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In short: new house - new possiblilities. Me and my family moved to a new house last year and now its about time to look into buliding a useable HT in the livingroom. While an ideal HT installation is preferrable, I need to make a lot of compromises. An ideal installation demands a lot space, and may not be possible to achieve in a livingroom that has a multi purpose use.
I really cant see the point in spending thousands of dollars on top-of-the-line speakers and electronics, if you cant give them good working conditions. I've seen a lot of installations of e.g. B&W 800-series squeezed right up in a corner. Please read the excellent article from Paul Spencer about speaker placement here: http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/...dspeak ers/P5/
This project will aim to give decent soundquality within a decent budget while keeping my wife happy.... This installation will be in our livingroom so big floorstanders are out of the question. The system should be useable with both stereo and HT.
I think I will go for in-wall LCR and surrund. Here is a drawing of the front-layout:
- numbers inside () is inch or feet
A couple of worries about the setup:
Compromises in this setup:
I will build the ZA 5.3iw (or 5.2iw) in vented enclosuers, but flush with the wall (using the in-wall XO-layout). I cant really decide if I should go for 5.3 or 5.2. They have simular polar-response so the 5.2 is usable as a horisontal center). The enclosures need to be shallow to fit in the wall. There will be no more than 2 inches from back of the woofermagnet to the backwall of the enclosures. If I use 1 inch of damping inside the backwall there will only be 1 inch of free air behind the magnet. Will this raise significant problems with reflections inside the enclosures and will these problems increase with higher output-levels?
Here is a drawing of the wall where the front-system will be mounted:
Here is the layout of the livingroom:
I have not decided anything yet, so any comments and recommendations before I start cutting walls would be appreciated.
I really cant see the point in spending thousands of dollars on top-of-the-line speakers and electronics, if you cant give them good working conditions. I've seen a lot of installations of e.g. B&W 800-series squeezed right up in a corner. Please read the excellent article from Paul Spencer about speaker placement here: http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/...dspeak ers/P5/
This project will aim to give decent soundquality within a decent budget while keeping my wife happy.... This installation will be in our livingroom so big floorstanders are out of the question. The system should be useable with both stereo and HT.
I think I will go for in-wall LCR and surrund. Here is a drawing of the front-layout:
- numbers inside () is inch or feet
A couple of worries about the setup:
- Is the L and R too close to the sidewalls?
- Is the center to low (should it be over the screen)?
Compromises in this setup:
- LCR not in line
- The TV screen will not be perfectly flush with the wall (depending on type of screen it will stand 1-2 inch out from the wall - unless I recess it... )
I will build the ZA 5.3iw (or 5.2iw) in vented enclosuers, but flush with the wall (using the in-wall XO-layout). I cant really decide if I should go for 5.3 or 5.2. They have simular polar-response so the 5.2 is usable as a horisontal center). The enclosures need to be shallow to fit in the wall. There will be no more than 2 inches from back of the woofermagnet to the backwall of the enclosures. If I use 1 inch of damping inside the backwall there will only be 1 inch of free air behind the magnet. Will this raise significant problems with reflections inside the enclosures and will these problems increase with higher output-levels?
Here is a drawing of the wall where the front-system will be mounted:
Here is the layout of the livingroom:
I have not decided anything yet, so any comments and recommendations before I start cutting walls would be appreciated.
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