Need your advice

[fab68]

I just moved in to my new home. The space I have available for my ht set up is not the best. What options do I have for my speaker placement. When I bring them out from the space in the picture they sound so much better, with more defenition. If I place them inside the two wall space they sound deeper or with more bass. Any suggestions?
Also I have a old yamaha m-45 amp driving my new B&W 683's. If I was to upgrade to a new amp will they sound better? I have about 1 grand to spend.
What brand's do you recommend.
I currently have a yamah rvx-2200 reciever and Energy speakers for center sub and rear. As an FYI my wife wants a Hooker furniture piece that will leave me about 20" inside the walls on each side for the speakers.





Thanks

 

[mtrycrafts]

I just moved in to my new home. The space I have available for my ht set up is not the best. What options do I have for my speaker placement. When I bring them out from the space in the picture they sound so much better, with more defenition. If I place them inside the two wall space they sound deeper or with more bass. Any suggestions?
Also I have a old yamaha m-45 amp driving my new B&W 683's. If I was to upgrade to a new amp will they sound better? I have about 1 grand to spend.
What brand's do you recommend.
I currently have a yamah rvx-2200 reciever and Energy speakers for center sub and rear. As an FYI my wife wants a Hooker furniture piece that will leave me about 20" inside the walls on each side for the speakers.

Thanks

Bring it out and buy a sub

 

[fab68]

I have a Energy 12" power sub. Any suggestions on the amp?

 

[mudrummer99]

My guess is that an amp isn't going to help you if you place those speakers in between those walls. A space like that would most likely be an acoustical nightmare and would explain why the speakers sound better when they aren't in there. Getting a newer, more powerful amp would just drive more power into an acoustical nightmare, just making it a louder nightmare. What I would suggest would be to leave the speakers where they are if possible. Hope this helps.

Mike

PS. The reason you get the added bass in that area is because you are effectively putting the speakers in a box, making a larger speaker cabinet of sorts

 

[Highbar]

I think everything's been said. More bass is due to putting the speakers in the box. I understand that keeping the speakers out in the room isn't going to be the most attractive solution but I don't even know if covering the walls with acoustic treatments would soak up that much bass, especially if you are going to be getting a piece of furniture that takes up more space in that nook. The best sound you are going to get is where they are out in the room. From that point more power is up to you

 

[fab68]

Thank you Highbar and mudrummer99. The wife wants them inside that box So for now I will have to deal with that.
If I was to install acoustic treatment where would you do it? Would a better picture of the room help?

 

[Gimpy Ric]

1. Don't buy an amp, its not needed.

2. Find a larger Hooker entertainment center so the speakers won't fit .

3. Get used to moving the speakers whenever serious listening is going on .

 

[yettitheman]

Boy that U channel that your equipment is in is not helping. I don't know what kind of acoustical mess that would make, but I'm sure it won't be pretty.

The amp is fine; it's beefy enough to drive them 683's.

You could make a shed in the backyard for HT

 

[Highbar]

I'm not the best guy on treatments but I would start with behind the speakers in the nook and more then likely next to them if you can fit some. I'm not sure how much space you have behind all of the equipment and speakers but you have the space maybe some triangular bass traps in the corners of it too. You want to absorb the bass but not too much of the other frequencies I'm sure someone else will chime in.

 

[forkbeard]

Flush mount the towers...

...in the alcove. Which is to say, if you must put them in there (and you must), then align the fronts of the towers with the walls of the main room to minimize the impact of the alcove. Even inch the fronts out a wee bit into the main room, as much as you can get away with. That has to be better than nsinking them in the back or the middle of the recess.