Hi! I'm new here..
And pretty recently I moved into a new house, well not NEW... It's built in the 80's. But it's new for us.
The livingroom is doubling as Home theater, and I'll try to make the best out of it while still keeping the wife happy.
A lot of renovation was done before we moved in so no big things are going to be done... Furniture is from our old place and we have not decided if we should keep everything or not. The room is not that large (4.8 x 5.2 meters / ~16 x 17.5 feet) and it using an open plan solution as you can see in the sketch.
At the moment the project is going forward slowly due to funds and school. So far I've mounted cornertraps in the front corners and leviated a lot of my bass issues I had. Also put my acoustic panels up behind the sofa to take care of some more reflections that bothered me. Next on the list if heavier curtains to help with the windows.
Front channels are a pair of newly built Statement II's.
Center is temporary and is one of my own constructions with Vifa PL18 and XT25 tweeter.
Side channels are HiVi B4N and ND20FA, more or less a pair of overnight sensations with lower tune and adjusted baffle step correction.
For subs, I've got two sealed subs (~85 liters) housing an Dayton RS390HO each.
As far as hardware go: I have a Yamaha RX-V771 that's driving my center and surrounds, main fronts pre-out to a Yamaha P3500S Amplifier via Balanced Linedrivers. Sub signal is outputted to a miniDSP that's splitting the signal into 4 channels, two of them with roomcorrection curve and LT-filter plus a highpass for LF protection fed to balanced linedrivers into an stereo Power amp (Ody Pro M720, 2x800W+ into 4 ohms RMS) that drives my two subs. The two remaining channels are feeding a DIY chipamp driving my buttrumblers under the sofa.
Everything is hooked up with speakons except on the back of the yamaha, linedrivers and amps are XLR only, except for the yamaha.
Projector is an Epson TW6700, which I got cheap on sale. (~$500). There's a 48" TV behind the drop down screen.
Screen is a motorized grey with 3M fabric, can't remember the maker right now. It was traded for, to replace our worn pulldown. Got an Chromecast, HTPC and Steamlink connected to the V771.
I've got a 3D sketch of the rooms current state to plan ahead, I've got blackout curtains for all windows already.
Not sure where to go next to get the best out of the room. As it's out livingroom primarily, and Home Theather secondary, it has to be more or less inconspicuous... Still have some issues with slight harschness since we moved in, but it got better with a test of the new heavier curtains.
Suggestions and ideas how to improve and make the experience better our livingroom would be most appreciated. I'm still torn on how to best integrate the back channels, or if I'm even need back channels? Curtain materials? Thinking about a better rack for the gear, or playing with sub placement... Or sound treatment.
I'm not an native english speaker so I'll do my best to be understood.
/ Daniel
And pretty recently I moved into a new house, well not NEW... It's built in the 80's. But it's new for us.
The livingroom is doubling as Home theater, and I'll try to make the best out of it while still keeping the wife happy.
A lot of renovation was done before we moved in so no big things are going to be done... Furniture is from our old place and we have not decided if we should keep everything or not. The room is not that large (4.8 x 5.2 meters / ~16 x 17.5 feet) and it using an open plan solution as you can see in the sketch.
At the moment the project is going forward slowly due to funds and school. So far I've mounted cornertraps in the front corners and leviated a lot of my bass issues I had. Also put my acoustic panels up behind the sofa to take care of some more reflections that bothered me. Next on the list if heavier curtains to help with the windows.
Front channels are a pair of newly built Statement II's.
Center is temporary and is one of my own constructions with Vifa PL18 and XT25 tweeter.
Side channels are HiVi B4N and ND20FA, more or less a pair of overnight sensations with lower tune and adjusted baffle step correction.
For subs, I've got two sealed subs (~85 liters) housing an Dayton RS390HO each.
As far as hardware go: I have a Yamaha RX-V771 that's driving my center and surrounds, main fronts pre-out to a Yamaha P3500S Amplifier via Balanced Linedrivers. Sub signal is outputted to a miniDSP that's splitting the signal into 4 channels, two of them with roomcorrection curve and LT-filter plus a highpass for LF protection fed to balanced linedrivers into an stereo Power amp (Ody Pro M720, 2x800W+ into 4 ohms RMS) that drives my two subs. The two remaining channels are feeding a DIY chipamp driving my buttrumblers under the sofa.
Everything is hooked up with speakons except on the back of the yamaha, linedrivers and amps are XLR only, except for the yamaha.
Projector is an Epson TW6700, which I got cheap on sale. (~$500). There's a 48" TV behind the drop down screen.
Screen is a motorized grey with 3M fabric, can't remember the maker right now. It was traded for, to replace our worn pulldown. Got an Chromecast, HTPC and Steamlink connected to the V771.
I've got a 3D sketch of the rooms current state to plan ahead, I've got blackout curtains for all windows already.
Not sure where to go next to get the best out of the room. As it's out livingroom primarily, and Home Theather secondary, it has to be more or less inconspicuous... Still have some issues with slight harschness since we moved in, but it got better with a test of the new heavier curtains.
Suggestions and ideas how to improve and make the experience better our livingroom would be most appreciated. I'm still torn on how to best integrate the back channels, or if I'm even need back channels? Curtain materials? Thinking about a better rack for the gear, or playing with sub placement... Or sound treatment.
I'm not an native english speaker so I'll do my best to be understood.
/ Daniel