Im very new to home theater and speakers/stereos in general.
I use the system on "all stereo" playing music 3/4 of the time with the other 1/4 being movies.
Room: 16x25 12' vaulted ceiling, sitting aprox 15' from the wall.
Onkyo tx-sr608
center: Polk cs20
front: Bose 10.2 series 2 towers mint condition
rear: Bose 301 series 2 mint bookshelves
subs: Polk 505s x2
Ok i used the audyssey mic to tune the speakers. Sat it ear level, center of couch for 1st test, seat to the right for second test, and 3ft forward/4ft to left of the 1st test seat.
Audyssey set them to this:
center : distance: 12ft -2db
Front R: distance: 14ft +4db
Front L: distance: 14ft +3db
Rear R: distance: 10ft +3db
Rear L: distance: 6ft -2db
Subs: distance: 12ft -15db
It set the crossover to 40hz on all of the speakers besides the subs. Subs are throught the lfe and power knob is on 9/20.
Post tune the clarity is great and i seem to hear "more" with the base being way down. I would called it balanced.
When i change the crossovers to say 80hz, the base is improved but is overpowering and i miss out on mids/highs.
Ive been looking around at replacing the front towers as i think they are the weak link but im just not sure. Been looking at the HTD series 3 towers/center...