Hey everyone. New here to the forum. Im wanting to get a new speaker system, receiver, and tv. I'm looking at the pn58c8000 plasma and I want a 7.1 surround set up. I have a picture with some ideas of how I want it setup. Any comments are welcomed! The living room has a big opening on the right and one on the bottom left. I have one layout that shows a 7.1 set up labeled "A". It has a right surround placed near the fire place. Figure "B" Shows another setup option with the surround near the rear, closer to the side of the listener from the couch. Lastly, figure "C" has a 5.1 set up. With there not being much room behind the sofa, 5.1 looks to be the correct setup; although I think the 7.1 arrangement might sound better, more enveloping. I'm thinking the surrounds and rear will be around 60" (around 5 ft) from the floor and with the surround speakers being a little out of place, volume and tilt adjustments may need to be made. I have read the recommendation for 7.1 rear surround, after reading some on the internet forums, is around 4 ft behind the sofa. I have the rear surround pointed slightly toward the wall to recreate a rear 7.1 dolby setup. What do you you people think?
Also added figure "D."
