Thinking of selling my FXi4's

ryanjoachim
ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
edited April 2010 in Speakers
With the type of places i've been living lately (renting...ick), I have never had the type of room that really caters to the FX series.

They're made to be put in a corner so that the sound can bounce off the back and side walls (if I understand them correctly). My current room is a 13ft wide 24ft long beast, which means one FX speaker has 1/2 of it pointing into nothingness.

Now, i'm not sure how much sound i'm really losing from this setup but I do know that I want to try to tailor my speakers to my room layout. Does anyone have suggestions on other back speakers that would fit in well with my current setup?

Or am I looking too hard into this and those FX are doing fine?

Edit - didn't realize this was my 1,000th post! OMG I'M SO AWESOME NOW!
MrNightly wrote: »
"Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
mystik610 wrote: »
Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
My System:


TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited April 2010
    Got any pictures of the room?
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited April 2010
    Here's a **** pic.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98677 (scroll down a bit)

    I already posted the pic in that thread, so can't put it in here. If you look at the pic, the FXi4 on the right has a wall about 4ft to the right, while the one on the left has nothing next to it besides open room.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
    My System:


    TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited April 2010
    That's exactly how I had mine. I think it's your best option because your couch is up against the back wall. With that setup the speakers are facing toward the listener rather than if you had bookshelf speakers it would be facing the front.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited April 2010
    I gotta admit it didn't sound bad at all when watching Avatar last night, but I did feel like I was losing some surround sounds (branches falling, bullets/arrows flying left to right, etc). That could just be me trying to compare my setup to what I heard at the theaters.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
    My System:


    TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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