Hello, I've recently moved and have a shared living room space where I'm setting up my humble sound system/home theater. It's a 5.x.4 system with Polk Reserve R600s, R200s, R900s (on the wall at the ceiling, trying to get them at 40 degree vertical angles), and a Polk LSiM 706c for a center. My receiver is a Marantz Cinema 50. I currently have a JBL 550P subwoofer that I was previously using in an apartment set up. I'm planning on getting a Rythmik subwoofer eventually.
I've included a sketchup screenshot of how my speakers (yellow boxes) are set up right now (ground level only). The surrounds are unfortunately not symmetrically placed, but all other speakers (including heights) are. My sub is currently between the FL and FR speakers. I may have some flexibility on where I can better position the subwoofer, if needed.
I don't have any treatments set up yet. The picture has been edited by Gik acoustics with their suggestions on where I should put treatments (except the ceiling, which I've hidden for visibility). They mainly targeted the corners and 1st reflection points. I believe the solid colored panels absorb at the full range while the ones with designs are range limited to limit absorption at higher frequencies.
I'm hoping for other comments, particularly with how the asymmetry at the bottom of the picture would affect things (mainly the "nook" in the bottom left versus the opening into the kitchen on the bottom right).
I also plan on getting a UMIK-1 and can make measurements. I don't have experience with REW though, so I'm not sure what a good procedure/good best practices are when making measurements or using REW. Basically, I don't really have an order-of-operations for how to use REW. I imagine I can get a better idea of my system response, be smarter about setting crossovers, deciding which acoustic panels should be full range and which should be range limited, etc., But I'm not sure how to go about doing all of that exactly.
I can't really DIY my own panels at the moment. I'm also not in a big rush. I probably can't make much progress with actually ordering any panels for a couple months. However, I should have flexibility on types of panels, so I should be able to use thick panels, at least in some places.
