3 identical fronts or dedicated CC?

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Nuance AH

Audioholic General
I recommend throwing a rug down in between the listening position and the speakers.

In regards to the fireplace, how annoying would it be to get three identical tower speakers, or three JBL LSR6332 (or monitor-style speakers) on stands? The latter are no prettier than the Vandersteen's (perhaps even uglier), but they'd make a killer front sound stage. You're in a unique situation where a tower center speaker wouldn't interfere with viewing the TV from any angle, so...

At the risk of being a pain in the butt regarding the fireplace, I'd go with three tower speakers across the front, or at least three matching monitor speakers on stands, with the center speaker standing in front of the fireplace (not above it). The tweeter should be at ear level based on most manufacturer's recommendation.
 
zieglj01

zieglj01

Audioholic Spartan
I am with the 3 towers across the front camp, or nice bookshelves on
good looking stands. Also, see if you can put a big rug in the middle.
 
AcuDefTechGuy

AcuDefTechGuy

Audioholic Jedi
I say completely close up the fireplace. Place something over that fireplace and pretend it never existed.:D

No? :D

Okay, just get your dream L/R towers. And Just get some center speaker of the same brand and call it a day. :D

No big deal. The fireplace is a compromise. Life is about compromises. Just roll with it. :D
 
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DS-21

Full Audioholic
The left side is mostly glass, the right is mostly open to another room. Floors are hardwood, ceilings drywall I guess.
Here are some pics. For reference, the plasma is 50". The room is about 25x23.
Hmm. Somehow I doubt that three towers would pass the WAF-test, unfortunately. But if they will, then do that.

Given the asymmetry of the side-walls, I would recommend the best narrowest-directivity speaker you can find. And given the aesthetic constraints, you might want to consider running a phantom center.

An out-of-the-box idea that may work well in that room, however, is to use three Danley Synergy horns, such as the SM60F. Maybe (I know I'm breaking my own rule here, but the reason for it is more even coverage; consider this advice a rare exception) with the SM96 in the middle. Move the TV down as much as you can, and mount the three speakers on the front wall/ceiling juncture. Angle them such that one side of the mouth is parallel to the ceiling, and the other side slopes down. Toe the left and right ones in considerably.

I don't know if you're up for such an unconventional solution, but it seems to me that's a good fit for your constraints and should be in your budget. (I think the SM60F's are $2500 or so. Dunno about the SM96.) The directivity is narrow enough that you won't have much in the way of early reflections, which in your case will be universally deleterious because they'll be so asymmetric.

I recommend throwing a rug down in between the listening position and the speakers.
Agreed. The plusher, the better.
 
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saeyedoc

Junior Audioholic
Emailed Jim Salk this morning, he's working up an idea for a custom CC to go with a pair of supercharged songtowers or HT-2 TLs, we'll see what he comes up with.
 
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