Advice sought re: a challenging small room corner layout & gear

[cpm10v]

Anyone have ideas as to how best to use/set up the corner shown below for a basic home theater & music listening set up (~ 60% music, 40% TV/movies)?

Where would you locate speakers and what brand/type would you recommend for this application? Is it even practical to try and use this corner? I'm trying to maximize the space and layout of the floor plan shown below. I thought about putting the set up where the recliner is shown but then I only have seating for those on the couch and an unused corner (I suppose a very small chair could fit in the corner but nothing someone would want to sit on long enough to watch a movie).

The ceiling is 8-1/2' high (I'll prob have to relo the thermostat and switch and probably remove the French doors as well) and room features wood floors. Practical to mount speakers up that high on wall above door trim? The TV is a 40" LCD Samsung I planned on hanging off wall at angle.

I don't have any speakers or a receiver yet; brands/models to recommend (consider a budget of $2500)? Any advice appreciated, and looking forward to learning AV on this forum!

 

[Adam]

Welcome to the forum!

Your images aren't showing up (you need five posts before you can link to images), and even if I try to post them for you, the links don't work for me. You can post four more times in the thread linked here and then come back to put up your images.

 

[cpm10v]

Ok thanks for the info Adam. I'll try posting the links to the picture of room and floor plan again after post padding.

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

Still can’t see the pictures, but we don’t need them to tell you that corner arrangements are highly problematic. There is only one way that a corner arrangement will work well for home theater, but most people aren’t willing to do what it takes to accomplish that. You can read more about it at this link.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[cpm10v]

Thanks for the advice and the detailed link. I figured the corner would be a difficult application. Due to the size of the room and doorways, the furniture is constrained. I could put the AV setup along the wall where the recliner is located, but I then lose a seat and I've got that empty corner.

Looks like I'm able to attach images now, they should appear below.