Audio wave question??????

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by JimShaw

even worse when the wife cheerfully says, "I can help! That brought laughter to this old body

Sounds like it might be a big waste to add the surround backs especially the way I have to do it.

I have to turn the surrounds into MIDS by moving them about four feet from where they were and put the surround backs into the spot originally occupied by the surrounds.

I guess this might not be that good of an idea.

I so wanted to add two more speakers. I could then say my system is a 9.3. It's like saying mine is bigger than yours.

Basically, my advice is, don't mess with it. After looking for pristine sound, I got it - and it wasn't light years away from what I had with more basic stuff. The truth is, I like some of it ear-splitting loud, and the stuff I used to have as my "best" equipment sounded almost as nice. Just not as loud.

So I used to have a 10" JBL subwoofer with a 100 watt amplifier, which pooped out, but sounded OK. I moved to dual Polk home-builts, a bit better. Now I have a JBL Fathom 13", two JBL W3's in a single enclosure, and two subs built into Definitive Mythos ST's - all in the same room. You can inhale between explosions, fairly easily, most times. But does it sound "better"? Not when an assassin is sneaking through a room and steps on a squeaky floorboard, or Pavarotti is singing.

The source is the key. If it is mixed well, and you're not trying to make the neighbors think that World War III has just broken out, very modest expenditure - and reasonably careful placement - can bring outstanding results. There is a lower limit, but wisdom and care trumps wallet-waving and bragadoccio every time.