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alhajis
alhajis Posts: 8
edited August 2006 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hi all,
Please i need help in setting up my first home theater and i'll list all my equipments and i'll need someone to show me where to put various speakers.

Receiver : Yamaha RX-V1500 7.1 channel, 120 watts X 7
JBL : 350 watts floor standing speaker
Polkaudio : 2 polkaudio center channel speakers, M311, RT15i, RT600i, LSi7, & a kickasss yamaha Sub
I just want to know where each speaker will be good for.

Thanks
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2006
    is the jbl a subwoofer?
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  • alhajis
    alhajis Posts: 8
    edited August 2006
    amulford wrote:
    is the jbl a subwoofer?

    Oh! i forgot...... i also have a yamaha Sub
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  • alhajis
    alhajis Posts: 8
    edited August 2006
    no ...... i forgot to mention that i also have a yamaha sub. the JBL is a full range floor standing speaker
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited August 2006
    In the garage, and start fresh.;)

    All kidding aside, you're going to have a system that might sound okay but it will be sorely lacking in many respects. Mixing a variety of speakers from different manufacturers is a crap shoot at best. At a bare minimum the front 3 speakers should be timbre matched, and for the best possible sound the entire set (5, 6, or 7.1) should be.

    The idea is to create a seamless soundstage in a given amount of space. Using multiple speaker brands will not give the desired effect. The changes in sound direction will be so obviuos that it will greatly detract from the whole audio/video experience. Watching a movie will be a chore due to the distraction.

    If using timbre matched speakers simply isn't possible you're going to have to select the 3 speakers that sound the most similiar to each other and use them as the front three.

    My best guess at this point would be to use the RT600i's as the mains, the RT15i's as dual centers, the M3II's for side/rear surrounds. Stick with 5.1 until you can match all of the speakers.

    The LSi's would make a great start to a two-channel rig, they simply won't match up to the other Polks very well in an HT setup.

    The JBL's....can't help ya there.

    Hope this helps a little bit.
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  • alhajis
    alhajis Posts: 8
    edited August 2006
    Hi Frank Z,
    thank you very much for responding to me and been honest. I forgot mention that i also have 2 Polkaudio Center channel Speakers that i'll be using and am so poor that i bought all these speakers used at a trading post. Please help me with what i have for now until i have money to match my speakers.

    Thanks....
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited August 2006
    Which center channel speakers do you have?
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  • alhajis
    alhajis Posts: 8
    edited August 2006
    Frank Z wrote:
    Which center channel speakers do you have?
    I have:

    CS200
    Two-way Center Channel Loudspeaker

    &

    CS250S
    Two-way Center Channel Loudspeaker
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited August 2006
    Use one for the center and one for the rear channel (6.1) Use the RTi15's for side surrounds.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2006
    use the CS250S for the front center.
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