in-ceiling placement & components
Hi all,
I'm getting close making up my in-ceiling 5.1 setup but I'd like to get for some more hints and openions before doing my purchases.
I'd put up a sketchup about my room here: http://ond.vein.hu/~dyn/inceiling.jpg where the main listening point (sofa) and the TV (hanging at upper left of the picture) should get easily recognized. The wide white rectangles at the top and the bottom show suspended ceilings where I'd like to put the in-ceiling speakers shown with plain black circles. I plan to put a center speaker below the TV placed on the low (about 22cm high) furniture holding the receiver, etc. Currently I have no idea where to place the subwoofer, nor feel it as a must-have requirement (this is a flat with neighbours not a standalone house and I'm not specially bass-addict generally - but not against it either).
Using this placement both the TV and the center must be rotated about 15-18 degrees to the right to show up centered at the ideal listening position. I know this is a serious limitation but still the best setup I could find given the limitations (glass doors and windows all around). The fronts and surrounds are placed from 125cm from the side walls and the left and right ones are from about equal distance from the listening position.
Now the questions:
- will 4 TC60i serve me well and do a good job for HT fronts and surrounds?
- could a CSi A4 fit this setup as a center?
- what receiver would you suggest driving this setup within reasonable budget - eg. an Onkyo TX-SR507 would be a good choice or you suggest something more suitable?
- should I even consider going with 4 LC60i-s and a more powerful receiver or that'd instantly double the required budget? (I know the LCs are better but as I saw the tech specs are about the same as the TC60i)
As always, thanks a lot for your help in advance.
I'm getting close making up my in-ceiling 5.1 setup but I'd like to get for some more hints and openions before doing my purchases.
I'd put up a sketchup about my room here: http://ond.vein.hu/~dyn/inceiling.jpg where the main listening point (sofa) and the TV (hanging at upper left of the picture) should get easily recognized. The wide white rectangles at the top and the bottom show suspended ceilings where I'd like to put the in-ceiling speakers shown with plain black circles. I plan to put a center speaker below the TV placed on the low (about 22cm high) furniture holding the receiver, etc. Currently I have no idea where to place the subwoofer, nor feel it as a must-have requirement (this is a flat with neighbours not a standalone house and I'm not specially bass-addict generally - but not against it either).
Using this placement both the TV and the center must be rotated about 15-18 degrees to the right to show up centered at the ideal listening position. I know this is a serious limitation but still the best setup I could find given the limitations (glass doors and windows all around). The fronts and surrounds are placed from 125cm from the side walls and the left and right ones are from about equal distance from the listening position.
Now the questions:
- will 4 TC60i serve me well and do a good job for HT fronts and surrounds?
- could a CSi A4 fit this setup as a center?
- what receiver would you suggest driving this setup within reasonable budget - eg. an Onkyo TX-SR507 would be a good choice or you suggest something more suitable?
- should I even consider going with 4 LC60i-s and a more powerful receiver or that'd instantly double the required budget? (I know the LCs are better but as I saw the tech specs are about the same as the TC60i)
As always, thanks a lot for your help in advance.
Post edited by kjozsa on
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I reconsidered my choice on the subwoofer and also made a deal about its placement with my wife
Still, I'd like to ask for some suggestions on the questions in my previous post - it'd help me a lot really.