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Hey, guys (and gals)!
If you were planning on using B&W SCMS's (wall-mount) for the fronts and an HTM4S as a center, what would you use as surrounds?
My couch is along the back wall and cannot be moved anymore into the room (wife factor). I would need to either do a ceiling mount or rear wall mount since one side has no wall (its a hallway) and the other only has about 5 inches since its a doorway (and I would probably want it at least 1 foot in from the side wall anyway).
Would you use an SCMS and ceiling mount them so they could face each other or maybe face them slightly to the center of the room? Would you use the DS8 or DS7? If the DS's, would you do mono or dipole? Or would you drop down to a 600 Series and do something like the DM600 or DM601?
I really think the SCMS is the way I am going. I have also listened to the B&W 700 (not that impressed with) and 600 Series (which I also really liked especially for the money) in addition to Polk RTi10's (I liked okay but was not overly impressed with especially when comparing to the B&W 600 series). One person at work also suggested looking into M&K's. I don't have a local place to listen to them, so I cannot make a sound decision on them (any thoughts out there -- I understand this is a B&W thread so you do not have to answer this question).
A majority of my use (80+%) will be TV and DVD.
As an FYI, all options that I have looked at range from about $2500 to about $6500. So, although price is an issue (isn't it always), not my deciding factor (although the wife may feel differently :-).
Thanks,
-Lou
If you were planning on using B&W SCMS's (wall-mount) for the fronts and an HTM4S as a center, what would you use as surrounds?
My couch is along the back wall and cannot be moved anymore into the room (wife factor). I would need to either do a ceiling mount or rear wall mount since one side has no wall (its a hallway) and the other only has about 5 inches since its a doorway (and I would probably want it at least 1 foot in from the side wall anyway).
Would you use an SCMS and ceiling mount them so they could face each other or maybe face them slightly to the center of the room? Would you use the DS8 or DS7? If the DS's, would you do mono or dipole? Or would you drop down to a 600 Series and do something like the DM600 or DM601?
I really think the SCMS is the way I am going. I have also listened to the B&W 700 (not that impressed with) and 600 Series (which I also really liked especially for the money) in addition to Polk RTi10's (I liked okay but was not overly impressed with especially when comparing to the B&W 600 series). One person at work also suggested looking into M&K's. I don't have a local place to listen to them, so I cannot make a sound decision on them (any thoughts out there -- I understand this is a B&W thread so you do not have to answer this question).
A majority of my use (80+%) will be TV and DVD.
As an FYI, all options that I have looked at range from about $2500 to about $6500. So, although price is an issue (isn't it always), not my deciding factor (although the wife may feel differently :-).
Thanks,
-Lou
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