Moving. Best setup?

[Bizdady]

Aight im moving in 2 weeks so Im trying to plan ahead so I can buy new speaker wire, race tracks, and stand. New place is a rental so cant wall mount the tv so I plan on buying a new stand with a built in mount. Of course the couch might be angled depending on the setup as well. I want to do setup option 1 while the wife wants option 2 so she can watch tv from the kitchen. I have 7.1 so I might as well hang up all the speakers.



Thanks in advance for input.

[SammyG]

I'm gonna say option 1 looks better.

[Spurrier Sucks]

Option 1. More time to spend with family at table, or at least you can tell her that.

[kareface]

For acoustics option 1 is better, but make sure you place your subwoofer near the front speakers.

[Drew664]

Ya, option 1 is the better of the two. Corner set ups are hard to pull off b/c of seating and then wrestling with the speaker positions/acoustics. There is a member here that has done this though..Maybe someone can remember his set up as he added a drop down projector screen to his mix (also might have red walls too).

[jswanson]

option 1.

[Clark Kent]

Option one clearly works better for sheer audio enjoyment, but option two looks more practical and livable. Back in college I had to remove the back speakers in a similar setup because careless roommates and friends kept knocking them over.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Option 1 unquestionably! Get your wife a small LCD for the kitchen...don't sacrifice the proper setup you have in your option.

John

[STARSCREAM]

Option 1 and it's not even close!

[phansson]

I hate to be late to the party, but for acoustics (like everyone else has said) Option 1 is your only "option".

[Bizdady]

I showed her my diagram and she agreed if she gets a tv in the kitchen... pffft ya right lol I might still loose this battle and have to do the corner bit I will fight this one lol If she expects a new couch she best wise up lol I started searching for stands and think I found one that I like. I even went ahead and photoshopped some of my stuff in there (prolly not to scale lol) just for kicks lol



what ya guys think? lol I would just have to find a spot for the center speaker.

[ninel]

Originally Posted by Bizdady

Aight im moving in 2 weeks so Im trying to plan ahead so I can buy new speaker wire, race tracks, and stand. New place is a rental so cant wall mount the tv so I plan on buying a new stand with a built in mount. Of course the couch might be angled depending on the setup as well. I want to do setup option 1 while the wife wants option 2 so she can watch tv from the kitchen. I have 7.1 so I might as well hang up all the speakers.



Thanks in advance for input.

I would move the TV table (in option 2) so that it will be parallel to the couch (as in option 1) and then to apply option 1 speakers arrangements on option 2 configuration. Thus, the wife will be happy too.
Just my thought