Unfinished Basement Sound Settings
Ohioste
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Good morning. I haven't been active in here for a bit but our family has gone through a house build and I have some questions.
Our plan is to finish the basement at some point but until then, I have a "temporary" home theater system in my unfinished basement.
I currently have 2 RTi8s and a CSI5 powered by a Pioneer SC-81.
The speakers have great sound. Where we seem to fall short is voice dialogue. Again, this is a temporary setup so I had my CSI5 just on the floor but have now set it up on a small box underneath the screen. I thought maybe the concrete was killing the voices coming out of the speaker so was hoping getting it about 10" off the ground would help. I still have to turn the movies up quite a bit to hear clear voices.
My initial thought process is that my "real" setup is not going to be too different. The speaker won't be sitting on a box but it won't be much higher off the ground due to the screen taking up most of the wall.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is there a part of my setup that should be upgraded?
Thanks in advance.
Our plan is to finish the basement at some point but until then, I have a "temporary" home theater system in my unfinished basement.
I currently have 2 RTi8s and a CSI5 powered by a Pioneer SC-81.
The speakers have great sound. Where we seem to fall short is voice dialogue. Again, this is a temporary setup so I had my CSI5 just on the floor but have now set it up on a small box underneath the screen. I thought maybe the concrete was killing the voices coming out of the speaker so was hoping getting it about 10" off the ground would help. I still have to turn the movies up quite a bit to hear clear voices.
My initial thought process is that my "real" setup is not going to be too different. The speaker won't be sitting on a box but it won't be much higher off the ground due to the screen taking up most of the wall.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is there a part of my setup that should be upgraded?
Thanks in advance.
Comments
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It should at a minimum be at face/ear height. You may need to boost the centers db higher
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It should at a minimum be at face/ear height. You may need to boost the centers db higher
How do most people do that when they have a projector screen that takes up their entire wall. I can't be the only one with that problem, I wouldn't think. -
Two ways,
Acoustically transparent screen speaker behind the screen
Screen on wall doesn't go floor to ceiling with enough room under for gear.
For the record the general term "screen" I took for TV screen.
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Speakers on an empty box or a shelf will have an abnormal amount of resonance added to the overall sound. The box is lost likely adding some resonance- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Probably getting bounce off the floor at certain frequencies. The center speaker should be at least a couple feet up off the floor to avoid that. The screen size should be small enough to accommodate the center and main speakers. What's the ceiling height? If it's a standard 8 feet a 4 feet tall x 7 feet wide screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio would still be large on that type of wall. And it would leave a foot at the top and three feet below.
