Home Theatre for basement

[salsha110]

Hello friends


I was planning to buy the following for my basement (media area 300sqft mostly for movies).


Epson 2045 projector
Silver ticket projector screen 120
Denon AVR-s720w receiver
Klipsch reference 28-F series - 2 floor standing R28F's, center speaker R-25c, Book shelves R-15M 5.25', sub woofer 12" R12SW


After I bought the Epson Projector, Denon receiver with Klipsch sub woofer and book shelves speakers and when setting them up I feel that the 12" R12SW subwoofer is too much power for my small basement.


I need your advice since I have still to buy the 2 floor standing R28F's speakers and the center speaker R-25c.


Can I downgrade the reference series to 24-F but keep the woofer and bookshelf speakers of the 28-F's.


My 5.1 configuration would look like:


2 - 24-Fs floor standing speakers
center speaker RC-10
12" R12SW subwoofer
Book shelves R-15M 5.25'


Please advice.


Thanks

 

[shadyJ]

It sounds like you haven't run Audyssey. Use the room correction equalization on board your receiver. If the bass is too much for you, just turn the subwoofer channel level down.

It probably wouldn't be a big deal to downgrade the fronts. You will lose a bit of dynamic range though.

 

[lovinthehd]

LOL my first thought was that may not be enough subwoofer I'm with shadyJ in that you need to calibrate with Audyssey if you haven't already (and many of us actually increase the level of the sub after Audyssey). Here's a link on how to setup a sub. You say 300 sq ft for the media area, is the room itself much larger? Subs see the entire room, speakers are more about the specific area between the speaker and your listening position.