Sofa in the way of fronts

[ehurnie]

this is a rough layout of my room. I plan on placing the fronts on each side of the screen, the problem is the side couches are in the way of a couple of the speakers in the towers, when sitting on the couch on the wall opposite of the screen. If it doesn't matter that they are in the way, I won't do anything, otherwise I plan on building shelves for the front towers to stand on. My question is does the shelf need to be high enough for the ports to clear the couch or just the bottom speaker, and will i have to angle the speakers so the tweeters are pointed toward the listeners. Also how will the speakers sound if i built a cabinet to place them in.

Ps. I'm still deciding on the speakers, but the arm of the sofa is 30" high and I know it will block most of the speakers in most towers. I am just planning, as I decide.

Thanks for any help.

 

[ScottMayo]

Don't block drivers. Especially, don't block drivers producing one frequency range while leaving others uncovered.

If you have a choice about the furniture, go with cloth covering, overstuffed sofas. They will absorb some sound, which will be very helpful in that room. Use the thickest carpet or rugs you can and if you can't manage to get acoustic traps for the walls, hang tapestries on the walls. Make everything in there as soft and absorbant as you can, or that room will ring like a bell. And move your main speakers out into the room as far as you can stand it.

Given what I think the room dimensions are, this room - I don't say this often - is a prime candicate for some sort of electronic EQ. If you get enough absorption around the room to cut down the ringing, you'll have enough that the treble is a little attenuated and you'll want to boost it some.

 

[ehurnie]

Thanks for the info, the two couches are cloth couches. I am going to put in some acoustic panels as well, as well as a large rug. I'll see how it sounds and then determine if I need to get an eq or move things around.