HT: to spend or not to spend (in a new house)

[Capybar]

Honest question and I really do want real opinions even if the answer is ‘you won’t get good sound in this space’

Are either of these rooms workable for any type of surround setup?


We’ve just moved and now I have these two living spaces

The first is very large, opens to kitchen. The wall with the floating shelf is about 16’ and about 11’ to wall by fire place. (This is the space w/ the Hisense TV box in the pictures). The placement of the ceilings and location of the distribution plate(behind tv box) suggests whomever put it in, used that wall for tv. The distance from the back of couch to that wall is only about 9 feet. Both walls have patches from previous tv mounts. Ceiling access looks possible through whatever wiring is already there. Otherwise probably no dice. I plan to utilize the bigger wall (floating shelf) for TV. Just seems to work better for the space.

Other is original formal living room. (Bubble wrapped TV against wall). Doesn’t look there is any access to wall behind couch unless you all have some creative ideas that I didn’t think to consider. Last owner at least a on the wall with our bubble wrapped TV since there is an outlet and cutout for cables about 4 feet high. Is there anything I can

 

[TLS Guy]

Honest question and I really do want real opinions even if the answer is ‘you won’t get good sound in this space’

Are either of these rooms workable for any type of surround setup?


We’ve just moved and now I have these two living spaces

The first is very large, opens to kitchen. The wall with the floating shelf is about 16’ and about 11’ to wall by fire place. (This is the space w/ the Hisense TV box in the pictures). The placement of the ceilings and location of the distribution plate(behind tv box) suggests whomever put it in, used that wall for tv. The distance from the back of couch to that wall is only about 9 feet. Both walls have patches from previous tv mounts. Ceiling access looks possible through whatever wiring is already there. Otherwise probably no dice. I plan to utilize the bigger wall (floating shelf) for TV. Just seems to work better for the space.

Other is original formal living room. (Bubble wrapped TV against wall). Doesn’t look there is any access to wall behind couch unless you all have some creative ideas that I didn’t think to consider. Last owner at least a on the wall with our bubble wrapped TV since there is an outlet and cutout for cables about 4 feet high. Is there anything I can

Those great rooms are a poor location for surround sound. Can we have more pictures of the formal living room? We need to see all four walls and location of any doors or openings.

Great rooms are best for good 2.1 or 3.1 systems.

This is our 3.1 great room system, but we also have a dedicated HT room.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

A floor plan might make it easier to see.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I would take the formal living room and cover up the fireplace and windows 100% as if they never existed. Then put a PJ screen on that wall + Epson Laser PJ.

2 Front towers + horizontal center + 2 side surround in-wall speakers + 2 in-ceiling ATMOS speakers.

But your wife might have a problem with that.

 

[Capybar]

My wife just laughed when I told her that idea and then went back to whatever she was doing.

More pictures of formal living room / the open wall to formal dining on what would be the right hand side if looking at the wall with the bubble wrapped TV. Square ~16x16 with angled ceilings.

 

[TLS Guy]

My wife just laughed when I told her that idea and then went back to whatever she was doing.

More pictures of formal living room / the open wall to formal dining on what would be the right hand side if looking at the wall with the bubble wrapped TV. Square ~16x16 with angled ceilings.

Honestly I think you are best served with 2.1 or 3.1. However, that gives you 90 to 95% of the HT experience if done well. I am of the view that far too many surround systems are cobbled into unsuitable spaces.