Neil White
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Jan 8, 1999
- Messages
- 552
Upgrade bug kicking in to high gear. First was a new widescreen a few months ago, then a new Denon DVD player. A new 3803 is on the way so I really must do something about my speakers ...
I'm in the process of auditioning new speakers. Finally replacing my, cough, Bose AM10s. Been looking at Paradigm Monitor 7s for the mains and will likely pair them with ADP-370 for surrounds. Note that I am not going for 6.1/7.1 due to current cabling restrictions so these will be regular surrounds. Here's my concern - my current wiring has the surrounds in my fairly large room up in the corners of the rear of the room.
Click here for a diagram -> http://www.familywhite.com/images/im...ter/htplan.jpg
The diagram is out of date in that I at least have my mains down on stands either side of the TV now versus up in the front corners (understand I had the room wired before I knew what I was doing). The current surrounds are well above and behind the seating position. I believe the best placement is to the side of the seating position and 3 to 5 feet above your ears. I really don't want to monkey with fishing the wires or running them on the outside of the walls.
The ADP-370s are dipoles so I'm not sure how to position them in my room. Will mounting them flush on the back wall (maybe down in height a little than the Bose are) be a problem in that the outer drivers will almost immediately encounter a wall? Would a better solution be to mount them on the side walls, still in the corner to keep my wiring tidy?
If the dipoles are a real no-no in my situations, got any suggestions for other Paradigms that might do the trick?
Thanks in advance.
N
I'm in the process of auditioning new speakers. Finally replacing my, cough, Bose AM10s. Been looking at Paradigm Monitor 7s for the mains and will likely pair them with ADP-370 for surrounds. Note that I am not going for 6.1/7.1 due to current cabling restrictions so these will be regular surrounds. Here's my concern - my current wiring has the surrounds in my fairly large room up in the corners of the rear of the room.
Click here for a diagram -> http://www.familywhite.com/images/im...ter/htplan.jpg
The diagram is out of date in that I at least have my mains down on stands either side of the TV now versus up in the front corners (understand I had the room wired before I knew what I was doing). The current surrounds are well above and behind the seating position. I believe the best placement is to the side of the seating position and 3 to 5 feet above your ears. I really don't want to monkey with fishing the wires or running them on the outside of the walls.
The ADP-370s are dipoles so I'm not sure how to position them in my room. Will mounting them flush on the back wall (maybe down in height a little than the Bose are) be a problem in that the outer drivers will almost immediately encounter a wall? Would a better solution be to mount them on the side walls, still in the corner to keep my wiring tidy?
If the dipoles are a real no-no in my situations, got any suggestions for other Paradigms that might do the trick?
Thanks in advance.
N