I want to make sure I am orienting my speakers appropriately in my proposed media room.
The image below is my basement. I am still getting the hang of my home designer software so the drawing is crude. The red dot represents a pole that is the "dividing point" between the left and right 1/2s of my already finished basement. The right half is taken over by the kids and their play area. The left half is mine for the theater. The lower left room is unfinished which has the HVAC, boiler, etc.
The ceiling height is 7 feet and the vertical lines on either side of the pole represent a drop in ceiling height to 6.5 feet to accomodate the vent shafts from the blower.
Option 1:
My initial thought was to put a projector screen on the 25'9 wall centered between the pole and the wall with the couches about 12-15 feet back (to allow space behind to get to the HVAC room.) However, given the ceiling height I cannot get a screen larger than the mid 90s inches especially if I have a center channel below the screen. the other negative is that there is no right wall which I think would throw off the acoustics
Option 2:
Place the screen on the 18'6 wall. I could put a 110 inch screen and still accomodate a center channel. The negatives here are that the screen would be about 8 inches off center (there is a small window that I would have to accomodate. Also the theater would wider than it is long. Not sure if that's an issue.
Any thoughts?
The image below is my basement. I am still getting the hang of my home designer software so the drawing is crude. The red dot represents a pole that is the "dividing point" between the left and right 1/2s of my already finished basement. The right half is taken over by the kids and their play area. The left half is mine for the theater. The lower left room is unfinished which has the HVAC, boiler, etc.
The ceiling height is 7 feet and the vertical lines on either side of the pole represent a drop in ceiling height to 6.5 feet to accomodate the vent shafts from the blower.
Option 1:
My initial thought was to put a projector screen on the 25'9 wall centered between the pole and the wall with the couches about 12-15 feet back (to allow space behind to get to the HVAC room.) However, given the ceiling height I cannot get a screen larger than the mid 90s inches especially if I have a center channel below the screen. the other negative is that there is no right wall which I think would throw off the acoustics
Option 2:
Place the screen on the 18'6 wall. I could put a 110 inch screen and still accomodate a center channel. The negatives here are that the screen would be about 8 inches off center (there is a small window that I would have to accomodate. Also the theater would wider than it is long. Not sure if that's an issue.
Any thoughts?
