Hi... first post here .
I ran across these speakers on the web last night and am very intrigued :T. I have an HT and am constantly thinking about upgrading my speakers.
For reference, my HT is 20' wide, 16' deep and 9' tall and has a carpeted floor. It is fully isolated from the rest of the house. I have a 110" diagonal screen centered on one of the long walls and a dual Ascendant Audio 18" Avalanche infinite baffle subwoofer centered directly above it. Directly across from the screen is a couch pulled about 3' off the wall. The room is heavily treated with passive acoustic bass traps traps (all wall/wall corners and all wall/ceiling corners) and first reflection points (behind the front speakers, along the side walls, behind the seated position and a ceiling cloud). I'm basically using MT monitors for L, C and R duty and matching dipoles for side surrounds. Clearly they are not up to the task.
Going forward, I'm considering Statements for L and R, the Statement Center in the middle and either a pair of Mini Statements for surrounds or two pair of Monitor Statements. Since the Monitor Statements are smaller and allow near boundry placement, I can fit in two pairs, but if using the Mini Statements there is only room for one pair. Another options would be to build two pair of Mini-Statments and the Statement Center initially (for 5.1) and and then later build the big guys and relocate the second pair of Mini Statements to the living room. A third option would be to build a pair of Mini Statements for L and R, a Statement Center and two pair of Monitor Statements.
What do you guys think I should do? I suppose the real question is how much overkill do I really want? Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
I ran across these speakers on the web last night and am very intrigued :T. I have an HT and am constantly thinking about upgrading my speakers.
For reference, my HT is 20' wide, 16' deep and 9' tall and has a carpeted floor. It is fully isolated from the rest of the house. I have a 110" diagonal screen centered on one of the long walls and a dual Ascendant Audio 18" Avalanche infinite baffle subwoofer centered directly above it. Directly across from the screen is a couch pulled about 3' off the wall. The room is heavily treated with passive acoustic bass traps traps (all wall/wall corners and all wall/ceiling corners) and first reflection points (behind the front speakers, along the side walls, behind the seated position and a ceiling cloud). I'm basically using MT monitors for L, C and R duty and matching dipoles for side surrounds. Clearly they are not up to the task.
Going forward, I'm considering Statements for L and R, the Statement Center in the middle and either a pair of Mini Statements for surrounds or two pair of Monitor Statements. Since the Monitor Statements are smaller and allow near boundry placement, I can fit in two pairs, but if using the Mini Statements there is only room for one pair. Another options would be to build two pair of Mini-Statments and the Statement Center initially (for 5.1) and and then later build the big guys and relocate the second pair of Mini Statements to the living room. A third option would be to build a pair of Mini Statements for L and R, a Statement Center and two pair of Monitor Statements.
What do you guys think I should do? I suppose the real question is how much overkill do I really want? Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
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