OK got some advice from a home theatre shop that does not seem to make sense: A Luxman LR 280RX 7.1 receiver I have: welling speakers welling.com.au Front L&R towers: Welling Century 8-F : 6 ohm , 30-150W , 40-20000HZ Rear Towers: Welling GA 8283: 6 ohm , 50 - 120W , 50 - 22000HZ...
I just bought a Tevion (aldi) DLP Projector ... all I could afford at present. It seems to be a single chip DLP projector, prob not the current generation as you do get a fair bit of rainbow effect with DVD's and action. But for the price AUD $1,500 (about 1/2 of what we would otherwise have...
I have adjusted all speaker levels with a sound meter and test tone at about 75dbdb, BUT to be at the same level as the other speakers the sub woofer ends up being turned up to 100% volume. This is way way way too lound, I normally don't have it more than 50% Any ideas on whats going on...
yup I agree towers for fronts ... but these are a 2nd pair of towers that I use for rears ie. I have no small rears. so I was wondering and I'll try it and mount them high up on the wall .. it just looks a bit odd with these great big towers up on the wall
Ok .. I have searched and done lots of reading and I keep finding 2 common forumals for working out how close you can put seating to your screen or more importnantly whats the biggest screen you can put in :D the 2 formuals I keep coming across are: closest seat can be 1.5 x screen width...
when calibrating all speakers give the same volume. but on playback (with a few diff movies) the volume from the 7.1 rears are very very low ... anyway no big deal I'll just bump them up .. just wondering compared say to the side surrounds how lound the rears normally are thanks
I would like to thank everyone for there replies ... this has helped ceiling is normal height ..... not sure exactly, at the moment screen top is about 6" below ceiling top
ok so I've got a 16ft x 13ft room and planning to put in an 1046mm x 1860mm (thats 6.1ft) or 84inch diagonal as it's 12ft to the viewing point as I understand the width should be no more that 1/2 the closest seat. Now whats everyones experience with screen placement ... higher up towards...
so I have a 7.1 speaker setup and have used a sound meter to make sure the levels from all speakers are the same the 2 rear speakers .. ie. on the back wall the volume is very very low compared to the 2 side surround speakers, so much that I have to stand next to them to make sure they are...
I am using tower speakers for my rears, just wondering if I would benefit from lifting them up high so they are above the listeners head or as towers are they high enough ... the top of the speaker obviously does not go above the listners head thanks
sorry .. the limit of the drawing are where the walls are. I asume you mean move the left and right surround speakers further out ? .... mmmm there against the walls at the moment. I think this is what I was trying to get at be saying should I move the front speakers closer in ie. most...
Hi, I'm new to all this and the forum... some great info here I am making my lounge room into a home theatre and need advice on the room setup and speaker layout. It's a 7.1 system and am planning on a 100" diag screen with projector. (the wife went out and bought a nice 7.1 receiver for xmas...