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Please don’t mind the rather messy setup. I talked my cousin into a 5.1.4 setup a while ago (coming from stereo) and measured it with OCA A1 Acoustix Evo. It sounds phenomenal but he has gotten a much bigger couch last week and wants me to re-calibrate. I’ll gladly do so but am at a loss what to do with the right back height speaker.

Keep it as it is and exclude anyone outside the atmos bubble? Or move it further out (and up because of the window) and have the already asymetrical setup even more streched - degrading the sound at MLP? The surround has to move either way as you can see. For reference - the MLP is at the right third of the picture on the wall and the TV has to stay in the niche.

Thanks everyone.

It’s not perfect but it works for what I was wanting and the SO is okay with it. (Need to do some additional cable routing to get her full blessing.)

Behind the camera is an open floor plan into my kitchen and to the right is a den/entryway leading to the rest of the house which makes it difficult for the side/rear surround options. It’s motivating me to either convert some bedrooms or buy another house in 10 years if the economy allows. This hobby definitely can become a money pit if you let it

Setup;

TV: Sony XR 85X90L

AVR: Denon X3900H

AMP (FL/FR): Fosi Audio ZA3

FCR: Klipsch RP 8000F II, RP 504C II

SIde Surround: RP 500M II

Rear surrounds: RP 5000F II (Were originally my fronts but upgraded and am using them for now as rears)

Atmos: 4x Klipsch CDT 5800C II

Subwoofers: 2x RP 1400SW

So for a long time I was fixed on getting the SVS PB 2000 Pro (eventually 2 of them actually) but now I’m having a problem, I’m very much considering the Klipsch RP 1400 SW which seems to be in pair of not a bit better, and actually cheaper. From people more experiencing than I’m, what do you think it’s better? And price wise considering 2 of the klipsch would be about 1200€ cheaper ?

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If this belongs more in /r/BudgetAudiophile please let me know.

Living room pictures https://imgur.com/a/qTH9WfS

I’m looking to upgrade from a Samsung QH-990C system. My family and I were at Best Buy and we listened to a proper sound system and my daughter goes “That’s much better than ours and makes it feel like we are in a theater, we need that.” So here I am looking to upgrade. I’ve been researching around over the last few days as I have very little knowledge with setting up a proper sound system. I’m looking to spend $2,000 - $3,000 dollars on the complete setup.

I’m looking for a 5.1 setup(with expansion possibilities in the future to 7.1 or 5.2) that gives the best theater experience I can manage for that price range. The main use will be shows and movies, although music will be listened to as well. My family and I are not audiophiles or anything close to that, but we do appreciate good sound.

The distance from the TV to the seats is 10ft and the living room is 14ft wide. The front speakers would be not in the most optimal spots due to room constraints, but would be about 1ft in front of the wall and 3 ft to the side walls. 3ft behind the couch is open and goes into the kitchen with a counter separating it. That limits the space for rear speakers.

From what I’ve found on Reddit, YouTube and forums are these parts that seem like a good match.

Option 1

* Front speakers - Polk R200’s

* Center channel - Polk R300

* Rear speakers - Polk Elite ES15

* Subwoofer - Speedwoofer 10s MKII

* Receiver - Denon AVR-X1800H

Options 2

* Front Speakers - Elec Debut 3.0 DB63

* Center Channel - Elac Debut 3.0 DC63

* Rear Speakers - Polk Elite ES15

* Subwoofer - Speedwoofer 10s MKII

* Receiver - Denon AVR-X1800H

I pick these because I see that both of these speaker sets are recommended a bunch for these pricepoints. I’m leaning more towards the Elac front speaker setup because I keep constantly seeing that the DB63’s really out perform for their price. I have the ES15 for rear speakers because they will be relatively close to the seating position. Only about 3ft away, so my understanding is that the speakers don’t need to be as powerful for rear speakers.

Between the two sets, pricing out at brand new items, they come out to option 1 being $2,687 and option 2 being $2,597 so they come out about the same. I’m not against getting open box or refurbished items though and will look around for those.

Please feel free to tell me your opinion on this and if I’m way fucking wrong or whatever else that is needed to get a good setup.

I grew up in the age of Bluetooth and have no idea how to connect these speakers in the home we bought. I did some research and it looks like I need some type of amp but no clue which one would work. I’m adding photos of the speakers(we have on the walls). And then three photos of connections behind the TV. I’m assuming the photo with only two connections is for an additional speaker and the photo with 10 connections is for the amp? Not sure what the 4 connection one is and maybe it’s unrelated. Thank you!

Looking at doing this for my new house, any thoughts? Is the center speaker necessary? Cheers

I was wondering if someone could help me out. Hsu subwoofer just started recently making some static type noise. Nothing has changed in my set up and randomly started doing this. Does anyone have any idea what this is and is it fixable?

Hi r/hometheater experts! I've currently got a 5.2.4 Atmos setup running JBL Synthesis in-walls and in-ceilings (SCL-6 for LCR, SCL-7's for rears and SCL-8's for the 4 heights) along with 2 Rythmik 18-inch subs in the back. I'm driving them with a Monolith 9X amp and Marantz AV7706 processor. The projector is a Titan Noir Max on a 165" XY Screens 4K SoundMax white woven AT screen.

Unfortunately the room is open on both sides of the seating area, so there’s no wall on the left that would mirror one on the right for side surrounds. The system sounds absolutely incredible despite the less than ideal layout and it's by far the best system I've ever owned. But I do wonder if I will get a better bubble if I can find a good way to add sides in. If you guys think the benefit would be modest then that's helpful info too.

I was thinking of getting a couple SCL-9 on-wall speakers (and an additional 2 channel amp) and placing them at the rear corners of the sofa on pole stands, mounted so the tweeter is a bit above ear height. But I don't know if that placement is really going to give me a substantial improvement in sound and it would definitely be visually distracting compared to the nice clean look I've achieved thus far with the in-walls (except the massive black subwoofer boxes of course).

The sofa listening area is about 11 feet back from the screen. Ceiling is 8 feet high.

Any thoughts on this approach or other options that might be workable?

Will this be fine in the long run or should I add a second fan? I’m only using 3 channels (L/R/C) currently.

This is the best place I have to put it…

hello, so I did not do my due diligence to realize that I got a powered amp meaning it needs an RCA connection. so I ran speaker wire for the second sub and surround wire together in the opposite corner of where the 1st sub is supposed to be. so my question is can I get rca male to speaker wire adapter for both sides of the wire to connect the amp and receiver? will it work, will it not work, or just sound bad and if so should I change it so both amps are either ends of the console?

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The image and link I provided seem to be exactly what I want, but the $3200 price tag is a little high, and I don't know enough about recliners to know if that's a good deal, wait for sale, or get something else. I like the look and the fact that you don't need extra space behind.

Also, the picture shows all 3 seats reclining, but I can't find information on how the middle seat reclines, and want to make sure it's not just the 2 end seats.