Oren
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Hey folks, so I'm in the process of getting a new place. I use the Yamaha 1000 sound projector for the speakers.
The room is 12' x 17', and it has a lot of windows/openings. See the attached pic.
I don't actually have the furniture shown in the picture, so you can start with the "bare room." The window on the west wall extends to the ceiling, and then actually about 12" of the ceiling is glass there.
The picture is oriented with north at the top.
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Putting the TV over the fireplace isn't an option - it actually has a marble surface that arches pretty high. I figure putting the tv on the north wall isn't good, because then when folks enter from the east opening they would immediately see a large tv. [/url]I considered putting it in between the two windows on the south wall, but it's only 36" wide, so a large 55" tv would extend about 7" over each window. I would prefer to have the sofa facing the south windows, since that's a bit of a feature. I considered having a sofa and two chairs (e.g., sofa on north wall, two chairs on south wall) but then there's really no good place to put the tv. If I put it in the northeast corner, then the southwest chair (angled in, toward the northeast corner) might work, but with only one seat having a good view, it wouldn't be very social. Same if I put it in the southeast corner - no one really gets a good, direct view. The drawing shows an L-shaped sofa, which seems to provide the best seating, but risks splitting the room and imposes something that you have to get around when going between the two openings. Don't get me started on getting good sound given all this - I've accepted that it will just have to be sacrificed. Anyway, any suggestions appreciated!
The room is 12' x 17', and it has a lot of windows/openings. See the attached pic.
I don't actually have the furniture shown in the picture, so you can start with the "bare room." The window on the west wall extends to the ceiling, and then actually about 12" of the ceiling is glass there.
The picture is oriented with north at the top.
https://static.hometheaterforum.com/imgrepo/thumbs/c/c9/Floorplan.jpg/1000x500px-LL-Floorplan.jpg">
Putting the TV over the fireplace isn't an option - it actually has a marble surface that arches pretty high. I figure putting the tv on the north wall isn't good, because then when folks enter from the east opening they would immediately see a large tv. [/url]I considered putting it in between the two windows on the south wall, but it's only 36" wide, so a large 55" tv would extend about 7" over each window. I would prefer to have the sofa facing the south windows, since that's a bit of a feature. I considered having a sofa and two chairs (e.g., sofa on north wall, two chairs on south wall) but then there's really no good place to put the tv. If I put it in the northeast corner, then the southwest chair (angled in, toward the northeast corner) might work, but with only one seat having a good view, it wouldn't be very social. Same if I put it in the southeast corner - no one really gets a good, direct view. The drawing shows an L-shaped sofa, which seems to provide the best seating, but risks splitting the room and imposes something that you have to get around when going between the two openings. Don't get me started on getting good sound given all this - I've accepted that it will just have to be sacrificed. Anyway, any suggestions appreciated!