Roger That 2.0: New Digs, New Gear, New Thread - Page 4

Nope. Eye level is about a third of the way up on the TV, and the TV is angled slightly downward. The PJ screen is higher than I would like by a few inches, though, and I might add something to lower it a bit.

Placement behind the couch is a product of having nowhere else to put them. Didn't have room up front, and the room simply isn't big enough to place them anywhere else without it looking like they're out of place.

As far as blending, they don't localize at all. Audyssey MultiEQ XT32 has done some awesome things with my room, IMO. Eventually, I plan to add an SMS-1 or similar to try and improve it further.

Thanks, thaxphenomx.

I don't mind the surrounds where they are, but as is the case with most of my placement decisions, there aren't a lot of other choices. I toyed with the idea of ceiling-mounting them, but didn't feel like that would look that great when you enter the room, and would limit my never-ending tweaking of things. As much as I love my place, I long for a larger room just to spread things out a bit. My speakers can really fill up a room pretty well, and it would be great to have the room to push them.

On the Synergy stand, I've now had it for two years, and am still a huge fan of it. Incredibly strong, high-quality, and still looks great. Definitely a step up from the MDF stuff I've always had in the past. Yes, as long as you leave the back off, you could add doors to the front and have the Emotiva amps fit nicely. They hang out the back, but it's no big deal to me.

I'm due for some new pictures at some point. I've replaced the XPA-3 with an XPA-5, moved the subs to the front (which doesn't look as good, but sounds a LOT better), and angled the surrounds a bit differently. The UPA-2 is still there, but I don't use it, currently; I plan to add heights at some point, I think, which the UPA-2 will power.

Thanks again.

For stands I just got some generic ones from Aperion...it was whatever they had on their site. They can probably be had on standsandmounts.com or similar.

On the cabling, I used techflex around the window-side of the room...it's surprisingly invisible to the eye unless you're looking for it. Works great!

Thanks, Spanbauer!

Thanks, trek737

Thanks, guys!

Ralph, I haven't posted a pic with the subs up front. Keep meaning to do that. I have some on my camera at home. Traveling currently, but will post one when I get back.

Finally getting around to posting a couple of pics with the subs up front:





Also updated original post to reflect the change.