Hi, I have moved house and have started to setup my room. I have 2 possible positions to place my gear but looks like i'll have to put them on the wall with the corner window because of the silly position of the door way right next to where my front right speaker is. I will add to this post as I determine final placement.  Also i will get some kind of sound absorption panels and floor rug to tame the echo.  It's a bare room for the moment (except for the couch) so it's worst case scenario at the moment. Also don't judge me on the small tv, it is temporary until I decide what to buy (maybe a Sony ZD9 if it drops in price).

 

I'd love feedback on the 2 positions and how bad will that corner window be?

 

Current position of gear.

 

 

 

Most likely position (opposite wall). I'm not moving that heavy tv unit until i'm ready! Need a tv point, data point and more power points on this wall first.

Edited March 22, 20178 yr by Mr_Gadget

FWIW, I've always found that I prefer the result when speakers are arranged across the long wall. You have some asymmetry in either case - hopefully that corner window won't throw off your spectral balance.

see below

Edited March 23, 20178 yr by Mr_Gadget

16 hours ago, krebetman said:

FWIW, I've always found that I prefer the result when speakers are arranged across the long wall. You have some asymmetry in either case - hopefully that corner window won't throw off your spectral balance.

 

I did consider this, but setting it up this way will not allow me to move the speakers away from the back wall. Looks like I'll be going with the 2nd photo.

What speakers are these?

My speakers are listed in my signature although my surrounds are now some Krix in-ceiling speakers instead of the polk bookshelfs.

 

Equinox Audio Aphelion + Zenith

Edited March 29, 20178 yr by Mr_Gadget

Here is an updated photo of my room, just had power points, antenna point and data points installed along the wall.

 

I have placed my main left and right speakers in front of the subs so that they can be a bit further apart.

 

I am yet to test how it sounds but this is the final orientation. I also had my Krix ceiling speakers installed.

 

Also I bought a new TV, Sony Z9D (on order).

Edited June 11, 20196 yr by Mr_Gadget

Hey Mr Gadget- hope I'm not going off topic too much but you mentioned getting the Sony Z9D. Did you compare this to the Samsung 65" Q7F QLED or LG 65C7T OLED by any chance?

 

I'm in the market and struggling to decide on tele's!

 

BTW, jealous of the 2 monstrous looking subs in your set up!

9 hours ago, demiliam said:

Hey Mr Gadget- hope I'm not going off topic too much but you mentioned getting the Sony Z9D. Did you compare this to the Samsung 65" Q7F QLED or LG 65C7T OLED by any chance?

 

I'm in the market and struggling to decide on tele's!

 

BTW, jealous of the 2 monstrous looking subs in your set up!

 

Initially I didn't want to spend more than $4k on a new TV but when I found out the ZD9 could be bought for ~$4.5 I added it to my shortlist.

 

The LG Oleds we're a fair bit more experience, same with the Samsung QLED.

Motion is important to me so is upscaling. So I went with the Sony as these 2 aspects of image quality are arguably best on Sony especially with the X1 Extreme processor.

 

Disappointingly and surprising, the Z9D scored poorly in the recent rtings review, but there's been some controversy surrounding this and most users on the AV forums are very happy with their ZD9.

New tv

 

What is it?

1 hour ago, Cardiiiii said:

What is it?

 

Sony Z9D

Installed some CMF acoustic panels today. Still need to do the panel behind right speaker.

 

I have a panel sitting on window sill behind curtain (behind left speaker) and another panel on left window sill just forward of the speaker.

Posters are up.

Now a 7.1 setup

Using in-ceilings as side surrounds for now.

 

Spot anything new?

My recently acquired Elektra Theatron 7 was missing 2 front feet so I bought 4 new ones.

Got a pair of Krix Dynamix for side surrounds.

And they're up! (Still need to chase cable up the side/rear walls)

All done (finally). Some naked shots included.

 

Need to test it with a good 7.1 Blu Ray

Edited July 14, 20196 yr by Mr_Gadget

wow mate, love this room!!! Those Krix worked out great

14 minutes ago, jamiebosco said:

wow mate, love this room!!! Those Krix worked out great

Thanks, I'm quite pleased with the end result. Still haven't watched a 7.1 movie yet. Any recommendations?

There's still life in this old Denon 4311

1 hour ago, Mr_Gadget said:

Thanks, I'm quite pleased with the end result. Still haven't watched a 7.1 movie yet. Any recommendations?

The  7.1 DTS-HDMA on the Oblivion Blu-Ray is vey good