Best setup for LSI 7.1 system

BLACKHAMMERJAMM
BLACKHAMMERJAMM Posts: 69
edited June 2008 in Speakers
What would sound the best.

  1. LSi 15 fronts LSi C - LSi FX surrounds - LSi 9 rears
  2. LSi 15 fronts LSi C - LSi FX surrounds - LSi 15 rears
  3. LSi 15 fronts LSi C - LSi 9 surrounds - LSi 15 rears

I have a Kipsch sub12, but will upgrade soon.

I now have LSi 15 fronts LSi C - LSi FX surrounds - LSi 9 rears and a Sony STRDA5300ES. I will also get a power amp to push these speakers. All but the LSi 9's are still in the box, and I may get another set of LSi15's if recommended for a 7.1 system. Please help a noob make the best choice.:)
Sony KDL-52XBR4
Onkyo Pro PR-SC885P
NAD T975
LSIi15's front
LSIiC center
LSIiFX's surround
LSIi15's rear
PSW1000
Sony BDPS2000ES
2nd system
Sony STRDA5300ES
Sony PS3
LSi9's front
Klipsch sub
under construction
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2008
    What size is the room, I wouldn't recommend 7.1 unless you have a large room.

    As for 15's as rears, why not? My rears have 2 8" woofers each, it's nice to be surrounded in bass.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • BLACKHAMMERJAMM
    BLACKHAMMERJAMM Posts: 69
    edited June 2008
    Face wrote: »
    What size is the room, I wouldn't recommend 7.1 unless you have a large room.

    As for 15's as rears, why not? My rears have 2 8" woofers each, it's nice to be surrounded in bass.

    30'X26' Is this large enough for 7.1?
    Sony KDL-52XBR4
    Onkyo Pro PR-SC885P
    NAD T975
    LSIi15's front
    LSIiC center
    LSIiFX's surround
    LSIi15's rear
    PSW1000
    Sony BDPS2000ES
    2nd system
    Sony STRDA5300ES
    Sony PS3
    LSi9's front
    Klipsch sub
    under construction
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited June 2008
    Shweet. Are you refinishing the room? What kind of room is it? Layout?
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  • BLACKHAMMERJAMM
    BLACKHAMMERJAMM Posts: 69
    edited June 2008
    amulford wrote: »
    Shweet. Are you refinishing the room? What kind of room is it? Layout?

    Lol it's just a living room, and has never been finished...New house from 2004 that I'm still painting...
    Sony KDL-52XBR4
    Onkyo Pro PR-SC885P
    NAD T975
    LSIi15's front
    LSIiC center
    LSIiFX's surround
    LSIi15's rear
    PSW1000
    Sony BDPS2000ES
    2nd system
    Sony STRDA5300ES
    Sony PS3
    LSi9's front
    Klipsch sub
    under construction
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited June 2008
    I say go with the 15's and FX's. Keep them all on the same elevation, too. Your gonna need a couple of good subs, too. And POWER, don't forget the power...
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  • garnier
    garnier Posts: 116
    edited June 2008
    For LSiFX, mount them two or more feet above the ear level (according to THX website for setting up 7.1 mode), and put them in dipole mode. You don't want to know where the sound is coming from, for the side surround speakers!

    I have a 7.1 setup now, and noticed that the rear surround speakers are not used as often and as much as the front or center speakers. I would go with LSi9 for the rear surround speakers, and instead add a second subwoofer to be placed in one of the rear corners in the living room. :)
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited June 2008
    Why not drop the 9's and use FX's for all of the surrounds? That's how I would probably roll it.
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