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Originally Posted by Dan Hitchman 
I think I can save you some time and effort. The THX 7.1 layout (based on the old Dolby Digital EX 6.1 format) is severely outdated given that Blu-ray titles are now showing up with 7.1 discrete mixes with split back stereo surrounds.
DTS has a new recommended 7.1 layout and the studios that do 7.1 mixing follow this pretty closely, and so does Widescreen Review:
Think of your room as a circle.
Center at 0 degrees
Left front at 30 degrees
Right front at 330 degrees
Left surround at 90 degrees
Right surround at 270 degrees
Left back at 150 degrees
Right back at 210 degrees
Subwoofer(s) placed at optimal room location(s) for best bass response
With an acoustically transparent screen, you can get closer than most to this layout. Obviously, depending on where your seats wind up being and what type of surround speakers you use (bipolar, dipolar, monopolar) you may not have your side surrounds exactly at 90 degrees and 270 degrees... this speaker layout can be modified somewhat depending on certain room and speaker requirements.
I think I can save you some time and effort. The THX 7.1 layout (based on the old Dolby Digital EX 6.1 format) is severely outdated given that Blu-ray titles are now showing up with 7.1 discrete mixes with split back stereo surrounds.
DTS has a new recommended 7.1 layout and the studios that do 7.1 mixing follow this pretty closely, and so does Widescreen Review:
Think of your room as a circle.
Center at 0 degrees
Left front at 30 degrees
Right front at 330 degrees
Left surround at 90 degrees
Right surround at 270 degrees
Left back at 150 degrees
Right back at 210 degrees
Subwoofer(s) placed at optimal room location(s) for best bass response
With an acoustically transparent screen, you can get closer than most to this layout. Obviously, depending on where your seats wind up being and what type of surround speakers you use (bipolar, dipolar, monopolar) you may not have your side surrounds exactly at 90 degrees and 270 degrees... this speaker layout can be modified somewhat depending on certain room and speaker requirements.
I know. I've been arguing with myself on the rear channel layout. I don't agree with the premis of the THX layout, which is basically a 6.1 layout that uses the surround channels and the rear channels to create a phantom rear sound stage. But I figured that they knew more about speaker layout than did I. THX does say that, while not optimal, it can be used with a layout like the one you've mentioned.
I will be framing out the rear wall today and I think that I may end up doing what you recommend since I don't think that DTS 7.1 will not work well with the close placement of rear channels.
CJ
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And you re right, Monroe doesn't have much, but we typically go to the Matthews area for most of our shopping/dining and will travel for a nice date night too.
