dbchoong Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 So, I recently moved to a new home. My living room is shared with dining area. Discounting the dining area, I have about WxH 2.5m x 2.7m to play with. That is really a small area for a full Atmos setup. And I can't find any way to place my surround speakers at ear level without looking out of place. And I opted to go with "reflected" Atmos instead of direct. So, I made my own Atmos "enabled" speaker using Orb Audios speakers. Here's what I ended up with. Listening position to the front is 2.5m distance. Using Polk Audio TL2 connected with a bracket to Orb Audio speakers which function as the Atmos speakers. Orb Audio surrounded with foam to "focus" sound upwards. Here's my equipment. Onkyo TX-RZ830 AV Receiver Polk Audio TL2 speakers + centre Orb Audio Mod1 Starke SW12 subwoofer SVSynthesis subwoofer AmazonBasics 14 AWG OFC speaker wires AmazonBasics Subwoofer cables Monoprice HDMI cable Although the area is small, the result is pretty good and have very nice, enveloping surround sound. I have been listening to demo tracks and I am satisfied with the sound. I upgraded the original Polk Audio 8" sub to a Starke SW12. The 8" sub was actually not bad, but struggled when pushed harder. It started to distort at higher volumes and lower frequencies. Now the SW12 together with the SVSynthesis (SVS sub built by Synthesis) - it's sounding pretty good. Will still need to run in the SW12, probably in use less than 3 hours so far. Only have time on weekends to play with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANG Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 the setup is very OK wor! pity that ur space is tad bit tight that cannot accomodate full sized fronts with 3 centers to take better sonic impact。 do take note that the sattelites of the Polk package may tend to loosen over sometime of usage。。。so U might wanna consider adding some kind of backups should one fails in later days。 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wechnivag Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Congratulations! Neat and cosy looking setup! Sent from my X9009 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 the setup is very OK wor! pity that ur space is tad bit tight that cannot accomodate full sized fronts with 3 centers to take better sonic impact。 do take note that the sattelites of the Polk package may tend to loosen over sometime of usage。。。so U might wanna consider adding some kind of backups should one fails in later days。 Yeah, size is small but luckily still usable for HT. My old place I had full size floorstanders, centers. Had to let them go for tiny little speakers. "Polks tend to loosen" - what do you mean? The drivers break? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANG Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 "Polks tend to loosen" - what do you mean? The drivers break? The driver magnet is too close to the x-over [embed=640,360] [/embed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Upgraded to huge floorstanders.. Polk S60! Sound is so good. The bass/low frequencies on these babies are pretty incredible. Can even play movies with more than acceptable bass without my subwoofers. :D Lucky I managed to put in huge floorstanders in such a small place, although not optimal, but I'll live with this for a while... hehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerfan88 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice setup. If there is space, you may wanna try to toe-in the LR a little for better imaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice setup. If there is space, you may wanna try to toe-in the LR a little for better imaging. Managed to toe-in just a little bit. Really not much space to play with. But so far, very good. So happy with these speakers. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcking1624705747 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Bro. It’s been a very Long Long Long time since we last met. Great to see that you are still active with HT. Ultimately, it’s still physics. Size still does matters. Good choice going back to full floor standers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Yeah long time.... Happy CNY!! I had to compromise using small speakers due to space constraints. When chance available to pick up these Polk flooorstanders, didn't care about the space anymore. Size really matters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winwinc81 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Upgraded to huge floorstanders.. Polk S60! Sound is so good. The bass/low frequencies on these babies are pretty incredible. Can even play movies with more than acceptable bass without my subwoofers. :D Lucky I managed to put in huge floorstanders in such a small place, although not optimal, but I'll live with this for a while... hehehe. NICE! Welcome to polk audio club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANG Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Although it looks kinda ...odd. Big fronts with center spkr driver sized roughly a 1/3rd of the left n right biggies... It makes the center looks like a tweety bird stuck in between Tom and Sylvester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 LOL! Yeah, the center speaker is something I'll need to upgrade later. :D Although, it's actually is performing pretty well. Polk really know how to make speakers sound bigger than their actual size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hooted a new Polk S30 centre speaker... :D Looks bigger than my Onkyo TX-RZ830 AVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANG Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Big is good! Vibration good! Visually jiak tasty ice cream when shake shake!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithChang Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Hooted a new Polk S30 centre speaker... :D Looks bigger than my Onkyo TX-RZ830 AVR. Congrats on your new center. Any reason for getting the S30 and not the S35? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepakvali Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Nice to see you back :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Congrats on your new center. Any reason for getting the S30 and not the S35? Was checking reviews. Majority said S30 beats S35 in terms of sound quality. S35 wins in terms of slim looks. S30 is cheaper, better sound quality (based on reviews/comments). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANG Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Onky and Poky realli matchy matchy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 Moved house recently. Now my setup looks like this. AVR: Denon AVR-X3600H Fronts: Polk S60 Center: Polk S30 Sub 1: SVS 12" Driver (Synthesis built box) Sub 2: Sunfire True Subwoofer Super Junior Projector: Epson EH-TW5200 Rear surround and top rear: Polk TL2 Top front: Silver Ticket 82C (8") in-ceiling speakers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watzzup Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Nice... 5 rooms flat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desray Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 @dbchoong - I thought you moved to Yishun not long ago...moving again?! Wow...to where now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, desray said: @dbchoong - I thought you moved to Yishun not long ago...moving again?! Wow...to where now? Shifted back to Bishan. LOL! My family still prefers it here. And Thomson MRT line will be opening in a couple of months. Station just downstairs. Very convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbchoong Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Watzzup said: Nice... 5 rooms flat? Yeah those old 5 rooms HDB with extra large living room. I got my contractors to partition out a new room for my work/home theater. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopidilo Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Nice bro. Congrats on your new house. Wow, you managed to segregate a dedicated space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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