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Richter
10-30-08, 11:36 PM
Hi. The following measurements are for each speaker in my sound field. The center speaker does exist however numbers are not provided. Assume the center is below the TV, on the floor, between left and right fronts.

The sound field is pretty good. I am beginning to believe in THX.


Front Right to Front Left 8ft. 8inches
Surround Right 12ft
Surround Left 15ft 7inches
Surround Back Right 15ft. 7inches
Surround Back Left 12ft. 8inches

Front Left to Front Right 8ft. 8inches
Surround Right 12ft.
Surround Left 15ft. 6inches
Surround Back Right 11ft. 11inches
Surround Back Left 12ft. 6inches

Surround Right to Surround Left 11ft. 6inches
Surround Back Right 5ft.
Surround Back Left 1ft. 6inches

Surround Left to Surround Right 11ft. 6inches
Surround Back Right 5ft
Surround Back Left 5ft.

Surround Back Right to Surround Right 5ft
Surround Left 6ft. 6inches
Surround Back Left 1ft. 4inches

Surround Back Left to Surround Right 6ft. 6inches
Surround Left 5ft
Surround Back Right 1ft. 4inches

Aaron Gilbert
10-31-08, 03:21 AM
Wow, that's a lot of measurements! So, I noticed that you don't have any measurements from the speakers to the listening position... what's up with that? ;)

Anyhow, it looks like your setup is laid out very well, no surprise that you have a nice soundfield. Audyssey equalization and full adjustment for all speaker distances and levels really can pull things together. With a setup such as yours, the auto-setup probably came very close to getting everything dead on as far as levels and distances. I only had to make minor distance adjustments on my setup, levels were all dead on, and all right at 75dB.

Richter
10-31-08, 04:18 AM
Wow, that's a lot of measurements! So, I noticed that you don't have any measurements from the speakers to the listening position... what's up with that? ;)

Anyhow, it looks like your setup is laid out very well, no surprise that you have a nice soundfield. Audyssey equalization and full adjustment for all speaker distances and levels really can pull things together. With a setup such as yours, the auto-setup probably came very close to getting everything dead on as far as levels and distances. I only had to make minor distance adjustments on my setup, levels were all dead on, and all right at 75dB.

No Audyessy working here... 805 out for repairs ;)
But I am jamming on the H/k330 again!

I think my sound field is just as about perfect as perfect will ever get for the room I am in. Is there a means to test my room for "thx certificationess?"

Aaron Gilbert
10-31-08, 01:27 PM
No Audyessy working here... 805 out for repairs ;)
But I am jamming on the H/k330 again!

I think my sound field is just as about perfect as perfect will ever get for the room I am in. Is there a means to test my room for "thx certificationess?"

Oh yes, well, Audyssey will help out once you get the 805 back. :cool: I'm not sure if there's a simple way to test a home theater room against THX standards. As I understand it, THX doesn't certify home theater rooms, unless you spend mega-bucks (like $100,000) to have somebody from THX actually come out and certify your room. ;) Part of the impetus of the THX home program is to work with the parameters of the average room to begin with - Re-EQ being the most obvious sound modification to that end.