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October 15, 2022

help with how to set room up

  • October 15, 2022
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Our main room of use in our house outside the kitchen is a living room, that is 26’sx12’, our furniture is on the long sides with doors on both ends. I currently have a five on one end, and a one sl on the other. While it sounds fine, how can I fill the room with sound? I was thinking two fives up high in the corners facing the couch and two one sl on the wall behind the couch. And maybe adding an amp. 

Could I get by on just two fives and an amp? Or to make a complete immersion should I look at speakers in every corner? 

What is the best way to set it up to get the most out of it, and would I be ok with the sub mini, or look at getting the bigger one?

Thanks

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UbetAuthor
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October 26, 2022

So I since added a move into the house. It lives in the master bedroom, but I drag it outside when I am cooking, and place it on some old suitcases next to the chair in the bottom of the picture above. Now with that said, I have the volume se for the 5 and the 1 where it sounds even through the room, when I bring the move in, it is as if it helps fill the room. My ears are no longer fighting to find out where any sound is coming from, and you can just hear things really full. What if any benefit will I get from adding another 5, a one, and the sub gen 3? I listen to some jazz (Art Pepper), Rock, folk, country/western, red dirt, Irish music, and other stuff, but those are mainly what will be on. Will a sub help any of that? 

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buzz
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October 26, 2022

If your goal is to have even loudness throughout the area, multiple speakers are helpful. If you want to create the illusion of an orchestra at a favorite listening position, symmetry is helpful. You would want to be approximately as far from the L/R speakers as they are from each other and the L/R speakers should be identical. The amount of bass is a personal preference. “Bass freaks” appreciate SUB very much. Another, much subtler benefit of a SUB is clearer midrange because the L/R speakers have a simpler job since the bass is handled by SUB.

Only you know what sounds “best” (to you).

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