First post and 8 years since I had my last HT setup so advice much appreciated...
I'm about to buy a whole setup from scratch after a long time out of the game. I rent a flat here in the UK, but plan to ultimately move back "down under" and have a no holds barred dedicated HT room.
However I don't know whether that will be in 2, 5 or 10 years time. So my conundrum is do I buy a low-end effectively throw away system now and start all over again when I move, or do I invest in some of my long term goal equipment like the 802D/HTM2D now even though I don't have the ideal room setup?
My flat lounge is roughly 19 ft square, of which 2/3rds is used for the TV area (so say a 19 ft x 12ft area). The flat seems to have great soundproofing in that I can hear none of my neighbours currently. But it is a flat after all so I won't be purchasing a sub nor will I be listening at any sort of high volumes to make sure that they don't come knocking on the door.
Will the 802D overwhelm this room to the point of sounding awful? As I rent there will be no acoustic adjustments I can make to it which I do appreciate is important to getting the best out of this gear.
Obviously at this point I have to make some sort of compromise - either equipment that is "too big" for the room, or a system that suits the room better but is in the long term more expensive as I end up discarding it.
There is another "middle ground" option I guess in that I buy a mid-range system that I could reuse in another room in the next house. But as I obviously have no idea as to how big that room might be compared to my current one or perhaps I may even want a minimalist in-wall setup etc that's a long shot.
What do you think guys - what would you do? A big part of me wants someone to tell me - "dude you are being insane, it would be a complete waste of money for now" so I can chop my budget by £20K+ and stop day-dreaming about this gear and drooling over the photos of your setups...
I'm about to buy a whole setup from scratch after a long time out of the game. I rent a flat here in the UK, but plan to ultimately move back "down under" and have a no holds barred dedicated HT room.
However I don't know whether that will be in 2, 5 or 10 years time. So my conundrum is do I buy a low-end effectively throw away system now and start all over again when I move, or do I invest in some of my long term goal equipment like the 802D/HTM2D now even though I don't have the ideal room setup?
My flat lounge is roughly 19 ft square, of which 2/3rds is used for the TV area (so say a 19 ft x 12ft area). The flat seems to have great soundproofing in that I can hear none of my neighbours currently. But it is a flat after all so I won't be purchasing a sub nor will I be listening at any sort of high volumes to make sure that they don't come knocking on the door.
Will the 802D overwhelm this room to the point of sounding awful? As I rent there will be no acoustic adjustments I can make to it which I do appreciate is important to getting the best out of this gear.
Obviously at this point I have to make some sort of compromise - either equipment that is "too big" for the room, or a system that suits the room better but is in the long term more expensive as I end up discarding it.
There is another "middle ground" option I guess in that I buy a mid-range system that I could reuse in another room in the next house. But as I obviously have no idea as to how big that room might be compared to my current one or perhaps I may even want a minimalist in-wall setup etc that's a long shot.
What do you think guys - what would you do? A big part of me wants someone to tell me - "dude you are being insane, it would be a complete waste of money for now" so I can chop my budget by £20K+ and stop day-dreaming about this gear and drooling over the photos of your setups...
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