HT Set up

11thDevil
11thDevil Posts: 8
edited May 2011 in Electronics
Hi guys, just wonderin if anyone could help me set up my HT, first of all I'm noob when it comes to advance HT set up, I might know the basic but I'm not really that technical, my question is, I have 4x Polk monitor 70, 4x Polk monitor 60, cs100 and psw 404 sub and harman kardon avr 347 on a 20 x 20 room with 10 feet ceiling. What would be the best way to set up my system to what ever i have. ans will buying an amplifier would help me? any info will be a big help. Thanks in Advance
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,598
    edited May 2011
    11thDevil wrote: »
    Hi guys, just wonderin if anyone could help me set up my HT, first of all I'm noob when it comes to advance HT set up, I might know the basic but I'm not really that technical, my question is, I have 4x Polk monitor 70, 4x Polk monitor 60, cs100 and psw 404 sub and harman kardon avr 347 on a 20 x 20 room with 10 feet ceiling. What would be the best way to set up my system to what ever i have. ans will buying an amplifier would help me? any info will be a big help. Thanks in Advance

    Run whatever autosetup program the HK has (if it has one).

    Then go into the settings and set all your speakers to "Small" and set the crossover frequency for each to 80. Set the sub to 80 as well and you should be good to go.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • slk55amg
    slk55amg Posts: 305
    edited May 2011
    When I added an amp to my monitor 70,s " they came alive"
    Emotiva XPA5, Sony ES 5300,: Lsi 15,s LSIC, Monitor 70,s, ( side surrounds) FXI 3,s, (rear surrounds)Micropro4000, Velodyne DEQ 10, Sony 55inchXBR 930D Sony BDP 790 Bedroom rig SonyES 3200 RTIA1,s CSIA4 FXI3,s polk PSW 10 SONY 34inch XBR960:cool:SONY BDP550
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,076
    edited May 2011
    I'm just curious as to why 8 speakers and a center. If I was the op, I would sell one set of 60's and upgrade the center to at least the cs2. Also, what receiver are you using to drive 9 speakers ?
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,598
    edited May 2011
    Jesus, I didnt notice how many speakers you had.


    An external amp if possible is probably required for that many speakers running off that AVR.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • 11thDevil
    11thDevil Posts: 8
    edited May 2011
    @tonyb I only have my 2 Monitor 70 as my front and monitor 60 as my surround, the cs100 and sub hooked up right now, I plan to use my other set of monitor 60 as my s/back to complete my 7.1, but i noticed a changed in the sounds. It's not as crisp and as load as it used to be. So i was wondering to upgrade just don't know what to do, and what to get. I thought of buying an amplifier to power my speaker instead on the receiver and since I am planning to upgrade I thought i could use my other Monitor 70 in my bedroom to complete a 9.1
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  • djperez81
    djperez81 Posts: 388
    edited May 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    I'm just curious as to why 8 speakers and a center. If I was the op, I would sell one set of 60's and upgrade the center to at least the cs2. Also, what receiver are you using to drive 9 speakers ?

    Good point.... the most you need is 6 speakers plus a good center and a nice sub. The CS2 is your best bet and some external amplification would definitely be good if your running those 70's.
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  • 11thDevil
    11thDevil Posts: 8
    edited May 2011
    So just keep the Monitor 70 and 4x monitor 60 as my surround and s/back and upgrade the center speaker should be my set up and just not use the other set of 70's. and just get an external amp to power my speakers?
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,598
    edited May 2011
    11thDevil wrote: »
    ....but i noticed a changed in the sounds. It's not as crisp and as load as it used to be.

    The more speakers you load on an AVR the less power each gets. Your probably noticing that bottleneck. Get a good external amp and it will go away.

    I would probably recommend getting a 5 channel and you can power the surround rears off your AVR.

    Its 55x7 2 channels driven so honestly its prob ~40 x7 with all channels driven..
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • 11thDevil
    11thDevil Posts: 8
    edited May 2011
    can you suggest any good amp and how will be the connection going to be? sorry if asking too much question like I said I am pretty new to this more technical set up
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,598
    edited May 2011
    11thDevil wrote: »
    can you suggest any good amp and how will be the connection going to be? sorry if asking too much question like I said I am pretty new to this more technical set up

    Depends, what kinda cash we talking here?

    Honestly even something like a 80x5 amplifier would be better than your HK. But it all depends on how much you would have to get one. Used is probably going to be your best bet.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • 11thDevil
    11thDevil Posts: 8
    edited May 2011
    Im willing to spend $500-600 my friend is selling his crown XTi 4000, dunno anything about it, and should i just connect the AVR to my amp?
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