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Alright, the finance committee has given me the marching orders to fill up the media room. It's a small, completely enclosed window free space. Dimensions are 13.5' wide by 17' deep by 8' high. Total volume under 1900 cubic feet.
I'm looking at building the audio portion around a Denon X4000, which realistically should give me plenty of power for the small space when used with a couple of powered subs.
The room will be primarily for movies with some big TV events like football and maybe some gaming. No music planned for this one as I've already go a space for that.
My biggest limitation is going to be speaker size. The bottom of the monster screen is going to be about 24" off the floor, so towers are definitely out. I'm leaning towards a three horizontal center channel speaker arrangement for the LCR with a brand matched pair of surrounds and certainly one and possibly two subs.
My budget for speakers is in the $3000 to $5000 range. In doing some looking, one that has caught my attention is the HSU Ultra 15 setup
http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/ultra15pkg.html
With that, I'd probably get the 3.1, get an additional sub and two more HC-1's. That would give me three HC-1's for the fronts, the two HB-1's for surround and the ULS-15's for bass.
I know using the centers in a horizontal arrangement isn't ideal, but I'm already going to have to cut a hole in the back wall and build a 2' deep cave to get the projector far enough back to fill the screen. So, trying to create an arrangement with the speakers behind the screen isn't a practical option for me.
Given these restrictions, how does the HSU setup look? That would run be a bit over $3000, which is on the low end of my budget. I'm willing to spend more if it will payoff in something I'll be able to hear - but I also don't want to just spend money for the sake of spending it, especially given the small space that I need to fill with sound.
So, what other compact speakers should I be considering?
I'm looking at building the audio portion around a Denon X4000, which realistically should give me plenty of power for the small space when used with a couple of powered subs.
The room will be primarily for movies with some big TV events like football and maybe some gaming. No music planned for this one as I've already go a space for that.
My biggest limitation is going to be speaker size. The bottom of the monster screen is going to be about 24" off the floor, so towers are definitely out. I'm leaning towards a three horizontal center channel speaker arrangement for the LCR with a brand matched pair of surrounds and certainly one and possibly two subs.
My budget for speakers is in the $3000 to $5000 range. In doing some looking, one that has caught my attention is the HSU Ultra 15 setup
http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/ultra15pkg.html
With that, I'd probably get the 3.1, get an additional sub and two more HC-1's. That would give me three HC-1's for the fronts, the two HB-1's for surround and the ULS-15's for bass.
I know using the centers in a horizontal arrangement isn't ideal, but I'm already going to have to cut a hole in the back wall and build a 2' deep cave to get the projector far enough back to fill the screen. So, trying to create an arrangement with the speakers behind the screen isn't a practical option for me.
Given these restrictions, how does the HSU setup look? That would run be a bit over $3000, which is on the low end of my budget. I'm willing to spend more if it will payoff in something I'll be able to hear - but I also don't want to just spend money for the sake of spending it, especially given the small space that I need to fill with sound.
So, what other compact speakers should I be considering?