Hello all,
We just purchased a new home, and I have decided to start my efforts on our basement. I already hung a 42" plasma on the wall, but have yet to run my speaker setup. That's where my first question comes in. The room I am using has a ceiling that is highest on the back wall, and comes down three levels to the wall the TV is on... which is short at 78". I was hoping to do a retractable projector screen that drops just in front of the TV, which currently sits about 8" away from the wall at its face (I can buy a lower profile mount from Monoprice if necessary). The problem with this is going to be speaker placement. I have a bunch of Paradigm in-wall and in-ceiling speakers that I was hoping to utilize to save room as the basement is only 12' 4" deep... so I have to conserve space. I have four CS-160 v.2 and twelve CS-60R v.2 that I can use. I was hoping to use three of the CS-160's as my front and center channels. I currently have three projector screens that measure in at 98", 105" and 130" diagonal. I was planning to use the 105", but that may be too much at my viewing distance (~ 11' 6"...what are your opinions?). If I do use the 105" screen that leaves the bottom of the screen about 27" off the ground. Is this too low to mount my in-wall speakers and still achieve good sound quality?
My second question is about my rears. I am going to have a hard time fishing the wire towards the back part of the room to utilize the CS-60R's in the ceiling... would they sound ok if I put the rears in the back wall instead of the ceiling so I don't have to worry about getting the wires through the headers? I would put them on the side walls, but the right side facing the TV is open so I could put one in the left wall, but not the right.
My third question is regarding my sub, it is the Paradigm PW-2100 v.2... but it does not have the normal single wire sub input I am used to, it has the left and right RCA's for inputs. How would I set this up through a receiver that has the digital out for the sub?
Also, I posted the following question in the DIY speaker section, but haven't gotten any response yet... so I'll throw it in with this post. I want to build boxes for my in walls but I do not know what size to build them. The wall that holds the fronts backs up to our sub basement, so I have complete access to the back of the wall as it's not finished on that side... which means I can build a box as big/small as needed.
Thanks in advance for any help!
We just purchased a new home, and I have decided to start my efforts on our basement. I already hung a 42" plasma on the wall, but have yet to run my speaker setup. That's where my first question comes in. The room I am using has a ceiling that is highest on the back wall, and comes down three levels to the wall the TV is on... which is short at 78". I was hoping to do a retractable projector screen that drops just in front of the TV, which currently sits about 8" away from the wall at its face (I can buy a lower profile mount from Monoprice if necessary). The problem with this is going to be speaker placement. I have a bunch of Paradigm in-wall and in-ceiling speakers that I was hoping to utilize to save room as the basement is only 12' 4" deep... so I have to conserve space. I have four CS-160 v.2 and twelve CS-60R v.2 that I can use. I was hoping to use three of the CS-160's as my front and center channels. I currently have three projector screens that measure in at 98", 105" and 130" diagonal. I was planning to use the 105", but that may be too much at my viewing distance (~ 11' 6"...what are your opinions?). If I do use the 105" screen that leaves the bottom of the screen about 27" off the ground. Is this too low to mount my in-wall speakers and still achieve good sound quality?
My second question is about my rears. I am going to have a hard time fishing the wire towards the back part of the room to utilize the CS-60R's in the ceiling... would they sound ok if I put the rears in the back wall instead of the ceiling so I don't have to worry about getting the wires through the headers? I would put them on the side walls, but the right side facing the TV is open so I could put one in the left wall, but not the right.
My third question is regarding my sub, it is the Paradigm PW-2100 v.2... but it does not have the normal single wire sub input I am used to, it has the left and right RCA's for inputs. How would I set this up through a receiver that has the digital out for the sub?
Also, I posted the following question in the DIY speaker section, but haven't gotten any response yet... so I'll throw it in with this post. I want to build boxes for my in walls but I do not know what size to build them. The wall that holds the fronts backs up to our sub basement, so I have complete access to the back of the wall as it's not finished on that side... which means I can build a box as big/small as needed.
Thanks in advance for any help!
