Help with setting up system in apartment - Blu-ray Forum

fly4rabbi · 11-09-2008, 04:38 AM

I own a Panasonic viera 50" 1080p and have a ps3 hooked up to it. I live in an apartment so running wires through the walls is obviously a no go. I can't stand haveing wires showing so that is obviously not an option to having wires running all over the place.

I was thinking of getting an onkyo receiver and get some wireless speakers. Are wireless speakers any good and if so what brand. I would be willing to put some small holes in the walls to mount the speakers.

I don't know much if anything about an audio system. I have never heard the sound difference of blu and would appreciate any help from you experts. TIA

JasonR · 11-09-2008, 04:48 AM

I wouldn't recommend any wireless systems....

Sith · 11-09-2008, 04:54 AM

yeah i'd either run the wire along the walls or get a good rug..

callas01 · 11-09-2008, 09:41 PM

when I used to live in apartment, i had that same issue, what you will want to do is either get a rug like suggested or run the wire along the baseboards and just ever so slightly pull back the carpet and tuck the wire underneath the carpet so you cant see it, if you pull too far use a hammer to tack the carpet back to the tackboard, that is what I did and it worked great, was out of site and easy to do.

DBlackGT · 11-09-2008, 10:26 PM

Check out my Home Theater Pics. Maybe you can get some ideas from how mine is setup. And for the rear speaker wires I pulled back the carpet along the edges, ran the wire, and then pushed the carpet back down.

fly4rabbi · 11-09-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by callas01

when I used to live in apartment, i had that same issue, what you will want to do is either get a rug like suggested or run the wire along the baseboards and just ever so slightly pull back the carpet and tuck the wire underneath the carpet so you cant see it, if you pull too far use a hammer to tack the carpet back to the tackboard, that is what I did and it worked great, was out of site and easy to do.

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Originally Posted by DBlackGT

Check out my Home Theater Pics. Maybe you can get some ideas from how mine is setup. And for the rear speaker wires I pulled back the carpet along the edges, ran the wire, and then pushed the carpet back down.

Thanks guys for the info. I will def. look into this as I wont' be doing the rug trick

11-09-2008, 04:38 AM	#1
fly4rabbi Expert Member Member since:Nov 2007 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:128 Trading Score:3	Help with setting up system in apartment I own a Panasonic viera 50" 1080p and have a ps3 hooked up to it. I live in an apartment so running wires through the walls is obviously a no go. I can't stand haveing wires showing so that is obviously not an option to having wires running all over the place. I was thinking of getting an onkyo receiver and get some wireless speakers. Are wireless speakers any good and if so what brand. I would be willing to put some small holes in the walls to mount the speakers. I don't know much if anything about an audio system. I have never heard the sound difference of blu and would appreciate any help from you experts. TIA

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11-09-2008, 04:48 AM	#2
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	I wouldn't recommend any wireless systems....

11-09-2008, 04:54 AM	#3
Sith Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Seal Beach, CA Blu-ray collection:168	yeah i'd either run the wire along the walls or get a good rug..

11-09-2008, 09:41 PM	#4
callas01 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Riverside, CA Home Theater Gallery:42 Blu-ray collection:230 DVD collection:47	when I used to live in apartment, i had that same issue, what you will want to do is either get a rug like suggested or run the wire along the baseboards and just ever so slightly pull back the carpet and tuck the wire underneath the carpet so you cant see it, if you pull too far use a hammer to tack the carpet back to the tackboard, that is what I did and it worked great, was out of site and easy to do.

11-09-2008, 10:26 PM	#5
DBlackGT Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Scottsdale, AZ Home Theater Gallery:34 Blu-ray collection:58	Check out my Home Theater Pics. Maybe you can get some ideas from how mine is setup. And for the rear speaker wires I pulled back the carpet along the edges, ran the wire, and then pushed the carpet back down.

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