Nathan Stohler
Second Unit
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- Jan 17, 2004
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- Nathan Stohler
The following link shows roughly how my family room is set up. Please cut and paste the URL into your browser, as Yahoo! will not allow me to reference an image from another site.
"http://www.geocities.com/floyd_1977/pictures/htf/ht_layout2.jpg"
key
brown: entertainment stand and speakers
black: couch and love seat
blue: optimal surround speaker location
My surround speakers (Boston CR65) are currently on small, 25" stands, but I just ordered some nice new stands that can go as high as 45", which should be high enough, since my couch sits pretty low (on the 25" stands, they were at about ear level).
As you can see, they are not in the optimal location (to the side and slightly behind). The "sweet spot" is marked by an "X". The arrow marks a high traffic area, which prevents me from putting my left surround further back (I would prefer to keep my speakers on stands). I have this speaker pointed at the sweet spot, but I'm afraid that it is still too far forward.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I think my options are:
(1) Leave it alone.
(2) Leave it as is, but move the surround speakers back to the blue locations when watching a movie.
(3) Move the couch forward (which means the love seat would have to move too far forward, and half of the room will need to be used for something else).
(4) Rearrange the room so that the entertainment stand is on the bottom wall, long couch on the top, love seat on the left:
"http://www.geocities.com/floyd_1977/pictures/htf/ht_layout3.jpg"
I think I'm stuck with (2), due to FAF (fiancee approval).
Thanks.
--Nathan
"http://www.geocities.com/floyd_1977/pictures/htf/ht_layout2.jpg"
key
brown: entertainment stand and speakers
black: couch and love seat
blue: optimal surround speaker location
My surround speakers (Boston CR65) are currently on small, 25" stands, but I just ordered some nice new stands that can go as high as 45", which should be high enough, since my couch sits pretty low (on the 25" stands, they were at about ear level).
As you can see, they are not in the optimal location (to the side and slightly behind). The "sweet spot" is marked by an "X". The arrow marks a high traffic area, which prevents me from putting my left surround further back (I would prefer to keep my speakers on stands). I have this speaker pointed at the sweet spot, but I'm afraid that it is still too far forward.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I think my options are:
(1) Leave it alone.
(2) Leave it as is, but move the surround speakers back to the blue locations when watching a movie.
(3) Move the couch forward (which means the love seat would have to move too far forward, and half of the room will need to be used for something else).
(4) Rearrange the room so that the entertainment stand is on the bottom wall, long couch on the top, love seat on the left:
"http://www.geocities.com/floyd_1977/pictures/htf/ht_layout3.jpg"
I think I'm stuck with (2), due to FAF (fiancee approval).
Thanks.
--Nathan