Hello everyone, first time caller... This summer (or sooner), I'm going to be putting together my 5.1 home theater (after many years of wishing/dreaming/etc.). The problem is this: my room is rather large. The actual listening area is roughly 15' x 20' x 10', but the total room volume is a bit over 4600 cubic feet; it's an ...

HI Jon, Congrats on your TV purchase. Nice choice! I'm a big fan of in-wall speakers for home theater. Well made in-walls sound fantastic for home theater use and really good for music as well. We just built a second demonstration room here at our office (blog and photos on this project coming very soon) and we were sure to install a ...

Hi everyone-- I know the ''what receiver should I buy'' threads are becoming redundant, but please forgive me as my question is a bit specific. I have a Sony (non-ES) receiver that I've had for awhile & has been decent for home theater use, but I'm listening to a lot more music lately.  I would like to upgrade to a new receiver, ...

Hello all, I got the 12 year itch a few weeks ago to replace my HT System and after many hours of surfing the net and visiting BB/Magnolia, Tweeters and a few local A/V stores, decided to go with the System D speakers from Aperion.  They arrived on 12/8 and I hooked them up to a new Denon AVR 2807 and bought a Samsung HLS5688 TV and an Onkyo ...

I have a question for the accoustic experts! I just bought a new subwoofer (s12) and want to know about placement.  The best place for me to put this subwoofer (to protect it from small children) may not be the best place to put it acoustically speaking.  I built a cabinet in the back wall of my theater room, so that I can access the ...

Long time lurker, first time poster... My wife and I are trying to create a home theater setup that is compatible with our music listening. Our living room that is 19 ft wide, 11 ft tall, 15 ft deep. It has two major problems: 1. The layout of the room is that when watching TV, the entire left side of the room is an open space leading ...

Hi, Just bought a new home and am planning to buy all new equipment for HT and Audio . Here's a link to a pdf with the floorplan.  http://www.chemengsoftware.com/lr-dr.pdf While I would love to put this system in the ''dining room'' I'm getting pushback from, well, take a guess! So it looks like the living room is the way to go.  I'm ...

I just got my 5.1 system with the 12 inch subwoofer and I am not an expert but I think I have a pretty good ear and the bass seems rediculously boomy to me.  I got the 12 because I love good strong bass, especialy for HT but it seems like in every seen of every movie I have tried that has bass,  I just get this boomy low almost ...