My wife and I are building a new home. We haven't had a home theater setup but are planning to put one in our great room in the new house. We have already purchased a Denon AVR-X2000 receiver and we set ourselves an approximate $2000 budget for speakers. Through several requests for advice and a lot of research through various forums and web sites, we've pretty much decided that we're going to purchase the HSU Hybrid 15 5.1 system in Rosenut veneer.
I've attached a room layout showing our furniture layout and the main listening position. The room is approximately 20' x 20' but is also open to the kitchen and a study and there are cathedral ceilings. I know this a huge, cavernous space to fill with sound, and we could easily spend tens of thousands of dollars to try to get the perfect home theater but neither of us are audiophiles and we're moving up from built-in television speakers so I'm certain the sound we do get will blow our minds.
My question concerns the center channel speaker. We're going have a 55", 60" or 65" Samsung 4K television mounted over the fireplace. We haven't settled on which size yet but we're heavily leaning towards the 65". We'd planned to have the center channel in the center, sitting below the TV on the mantel. The problem is that the center channel that comes with this HSU system is a beast. This thing is almost 10" tall. Even if we set our mantel at the lowest point allowed by code, I still have to leave a foot of space between the mantel and the bottom of the television and that just puts the TV way too high for aesthetics and ergonomics. Even though this is the perfect spot sound-wise, it just can't go there. My question is how much it would affect the front sound stage to put the center channel on top of the base cabinet of the built-ins to the left of the fireplace and maybe angle it a slight bit towards the main listening position. I hoping that maybe the Audyssey calibration system will help alleviate much of the issue.
Oh, I almost forgot, we're swapping the sub and future sub locations as well.
Anyway, I'm curious how much this may affect the sound from the main listening position. I'm sure it will have more of an impact to someone sitting on the other side of the sofa but, honestly, it's my wife and I 95% of the time so guests aren't the main concern.
Thanks to anyone that chimes in.
- Byron
I've attached a room layout showing our furniture layout and the main listening position. The room is approximately 20' x 20' but is also open to the kitchen and a study and there are cathedral ceilings. I know this a huge, cavernous space to fill with sound, and we could easily spend tens of thousands of dollars to try to get the perfect home theater but neither of us are audiophiles and we're moving up from built-in television speakers so I'm certain the sound we do get will blow our minds.
My question concerns the center channel speaker. We're going have a 55", 60" or 65" Samsung 4K television mounted over the fireplace. We haven't settled on which size yet but we're heavily leaning towards the 65". We'd planned to have the center channel in the center, sitting below the TV on the mantel. The problem is that the center channel that comes with this HSU system is a beast. This thing is almost 10" tall. Even if we set our mantel at the lowest point allowed by code, I still have to leave a foot of space between the mantel and the bottom of the television and that just puts the TV way too high for aesthetics and ergonomics. Even though this is the perfect spot sound-wise, it just can't go there. My question is how much it would affect the front sound stage to put the center channel on top of the base cabinet of the built-ins to the left of the fireplace and maybe angle it a slight bit towards the main listening position. I hoping that maybe the Audyssey calibration system will help alleviate much of the issue.
Oh, I almost forgot, we're swapping the sub and future sub locations as well.
Anyway, I'm curious how much this may affect the sound from the main listening position. I'm sure it will have more of an impact to someone sitting on the other side of the sofa but, honestly, it's my wife and I 95% of the time so guests aren't the main concern.
Thanks to anyone that chimes in.
- Byron