Help me re-do my room setup!

[GotToyota?]

Originally Posted by maseo503

ok... now that explains the center speaker... boy are u in for an amazing experience once you upgrade that sucker.

nothing to be embarrassed about your system..we all have to start somewhere...and those insignia bookshelf are about the best budget speakers around performance wise... me being a betting man...i'd place odds on those over some polk r50s.

given your college budget...i'd suggest the RC1 from tSc for your center... one blog writer who has the insignia's said the RC1 matched favorably but not a excellent match. then once funds were available i'd get the tSc P6 and move the sigs to the surrounds. just have someone have a camera ready to take your pic once u first hear that set-up. and post it here. kodak moment.

tSc RC1
http://www.thespeakercompany.com/sto...oryID.11218500

tSc P6
http://www.thespeakercompany.com/DRH...uctID=94859600

have you thought about some kind of stands or anything to raise your LR fronts up higher? in the pic they look like they aimed at the bottom of the bed. imaging and soundstage should improve drastically with just that simple project. decorate some old milk crates.

Thanks for the tip on the center speaker. I'm sick of the crappy center, so I just set it into phantom mode until I get the one you showed me. I actually plan on building some custom stands for them tomorrow, putting them at about ear height, using some standard ply wood and 2x4's.

-Matt

[maseo503]

Originally Posted by GotToyota?

Thanks for the tip on the center speaker. I'm sick of the crappy center, so I just set it into phantom mode until I get the one you showed me. I actually plan on building some custom stands for them tomorrow, putting them at about ear height, using some standard ply wood and 2x4's.

-Matt

Anytime Matt...thats what its all about. helping others make decisions on sound (pun intended) choices. Read through the return policy... cant beat 30day free trial free shipping both ways...just keep the box and packing. but i highly doubt you will be returning anything from tSc due to their high performance-to-price basis. great idea on the stands...tweeters at or slightly above ear level should make a world of difference. please do us a favor and update with pics as your system comes along. its rewarding to see fruits of labor.

[GotToyota?]

This is the diagram I came up for my speaker stands. How much do you guys think this would cost in supplies? I was planning on using wood, but any other suggestions would be helpful.

EDIT: After looking online, I'm bouncing around some ideas for the design of the stands. I found two that interest me:

1)


and 2)


The second color scheme is exactly what I'm looking for, as I'm going back to the wood TV stand, and everything else in my room has a wood theme, so this would contrast very well.

-Matt

[yellowblanket]

i came up with this, use the lenght of the room to your advantage, for a 5.1 set up this is the most ideal, you can't always count on adjusting the throw distance of your speakers all the time. Keep the sub in the back corner, far away from the door so at least when u play movie, it's won't be as loud outside yet utilize the great corner for bass trap in the future. I figure you would place the center channel above or below the tv?

When you are ready to move to 7.1, the rear wall on left and right of the closet should be an ideal position.

My room is almost like your, i too place my bed in the middle, it's quite comfy siting closer to the tv. You don't want to sit too far from the tv, it'll ruin the experience.

[GotToyota?]

Originally Posted by yellowblanket

i came up with this, use the lenght of the room to your advantage, for a 5.1 set up this is the most ideal, you can't always count on adjusting the throw distance of your speakers all the time. Keep the sub in the back corner, far away from the door so at least when u play movie, it's won't be as loud outside yet utilize the great corner for bass trap in the future. I figure you would place the center channel above or below the tv?

When you are ready to move to 7.1, the rear wall on left and right of the closet should be an ideal position.

My room is almost like your, i too place my bed in the middle, it's quite comfy siting closer to the tv. You don't want to sit too far from the tv, it'll ruin the experience.

Great advice. I just finished up re-doing my setup, and here is what I have compared to your layout:



I think you're confused when you thought that I keep my bed in the middle of the room. In the other picture I had to add more on the right side to add the dimensions, sorry. Looks interested, but I'd feel unusual having the bed in the middle of the room. I'll take pics tomorrow after I go to home depot and take a shot at making new speaker stands.