I'm just starting to design a basement Mancave that I hope to start in the next few weeks.
So far I have laid out a bar with a TV centered in it, and a dart board perpendicular to it.
It's a room that's about 18' x 16'.
I'm not building a theater (my living room does a fine job at that), but plan on using it as a hangout for the guys: play darts, watch a game, have a beer.
Right now I mainly use a HTIB setup to pump in some music (I like it loud... And clear, which the htib certainly can't do)
I was originally planning a floorstanding speaker setup, but because my tv is behind a bar, I don't think there's a good place for them in my space.
Aesthetically, in wall it in ceiling speakers would look best, but I am really looking for performance.
I have a mirage 5.1 setup upstairs, but I can't imagine those small speakers handling high volume music all the time.
So how should I go about designing this? It seems I could get by with a stereo setup, but most receivers are 7.1 these days... Which is fine, but it seems like a waste.
Knowing I want quality sound, will bookshelf setups give sq comparable to a floorstanding? How about in wall?
Any ideas of where to start looking would be great. It seems having a bar being the centerpiece, I'll have some difficulty.
So far I have laid out a bar with a TV centered in it, and a dart board perpendicular to it.
It's a room that's about 18' x 16'.
I'm not building a theater (my living room does a fine job at that), but plan on using it as a hangout for the guys: play darts, watch a game, have a beer.
Right now I mainly use a HTIB setup to pump in some music (I like it loud... And clear, which the htib certainly can't do)
I was originally planning a floorstanding speaker setup, but because my tv is behind a bar, I don't think there's a good place for them in my space.
Aesthetically, in wall it in ceiling speakers would look best, but I am really looking for performance.
I have a mirage 5.1 setup upstairs, but I can't imagine those small speakers handling high volume music all the time.
So how should I go about designing this? It seems I could get by with a stereo setup, but most receivers are 7.1 these days... Which is fine, but it seems like a waste.
Knowing I want quality sound, will bookshelf setups give sq comparable to a floorstanding? How about in wall?
Any ideas of where to start looking would be great. It seems having a bar being the centerpiece, I'll have some difficulty.