i was looking for advice from the "experts" on getting a new sub. i've been eyeballing the eD A2-300 after lurking here, but got to wondering about room size.
i'm not good with the maths and all the technical side of this stuff...and seems like many of you are
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i need to grab my system stats, but honestly, my stuff is really old. nearly 9 years old.
my center and rears are small Infinity speakers, and fronts are some floor standing Infinity, an old Yamaha 5.1 DTS/DD amp (with sub out), and my current sub is a Yamaha dual 8" 120w powered sub. very oldschool.
it has served me well so far...but i got a 50" DLP a couple years ago, and a recent bluray player, and my sub is finally showing it's age. i'm getting a lot of rattling from it, and i dont' think it is holding up well with the seemingly better quality bluray sound.
yes, i do understand i don't have a TruHD amp, but it still does seem like the sound quality has increased just with the bluray player alone, or maybe i'm crazy?
anyway, i was deciding between an amp and sub for the first upgrade (the rest of the system may come at a later time, i'll likely need a new center first) but for now i think the sub will add the best "oomph" to a weakening system.
of course, if that's a disagreement, please let me know as well, but i saw a lot of people suggesting the sub (or the center) as a first big upgrade to an old system.
anyway, my real question is, there seems to be a lot about the actual size of the room versus the depth/power/sound of the sub, so now i'm curious what the thoughts may be on my dimensions.
firstly, i'm in a mobile home, so it is pretty small.
i'm looking at:
84" ceiling
~157" wide
~159" living room plus open wall adjoined kitchen adding 126" (~285" from living room wall to kitchen wall)
*edit per reply below, including feet/volume
7'h x 13'w x (~13'L + ~10'L combined) x 23'L = ~2175 sq ft (is that right??)
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the other wall is an open door to the hallway.
with the adjoined open kitchen area, that seems like a lot of area.
any thoughts or opinions?
not as a last resort, but something i'd considered anyway...would be to throw up a makeshift wall to separate the kitchen and living room if that would noticeably increase sound quality.
again, i'm not good with the sound vs room dimensions stuff, so would the sub generate enough quality sound if placed in the living room, or would the adjoined kitchen directly be affecting that?
i'm not good with the maths and all the technical side of this stuff...and seems like many of you are
i need to grab my system stats, but honestly, my stuff is really old. nearly 9 years old.
my center and rears are small Infinity speakers, and fronts are some floor standing Infinity, an old Yamaha 5.1 DTS/DD amp (with sub out), and my current sub is a Yamaha dual 8" 120w powered sub. very oldschool.
it has served me well so far...but i got a 50" DLP a couple years ago, and a recent bluray player, and my sub is finally showing it's age. i'm getting a lot of rattling from it, and i dont' think it is holding up well with the seemingly better quality bluray sound.
yes, i do understand i don't have a TruHD amp, but it still does seem like the sound quality has increased just with the bluray player alone, or maybe i'm crazy?
anyway, i was deciding between an amp and sub for the first upgrade (the rest of the system may come at a later time, i'll likely need a new center first) but for now i think the sub will add the best "oomph" to a weakening system.
of course, if that's a disagreement, please let me know as well, but i saw a lot of people suggesting the sub (or the center) as a first big upgrade to an old system.
anyway, my real question is, there seems to be a lot about the actual size of the room versus the depth/power/sound of the sub, so now i'm curious what the thoughts may be on my dimensions.
firstly, i'm in a mobile home, so it is pretty small.
i'm looking at:
84" ceiling
~157" wide
~159" living room plus open wall adjoined kitchen adding 126" (~285" from living room wall to kitchen wall)
*edit per reply below, including feet/volume
7'h x 13'w x (~13'L + ~10'L combined) x 23'L = ~2175 sq ft (is that right??)
the other wall is an open door to the hallway.
with the adjoined open kitchen area, that seems like a lot of area.
any thoughts or opinions?
not as a last resort, but something i'd considered anyway...would be to throw up a makeshift wall to separate the kitchen and living room if that would noticeably increase sound quality.
again, i'm not good with the sound vs room dimensions stuff, so would the sub generate enough quality sound if placed in the living room, or would the adjoined kitchen directly be affecting that?
