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Originally Posted by RAKY0311 /forum/post/20785769
I have a 9x14x8 room
It's all about expectations... but you can do it.
I'd say you probably limit yourself to two recliners or a loveseat. So that's one row of seating for two. There won't be room for a second row, IMO. Working from an acoustic perspective, I'd suggest the seats should go about 2/3 back in the room, or putting your ears just over 9 feet from the screen. That leaves about 4 or 4.5 feet behind your chairs. You might get creative with bean bags or stools, but that's going to be tight.
So with a viewing distance of 9 feet, THX would say the screen height should be 1/3 to 1/2 that. So we're talking about a screen height of 36 to 54 inches. I'm a fan of scope, so I always start with that assumption. 36" high means (36 x 2.35 = 84.6) a screen just over 7 feet wide - plus borders. That only leaves 1 ft on either side, which will be a problem for speaker placement unless LCR go below or behind the screen. 54 inches high would make a scope screen wider than your room. So if you want the height, you end up with a 16:9 screen, which is fine, but I think we've shown here that the width will be your limiting dimension. (potentially, the projector will limit, actually - I'll come back to that)
The general wisdom, if I've read correctly, is to avoid sitting in the center of a small room - so keep that in mind, as if you're like me you're still thinking about scope, but just sitting closer. Or actually, going AT (acoustically transparent) and bringing the screen a little closer to you, putting the LCR speakers behind it.
The other thing that's bothering me here is getting away from the surround speakers. If you put them at ear height, they'll end up too close to you, so they'll probably end up a little higher, and a little to the back. In that case, 5.1 would probably be plenty and I wouldn't fool with surround back channels.
I haven't looked too closely at projector specs lately, but with a projector throw of 12 or 13 feet (maybe less) many projectors won't put up a huge image. You'll want to look at the calculators for projectors in your price range and see what they're capable of at those throws.
I don't see why you wouldn't do this, unless only having two seats is a non-starter.
Where's the door in this room? What about windows?
