I need help with home theater questions

[Redjay]

Hey, now's the time. They recently raised their prices then put them "on sale", so prices aren't bad right now. I would say dual 12s before a single 15.

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Thanks bro

 

[Redjay]

Thanks bro

Any suggestions for Surrounds? I’m really liking Kef right now

 

[Redjay]

Any suggestions for Surrounds? I’m really liking Kef right now

Also some in ceilings for atmos

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Also some in ceilings for atmos

I used RSL c34e’s. 150ea, great speakers.

 

[Eppie]

You don't need to stick with the same brand for ATMOS, so something like the RSL C34E that William mentioned yields good value. Bulk of your budget should go into the 3 front speakers. KEF does offer a wide variety of in-ceiling speakers as well, so if you want something with the KEF Uni-Q driver to match all the way around, you could go with a KEF Ci130QR or Ci160QR for double the money ($350 and $400 each respectively). That's assuming you want the Q950 for mains. Maybe consider the R5 if you are adding subwoofers. Remember to budget for the matching centre. The Focal in-walls are a really nice speaker, but if you also plan to listen to music, the nice thing with floorstanders and bookshelves is that you can play with the distance from the walls and the toe-in to adjust the sound to your taste. Another member here is using the Q150 for surrounds, although you could do with in-walls if preferred.

 

[Redjay]

You don't need to stick with the same brand for ATMOS, so something like the RSL C34E that William mentioned yields good value. Bulk of your budget should go into the 3 front speakers. KEF does offer a wide variety of in-ceiling speakers as well, so if you want something with the KEF Uni-Q driver to match all the way around, you could go with a KEF Ci130QR or Ci160QR for double the money ($350 and $400 each respectively). That's assuming you want the Q950 for mains. Maybe consider the R5 if you are adding subwoofers. Remember to budget for the matching centre. The Focal in-walls are a really nice speaker, but if you also plan to listen to music, the nice thing with floorstanders and bookshelves is that you can play with the distance from the walls and the toe-in to adjust the sound to your taste. Another member here is using the Q150 for surrounds, although you could do with in-walls if preferred.

Thanks, my room dimensions are 13x 38, which floorstanders and bookshelves would you suggest? I’m going 7:1:4

 

[-Jim-]

Okay, will do

@Redjay Please up a diagram with dimensions and seating locations with the preferred seat highlighted. A room 38 feet long could be a challenge.

 

[Redjay]

@Redjay Please up a diagram with dimensions and seating locations with the preferred seat highlighted. A room 38 feet long could be a challenge.

Okay

 

[Eppie]

Thanks, my room dimensions are 13x 38, which floorstanders and bookshelves would you suggest? I’m going 7:1:4

Earlier post said 16x25. Was that just an estimate? Actual room dimensions and a diagram will help. Be aware the forum has limits on file size. If the image file is too big you may have to resize it or shrink it down a bit. Seating distance from main speakers can impact speaker choice. You have not mentioned a budget yet. You mentioned the SVS SB3000 subwoofer. Have you picked out a receiver and how much of the budget is left for speakers? What brands are you able to audition locally?

 

[Redjay]

Earlier post said 16x25. Was that just an estimate? Actual room dimensions and a diagram will help. Be aware the forum has limits on file size. If the image file is too big you may have to resize it or shrink it down a bit. Seating distance from main speakers can impact speaker choice. You have not mentioned a budget yet. You mentioned the SVS SB3000 subwoofer. Have you picked out a receiver and how much of the budget is left for speakers? What brands are you able to audition locally?

I actually took a tape measure upstairs and measured myself and that is how I got the 13x 38, it’s a really long room, my seating will be 9 feet from wall, my wife gave me budget for 20k, I haven’t picked a receiver yet, as for a subwoofer I’m leaning toward Monolith dual 12’s and there’s nowhere close here in Augusta Ga to audition, as for speaker brands, I’m really open, I been doing homework on Klipsch, Focal and recently Kef, I finally got my wife to open up about towers and center speaker and she is cool but she definitely wants me to go in walls for surrounds and back speakers, so I’m open to anything you guys can suggest me to brands on everything, getting advice from a lot of you guys I know I want to save on atmos speakers and I want to spend around 6k on projector and screen so that leaves around 14k for everything else, definitely want my 2 channel music to sound great so I’m open to anything you guys suggest, thanks

 

[-Jim-]

@Redjay , a picture says a thousand words, and a diagram with dimensions even more! We'd need locations for windows, doorways, ceiling height, is it a drop ceiling?, seating location, etc. Is it going to be a single use for home theater and 2 channel listening, or a multi-use room for ? Is the seating Rows or couches, or sectional, or 4 Leather Lazyboy Recliners? (Don't laugh - I had them for over a decade and they were great!)

You'll get lots of support here for multi-subs, and some my push for a little more Oomph than those (@Pogre I'm thinking of you ). I doubt anyone here will try to push you on your budget, as you've got a very healthy one. Personally, I'm not a full blown theater guy with a projector, as I'm more into multi-use rooms and big TVs with a brighter ambience. But lots of the gents are on that page so they'll be helpful.

We almost all struggle with the WAF balance point and know the Power of Veto! If you make a great sounding Home Theater Setup - the resulting 2 channel playback will also sound great.

 

[Redjay]

@Redjay , a picture says a thousand words, and a diagram with dimensions even more! We'd need locations for windows, doorways, ceiling height, is it a drop ceiling?, seating location, etc. Is it going to be a single use for home theater and 2 channel listening, or a multi-use room for ? Is the seating Rows or couches, or sectional, or 4 Leather Lazyboy Recliners? (Don't laugh - I had them for over a decade and they were great!)

You'll get lots of support here for multi-subs, and some my push for a little more Oomph than those (@Pogre I'm thinking of you ). I doubt anyone here will try to push you on your budget, as you've got a very healthy one. Personally, I'm not a full blown theater guy with a projector, as I'm more into multi-use rooms and big TVs with a brighter ambience. But lots of the gents are on that page so they'll be helpful.

We almost all struggle with the WAF balance point and know the Power of Veto! If you make a great sounding Home Theater Setup - the resulting 2 channel playback will also sound great.

Thanks dude, I haven’t taken any pictures yet but I will, any suggestions on brands of speakers will be greatly appreciated, thanks

 

[lovinthehd]

So without pics, just for consideration, are the mains/display at the narrow end of the room or the long sides?

 

[Redjay]

So without pics, just for consideration, are the mains/display at the narrow end of the room or the long sides?

Yes

 

[lovinthehd]

Yes

LOL what does that mean?

 

[Redjay]

Yes

LOL what does that mean?

Narrow end , my bad, I been drinking

 

[-Jim-]

Narrow end , my bad, I been drinking

I think I need one too!

 

[Redjay]

I think I need one too!

Lol

 

[Redjay]

Lol

Trying to send photo but keeps saying file is too large

 

[Pogre]

Trying to send photo but keeps saying file is too large

What are you using? Windows, android? I use an android app to resize photos and from what I understand you might be able to right click with windows to resize.