5.1 receiver and subwoofer help (1 Viewer)

[ebner19]

i'm having my basement finished and have a home theater going in. i'm having 5 polk audio's mc65's installed for the 5.1 surround sound. i'm also having 4 polk audio's mc60's installed in the ceiling for music listening. i need a good receiver that will run the speakers separately. i have not picked up a sub woofer yet either because i don't know what watts i should get? can anyone help?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Bill:


Welcome to the HTF!


I deleted your duplicate thread in the Receivers/Separates/Amps forum. Please just one thread per topic please.


I'm sure answers will be coming in soon.

 

[Robert_J]

i'm also having 4 polk audio's mc60's installed in the ceiling for music listening

Is this critical music listening or background music listening? Is this in the same room as the other Polk speakers?


A 2 zone system could work. You can wire the pars of in-ceiling speakers in series and wire each pair to the zone 2 R/L output.


Wattage is a useless number when choosing a sub. The main thing that determines your sub will be your budget. I can help you choose something from $100 to $20,000. Once the max budget is chosen, then you need to figure out the largest sub you can live with. Some people don't want anything larger than a shoe box. Others can live with a sub large enough that you can climb into. Finally, you need to set your goals. Do you want earth shattering bass during action movies? Reference levels at 15 hz costs money so make sure your goals aren't competing with your budget or size constraints.

 

[ebner19]

the four speakers in the ceiling will be for background music. they are in the same room, the room is a long rectangle so the home theater is a fourth of the room and the rest is for pure entertainment. there are three ceiling speakers in that area and one at the bottom of the steps that is another large area for entertainment. i'm looking for a subwoofer in the 200-300 dollar range. i need just enough bass for watching movies not earth shattering.

 

[ebner19]

i'm also thinking of installing speakers upstairs that will be ran in series with the ones downstairs, so that whole house will have the same background music.

 

[Robert_J]

Do you want the upstairs speakers to always be on at the same time and the same volume as the downstairs speakers? If not, then you need to add additional equipment like impedance matching volume controls.


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[ebner19]

would a denon 945W 7.1-ch. 3d pass through a/v home theater receiver - model number AVR891 work for a receiver? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Denon+-+945W+7.1-Ch.+3D+Pass+Through+A/V+Home+Theater+Receiver/9877708.p?id=1218187476813&skuId=9877708


don't know if you can use a 7.1 receiver for a 5.1 set-up? thanks

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[Jeff Gatie]

All 7.1 receivers can be set up as 7.1, 7.0, 6.1, 6.0, 5.1, 5.0, 2.1 or 2.0.. Usually, all you have to do is wire the speakers and the auto calibration detects what you have automatically. Just make sure to wire the surrounds to the side surround outputs, not the back surrounds.