My home theater is 19ft * 13 ft, with two rows of seating. The first row is about 12 ft from the screen and the second row is about 17 ft. I'm runnig 5.1 audio now with a single pair of bi/di-poles on the side walls, but the plan is to add a second identical pair on the rear walls when I eventually move up to 7.1.
I had originally installed the surround speakers mid-way between the two rows of seats. However, having the surround speakers a little in front of youw as distracting when seated in the rear row. So I moved them back so that they are in line with the back row. This substantially improved the sound at the rear row.
My problem now is that if I optimise the surround level for the rear row the level is too low for viewers seated in the front row. I haven't measured the difference yet but I'm guessing it is about 3 db.
Basically what I'm thinking of doing is adding a second pair or speakers on the side wall, wired in parallel with the existing pair and placing them in-line with the front row. I'm pretty confident my power amp is up to the job as it puts out 250W per channel.
I think I'd get good sound at the front row in this configuration. However, viewers in the rear row will hear some of the surround still coming from in-front of them. Although the amplitude of this sound would be about 3db lower than that coming from the speakers in line with them.
Has anyone out there done something similar and did you find it worthwhile?
Many thanks
Kurt
I had originally installed the surround speakers mid-way between the two rows of seats. However, having the surround speakers a little in front of youw as distracting when seated in the rear row. So I moved them back so that they are in line with the back row. This substantially improved the sound at the rear row.
My problem now is that if I optimise the surround level for the rear row the level is too low for viewers seated in the front row. I haven't measured the difference yet but I'm guessing it is about 3 db.
Basically what I'm thinking of doing is adding a second pair or speakers on the side wall, wired in parallel with the existing pair and placing them in-line with the front row. I'm pretty confident my power amp is up to the job as it puts out 250W per channel.
I think I'd get good sound at the front row in this configuration. However, viewers in the rear row will hear some of the surround still coming from in-front of them. Although the amplitude of this sound would be about 3db lower than that coming from the speakers in line with them.
Has anyone out there done something similar and did you find it worthwhile?
Many thanks
Kurt