Hello Everyone, I hope you are all having an amazing day. I am currently running 5.1 and looking to upgrade to 7.1. I have attached a sketch of the Living room. Is there a way that i can put side speakers either to front or back of the sofas since the right side is entry to kitchen? Sofas are...

Hi Everyone, I have attached the floor plan of a decent sized room that we have in the back of the House. It is not a perfect rectangle due to the small portion at the back as you can see. We will be installing a 5.2.4 system in the room with a 140 inch screen. The non-rectangular...

Hi! I have an Onkyo SKS-HT530 set with one surround speaker missing, so I intend to run a 6.1 configuration with one surround back. Could someone please help with the placement? I draw the room with the fix furniture to scale for visualisation. The same picture is attached. Hi! I have an...

What are the characteristics of a hypothetical room designed for ideal acoustics? What are its dimensions? Is the floor hardwood, carpeted, or some other material? If it is hardwood (or otherwise reflective), where should rugs be placed, if at all? What types of furniture should be in the room...

Hi all, First of all, thank you for checking out my thread! In December I'll move in to my new home and I would like to ask your advice what would be the best option to get the best music / soundquality out of it. The dimensions of the room: L 5.13m x W 2.98m x H 2.30m / L16'10 x W 9'9 x H...

Hi all! I've been a lurker here and there for a few years now. I'm about to embark on finishing our basement and need some advice with design of the theatre room. Unfortunately there is a pole that will be in the room and there is a pipe in one corner that will need to be boxed in and could be...

Hi everyone, I am thinking of upgrading my speaker setup on my 11.1 current home cinema, which uses a set of 5.1 Q-Acoustics 7000i for front/side. I have decided to go with Dali's Rubicon series floorstanders (Rubicon 6 vs Rubicon 8), however I am a bit concerned wrt to the size of the room, as...

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right section to ask this questions but, I was just wondering, is there such a wireless speaker that can help me hear whatever noise people make in a separate room? To be honest, this is for a prank. My roommate is always being loud every single night because...

I'm building a game room where there are four gaming stations each with an HDTV, as well as a large central presentation HDTV. Each station are to have four to six machines connected to their respective HDTV with some kind of HDMI switch. None of the stations can be connected to each other with...

Good day, I found this forum early enough in the game that I haven't spent money or done anything irrevocable; however, I must admit I have not done all my homework and fully researched these incredible forums. I meet with my builder in 2 days before we sign paperwork to begin construction and...

Hi, When deciding what subwoofer to get it is well known that it's important to know the space of the room that it will be used in. But often the room where the subwoofer is placed in may have a passage or open door leading into another adjacent room. So in that case, what effect does that...

Hi, It is well known that subwoofers sound differently depending on where in a room it is placed. But if a sweet spot location has been found for a subwoofer, does that mean it will also be a sweet spot for other subwoofers? I'm wondering because it can be good to know that the subwoofer can...

Hey guys, I've got a very silent house and I want to be able to get music in a certain 4 rooms using existing speakers that I can play from a central hub, select which speakers are on and control remotely. Here's the setup so far Living Room - TV/PS3 with 5.1 amp, pair of big vintage speakers...

This is my first post since 2005, though the system below is the result of years of reading the forums. I am building a home theater (60% movies 40% music) in a downstairs carpeted 8' (2.4m) livingroom. I know very little about "the room" and its affect on sound other than that it seems to be...

Hi all, Right a friend of mine has recently had a large extension built onto his house consisting of a large room for living/dining room and another room as a utility room. The living room is broken into 2 small rooms by a fireplace. When the extension was being built, I installed speaker...