Number of speakers in your H/T setup?....

[ambientcafe]

Just thought I'd get an idea on the average number of speakers folks are running on their H/T setups....

My own 140" CIH, non-AT screen front pj setup consists of a 16-speaker configuration:

Front L&R : 4 (2 above screen & 2 below)
Center: 2 (1 above screen & 1 below) -- I've always found dialog volume levels lacking, especially when the other channels are active -- my 2-speaker solution remedies this)
Side surround: 2
Rear Surround: 2
Subwoofers: 6 (1 in each front corner for more even coverage / 1 exclusively for center channel dialog -- I've always found most home center channel speakers incapable of reproducing the deep, robust quality of commercial theater dialog -- my sub solution addresses this) / 1 for augmenting rear channel efx / 2 Buttkicker 'Silent Subwoofers'.

Ideally, I prefer my H/T's audio to be as immersive as the image.

[cravnsn]

6 total - 2 front (phantom center) 2 surround 2 rear surround 1 12” sub

[Jayromy]

7.1 surround (Wide front configuration)

Center(1)
Front-Floorstanding towers (2)
High Front Wide- Satellites(2)
High Rear Sats (2)
Down firing 12" Sub front left corner

Would prefer a more standard 7.1 setup, but my current room is too small for it.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

I'm currently running a 5.1 setup with serious eyeballs on upgrading to 7.1! I'm having trouble with the placement of the extra two speakers though. I have to give that some more serious thought before I plunge another $600 for two more satellites.

[prerich]

Front - 3 Snell Acoustics E-II's
Subs - 2 Custom 15 inch subwoofers
Sides - 2 Definitive Technology BP-1's
Side subs - 2 Eight inch full time DCM subwoofers
Rear - 2 Definitive Technology BP-2's

Total Speakers = 11

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

I'm currently running a 5.1 setup with serious eyeballs on upgrading to 7.1! I'm having trouble with the placement of the extra two speakers though. I have to give that some more serious thought before I plunge another $600 for two more satellites.

Same with me. have to figure out placement and where to run wires. It's a pain for me having a fairly large room. I have my rears running through a Rocketfish so I didn't have to run a lot of wire. I'll have to rethink if I go to 7.1

[drago3451]

7.1
Definitive Pro center 1000
Definitive Pro monitor 1000's FL & FR
Definitive Pro monitor 800's for my 4 surrounds
Definitive Pro Sub 1000. I would like a second one for cleaner bass though.

[JJ]

5.1.

::Points down to sig::

[brett_day]

just 5.1 right now! my living room does not justify having the extra speakers. I will one day upgrade to 7.1 i am sure but right now, just plain ol 5.1

[m_tyson]

7.1, using front left & right presence channels for 6th and 7th channels. The .1 includes a sub near each main, a third in the center back of the room, and 2 buttkickers under the couch

[bigpapy]

7.1
two Infinity primus fronts
KEF center,surrounds & sub woofer

[zak88lx]

I'm running 7.1 now.

- Axiom M60 floorstanding towers for Right and Left channels.
- Axiom VP150 for Center channel.
- Axiom EP500 for subwoofer.
- Axiom QS8's for Right and Left Surround (FMS QS stands).
- Axiom QS8's for Right and Left Back Surround (wall mounted).

Here's the layout:


Zak

[kingofgrills]

I had my home theater room built with a 6.1 channel setup. I felt 7.1 would be a bit of overkill, but I thought having a back surround channel in a 6.1 setup would add a much needed dimension in the surround channels. My setup consists of:


- Aura LST-628M tower speakers for the left and right channels
- Aura LSC-537M center channel
- Aura LSB-527M monitors for the left and right surround channels
- Aura LSC-537M back surround channel
- M&K V-125 subwoofer

[mustang-gt-2002]

well do you mean individual speakers or speaker boxes. individually I have 25. 27 if the HDTV counts (ha ha ha) I think you mean speaker boxes in witch I have 11. all but 2 are YAMAHA 1 center NS-200 3 speakers in it, 2 F-R/L NS-777 towers 4 speakers in each, 2 SS R/L NS-A638 3 speakers in each, 2 SB R/L NS-A328 2 speakers in each, 2 YST-SW45 subwoofers 70W each on the speaker wire for the SS R/L, and 2 infinity PS-12 300W up front (got'em cheap) for the .2 from the 7.2 YAMAHA 663. I love my setup.

[darkblueme]

I have a 5.1 set-up right now, which sounds amazing! I am considering upgrading to 7.1 sometime in the future, but I have a question...

Right now, if I play a movie mastered with 7.1 audio on my 5.1 system, will I miss any audio? I'm hoping my Onkyo 805 will realize I only have 5.1 speakers and double the surrounds as rears. Is that correct?

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by zak88lx

I'm running 7.1 now.

- Axiom M60 floorstanding towers for Right and Left channels.
- Axiom VP150 for Center channel.
- Axiom EP500 for subwoofer.
- Axiom QS8's for Right and Left Surround (FMS QS stands).
- Axiom QS8's for Right and Left Back Surround (wall mounted).

Zak

Good system. I like Axiom. The guy who started the company used to work with Dr. Floyd Toole at National Research Council of Canada. I am wondering why you decided to go with M60's instead of M80's. For center and surround channels, you went for top-of-the-line and your subwoofer is pretty expensive.

[darkblueme]

Originally Posted by darkblueme

Right now, if I play a movie mastered with 7.1 audio on my 5.1 system, will I miss any audio? I'm hoping my Onkyo 805 will realize I only have 5.1 speakers and double the surrounds as rears. Is that correct?

Anyone??

[zak88lx]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

I am wondering why you decided to go with M60's instead of M80's.

I originally planned on getting the M80's but they are a 4 Ohm speaker and the M60's are 8 Ohms.

Axiom was concerned that I may run into issues with the 4 Ohm M80's and my Yamaha RX-V3800 receiver so they suggested that I get the M60's instead.

The M60's are amazing speakers and I have talked to folks that have tried both and they are supposedly very close in sound.

Zak

[ambientcafe]

Originally Posted by mustang-gt-2002

well do you mean individual speakers or speaker boxes.

I meant individual speaker boxes/cabinets....BTW, sounds like you've got a great setup 'MustangGT'....I'm also using the Yammy 663 (great AVR, for the price -- wish it'd have a couple more HDMI inputs though)....I'm guessing that you've got a fairly elaborate sound (and video) system in your Stang also.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by zak88lx

I originally planned on getting the M80's but they are a 4 Ohm speaker and the M60's are 8 Ohms.

Axiom was concerned that I may run into issues with the 4 Ohm M80's and my Yamaha RX-V3800 receiver so they suggested that I get the M60's instead.

The M60's are amazing speakers and I have talked to folks that have tried both and they are supposedly very close in sound.

Zak

You should buy another subwoofer and put it in the back of the room. Read A Guide to Subwoofers (Part II): Standing Waves and Room Modes. There are two links from Axiom in there. They are both videos. One discusses subwoofer positioning and the other talks about the benefits of two subwoofers.