Antony
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- Oct 31, 2002
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Hello all, this is a re-post from the DIY section since I didn't receive any responses.
I'm a bit confused about my current surround set-up. I'm running the M&K 750THX fronts (L/C/R), and am using some cheap (Nutone?) in-walls (6" mid/1" tweet) mounted in the ceiling. These were already mounted in the ceiling when we moved into the house, and I just haven't had time to update them. I get pretty decent 5.1 reproduction.
The rears are mounted in such a way that they fire straight down (fixed tweets), and are located about 1 foot behind the main couch and about 7' apart (more or less in-line with my L and R fronts - I basically have a "square" of speakers). This was probably done in the Prologic days. Unfortunately, there is roughly 6" of ceiling between the current surrounds and the rear wall/opening to foyer.
I would like to incorporate the rear center channels of my Pioneer Elite 45TX (and no, no problems with shut downs running my 4Ohm M&Ks!!). WAF and structural layout dicate in-walls in the ceiling for both side surrounds and rear centers.
My living room/HT is the typical very open "L" shape floorplan, sharing space with our dining room. Thus, there is no left wall in which to mount a side surround. Further, on the right wall, there is an incredibly large window that leaves only 6" of wall between it and the ceiling. So I'm stuck with in-ceilings.
I need help.
Should I:
(1) leave the current rears where they are, and use them as rear centers, then cut in new side surrounds to the sides and a bit forward of the listening position? In this case, the rear surrounds (my current side surrounds) would seem to be rather far away from eachother.
(2) Or should I mount the rear centers in between the current ones? (effectively giving me 4 speakers in a straight line - ???).
(3) Or, the most drastic would be to remove the current surrounds, patch the drywall, and start over by mounting rear surrounds between the two current openings, and mounting the sides forward of the listening position, and more spaced apart. I'm not afraid of drywall/DIY construction!
I'd appreciate any help/suggestions.
Antony
I'm a bit confused about my current surround set-up. I'm running the M&K 750THX fronts (L/C/R), and am using some cheap (Nutone?) in-walls (6" mid/1" tweet) mounted in the ceiling. These were already mounted in the ceiling when we moved into the house, and I just haven't had time to update them. I get pretty decent 5.1 reproduction.
The rears are mounted in such a way that they fire straight down (fixed tweets), and are located about 1 foot behind the main couch and about 7' apart (more or less in-line with my L and R fronts - I basically have a "square" of speakers). This was probably done in the Prologic days. Unfortunately, there is roughly 6" of ceiling between the current surrounds and the rear wall/opening to foyer.
I would like to incorporate the rear center channels of my Pioneer Elite 45TX (and no, no problems with shut downs running my 4Ohm M&Ks!!). WAF and structural layout dicate in-walls in the ceiling for both side surrounds and rear centers.
My living room/HT is the typical very open "L" shape floorplan, sharing space with our dining room. Thus, there is no left wall in which to mount a side surround. Further, on the right wall, there is an incredibly large window that leaves only 6" of wall between it and the ceiling. So I'm stuck with in-ceilings.
I need help.
Should I:
(1) leave the current rears where they are, and use them as rear centers, then cut in new side surrounds to the sides and a bit forward of the listening position? In this case, the rear surrounds (my current side surrounds) would seem to be rather far away from eachother.
(2) Or should I mount the rear centers in between the current ones? (effectively giving me 4 speakers in a straight line - ???).
(3) Or, the most drastic would be to remove the current surrounds, patch the drywall, and start over by mounting rear surrounds between the two current openings, and mounting the sides forward of the listening position, and more spaced apart. I'm not afraid of drywall/DIY construction!
I'd appreciate any help/suggestions.
Antony