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Thank you. I want to make sure I understand: it is your belief that the speaker should be 4' or less (closer) to the closest seat, in order to get away with a single pair?

@Wayne A. Pflughaupt Does it change anything if I choose a different speaker with a different design? Such as the Polk 65-RT: https://www.polkaudio.com/products/65-rt .... It doesn't appear to be a "woofer-tweeter-woofer" design like the 265-RT.

The receiver manual is making it sound like 6 ohms is the minimum impedance that the surround amps will support. Paired with the Polk 265-RT (whose manual doesn't specify the impedance, so I'm assuming is 8 ohms - and I don't have the speakers yet, so I can't look at the speaker for this info)...

@Robert_J I've posted this issue (parallel vs series vs neither) as a separate question at https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/should-i-parallel-wire-speakers-or-cut-down-the-number-of-speakers.360862/

I've got a 7.2 receiver w/ Atmos. I'm building a theater in a room that is about 12' x 19'. There will be two rows of seating. My concern is that with only two surround speakers (one left surround, and one right surround), and two ceiling speakers (one left, one right), only one row of the...

To answer your question, I was planning on parallel wiring: two of the polk 265-RT's (for side/back -- not front's) two of the polk 80 F/X RT (in-ceiling) ... and wiring in series is also an option... I have the Yamaha RX-V683, I haven't checked the manual or interface yet to see if it can...

Wow, this is great news, ... and the prices you are quoting are within my budget. I'll have to check out the local dealer and just see what they have. I won't know if I don't ask!

@Mike Frezon ... I appreciate the pictures. I believe I have the exact same rug, haha. What is meant by "LR" in this sentence: "My HT is in a 12x18x9 foot LR with two walls wide open into other rooms." ? @JQuintana ... Once I purchase, I'll completely stop thinking about these kind of...

Yes, my concern stems from the fact that I was considering buying some of these speakers, but now I'm starting to wonder if the Polk Brand is going downhill... ? Or is there a more positive or more benign reason why the average sales prices are declining? So yes, I ask this as prospective Polk...

I was looking at the price history of these speakers on Amazon (the CamelCamelCamel extension shows price history): https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-80-RT-Loudspeaker-x/dp/B004LQDWO0/ref=sr_1_4 https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-265RT-3-way-Speaker/dp/B004L9GWSK...

I could actually do wall mount for the satellites. I will check some of them out. I just need the Left/Right/Center speakers to be in-wall so that they can be behind the screen, so I can get the screen size I want...

I'm looking to spend about $2400-$2500 on speakers and subwoofers. Hoping for a 7.2.4 setup. I did say 5.2.2 in the Original Post but that's for the Receiver... As far as actual speakers, though, I am planning for 11 speakers with hopefully 2 subs. (And then wiring some speakers in parallel...

I did find some Polk in-wall speakers that fit the budget. :) The Polk in-wall sub however is $900... I think I'll pass ....

If the financial situation was much different, I'd be likely to go with one of the Triad in-wall subwoofers options, since they are deeper, and I have the space for them, and I'm already liking the Triad brand. Maybe I'll wire some extra speaker cable to that part of the room and leave it as a...

I found some good reviews of in-wall subs. I don't think I'm that picky, so I would probably be satisfied with the audio performance of, say, the Totem Tribe 12" in-wall. That said, my pocketbook isn't satisfied with the price. Before I started this thread, I wasn't aware that there were some...

Oh wow, Triad sells in wall subs!? Very interesting! I did not know this! Well I will investigate and see about listening to them. I'm going to do some research.

Nope. See my previous message.

Well I have made some preliminary decisions. But I've got nothing built yet so I can change my mind. And I have changed my mind about some things already. See, I'm still trying to figure out what it is that I want. One thing I won't be changing my mind about is in-wall loud speakers. But that's...

Thanks, I'm new to this "infinite baffle" idea, so I'll check it out. As luck would have it, I do have some extra space in an adjacent room where I could put something like that. Great comments, thanks.

Hello, I've got an unfinished basement and am in planning stages right now. I had settled on building a 5.2.2 home theater system (used almost exclusively for tv & movies) with in-wall & in-ceiling speakers (including in-wall Left, Right and Center speakers), but with 2 standalone powered 12"...

Thanks! ... but I have some work ahead of me installing these speakers (the front, center, right holes are much larger than the speakers so I'm going to have to figure out something.... )

Thanks for the great info, everybody. I'm not going to mount wall speakers because I've just bought the speakers for the holes. I've decided I'm going to get the Yamaha RX-V655BL. I know this will be frowned upon, but I'm going to wire up the first set of side ceiling speakers (the ones...

OK I figured out what "full" pre-outs means... basically having a pre-out for all of the channels. .. Here's what I'm thinking. ... If I set up 7.1 speakers on the amped outs, then also hook up the extra two speakers to a separate amp that is only hooked up to two of the pre-outs, then I...

I googled wiring speakers in series and basically what I understand now is it's a really bad idea. I think I'll have to either pay up $1000 for that 9.2 receiver, or just let one set of speakers just be unused. (Or find an amp that supports 4ohm loads... but a quick search gives me the idea that...

Hm. What if I ran them in series? That would double impedance to 16 ohms, right? Then, the reciever I'm looking at getting ( http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/HomeEntertainment/AV-Receivers/PioneerReceivers/ci.VSX-1019AH-K.Kuro ) could probably handle it... I guess. Is there a...

Exactly the same. However, the speakers are on closeout and I'm on a budget, so they're very tempting..... http://shop.elitescreens.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=155 http://shop.elitescreens.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=156

Nevermind, I think I figured this one out. (The speaker faces the floor in a "down firing" sub.... right? Correct if I'm wrong please.)

What is a "down firing" sub? What is a "front firing" sub?