Small Living Room set up - need help please
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New member Username: Apollo007Post Number: 9 Registered: Apr-07 | I need some feedbacks for this setting up. I have a small living room (11'x13') with marble floor and glass all around except for the kitchen side. I ran all wires (speaker wires, subwoofer cable, HDMI, RCA, Toslink) in-wall during the construction of my home. My subwoofer cable is not CL rated so if I have to then I have to get ML Dynamo 700 (wireless). Entertainment cabinet is concealed in the wall in front of stair. 5.1 set up 5 Speakercraft AIM8 ONE speakers Martinlogan Dynamo 500 or 700 Pioneer VSX-30
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Silver Member Username: Vm8444TorontoCanada Post Number: 348 Registered: Aug-05 | Hi there, with all the glass around you may want to use an area rug and some drapes to absorb/reflect and cabinets or bookshelves to diffuse. Sub cable should be ok not cl/ft4 rated, dynamo is very good. I could not open your zip file , but the pioneer with the speakercraft should be fine. have you listened yet? theaudioguy.ca |
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New member Username: Apollo007Post Number: 10 Registered: Apr-07 |
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Bronze Member Username: Apollo007Post Number: 11 Registered: Apr-07 | Please see my new attachments in PDF) of my Living Room floor plan. My home constructed in 2007 so these cables and wires were purchased and installed during the construction. 1. HDMI 1 - Tin-Plated Copper CL2 Rated (For In-Wall Installation) Cable (22AWG) - 35ft (Gold Plate) version 1.2a 2. HDMI 2 - Tin-Plated Copper CL2 Rated (For In-Wall Installation) Cable (22AWG) - 50ft (Gold Plate) version 1.2a 3. HDMI 3 - Tin-Plated Copper CL2 Rated (For In-Wall Installation) Cable (22AWG) - 35ft (Gold Plate) version 1.2a 4. Toslink - 50FT Optical Toslink 8.0mm Cable with Metal Connector and metal jacket. 5. RCA - 35FT 5-RCA Component Video/Audio Coaxial RG-6 18AWG 750Ohm CL2 Rated Cable 6. Bass cable - Monster MB300 SW-36 7. Speaker wire - Monster THX 14 Gauge Speaker Wire In Wall CL3 @theaudioguy.ca I've listened to this set up but that was because the store presented it to me. I don't have any knowledge of good audio equipment/sound. They also show me Denon AVR1611, Pioneer VSX-33 and Pioneer VSX-30, ML Dynamo 500 & 700, ML Helos 20. That's all I listened too. And they just spec me with this set up (5.1 w/ five AIM8 ONE, Dynamo 500, VSX-33) I don't know if it is the best thing for my living room or not. Or am i wasting my money b/c my living room is too small and full of glass, not sufficent space to get it to work right. I have a budget of $2500 for everything (speakers, sub, and receiver). Thank you in advance for your time } |
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Silver Member Username: Vm8444TorontoCanada Post Number: 350 Registered: Aug-05 | Hi was the sound good with the speakercraft Inceiling Spk? How about the Denon 2311? Better reciever I think made in japan Paradigm Makes a ceiling Spk that sits a few inches on top On ceiling aimed at sofa AMS series I think with 2 inceiling Spk as rears! |
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Bronze Member Username: Apollo007Post Number: 12 Registered: Apr-07 | It is good to my ears and that's what worry me. Because I'm not an audiophile but want something good and don't know how a good sound supposed to sound like. I having been hearing enough to tell the difference. I only listen to those that I listened in showroom last week. But I can tell the different between non-angled and angled. Definitely need aimable in-ceiling ones. Thanks for your input Vince. I will look into denon. |
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Silver Member Username: Vm8444TorontoCanada Post Number: 351 Registered: Aug-05 | Go to more then one small specialty store that sells various brands Not low end Paradigm BMW Boston Tannoy Etc Marantz reciever Nad Denon Arcam Rotel Then listen to various thousand dollar Standmount speakers then find one you like Realize how much lower end Bose is to Anything good Then find inceiling speakers that sound half as good as the standmounts Maybe same brand then go from there. Audition you'll notice difference. Vince |
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