas or suggestions for a wall-mounted design that will keep it together and provide enough bass to leave the sub turned off for moderate rock and standard TV listening? I assume that I'm going to have to design it myself, but as always I find any comments and suggestions to be helpful.
Time frame is probably 6 months, budget is probably $500 without a sub, maybe a tad more for tools or cabinet materials. The portable PA project is still on the back burner because I couldn't forsee that such a nice apartment would come along and make me re-think my audio.
First, the good news- my new place in Berkeley has a sweet view:
(no sock picture yet, but I'm working on it)
More good news is that my fiancee recently got into baseball, and agrees that we really need a flat panel HD tv :T
The bad news is that my listening room is now going to be less than 90 square feet. Here's the floor plan; the couch and TV are going in the small bedroom on the right:
Here's my audio conundrum, and why I'm starting a new thread. I still have the corner TV stand, but I clearly won't be able to fit a larger TV on there, and if I did, there just isn't space to put the Modulas on stands. Even if I did, they would need to be tucked right against the wall.
What's a guy to do? My first reaction was to try Zaph's slimline wall mounted speaker:
My main concern is that I'm going to sacrifice too much sound quality by going from the RS180 to the little Aurasound. Granted, I'll be sitting like eight feet from the speakers.... but come on- can anyone who's heard them both tell me that it wouldn't be a big sacrifice? I think I need more bass and more headroom.
I recognize that the days of "Wow, I don't even need a sub for movies" is over. What I'm not ready for is "Wow, music is lifeless without the sub."
Does anybody have any ideas or suggestions for a wall-mounted design that will keep it together and provide enough bass to leave the sub turned off for moderate rock and standard TV listening? I assume that I'm going to have to design it myself, but as always I find any comments and suggestions to be helpful.
Time frame is probably 6 months, budget is probably $500 without a sub, maybe a tad more for tools or cabinet materials. The portable PA project is still on the back burner because I couldn't forsee that such a nice apartment would come along and make me re-think my audio.
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