Hi Holics,
We just bought a new house with a dedicated theater room that is wired for 5.1. We are looking at upgrading our satellite system to floorstander fronts. If necessary, we will upgrade the surrounds, but need some advice about whether it makes sense to go di/bi-pole vs. stick with direct.
What we want is a closer-to-theater experience:
- Large, seamless sound stage
- Sharp imaging and localization
- Accurate, open highs
The room is used almost exclusively for movies. Our favorite types of movies are science documentaries (a la Planet Earth), action (a la Marvel), and sci-fi (a la Interstellar).
Basically, we want our kids to feel like they got wet when the blue whale exhales.
We will be using a wall-mounted, 60" plasma for our display for the foreseeable future, but may move to a projection system later on down the line, which would likely use an acoustically transparent 100-120" screen.
Current setup:
- L/C/R: DefTech ProCinema 1000/2000/1000
- LS/RS: DefTech ProCinema 1000
- Sub: DefTech SuperCube III 8"
- Denon AVR790
- 6x GIK 242 wall absorbers, 2x GIK Tri-Traps bass traps
- Pioneer 60" plasma display (wall mounted)
Room is ~15'x12'x10'. The display will be along the 15' side, with the entrance recessed into the wall left of the display. Floor is carpeted. Seating is for six, is not raised, and will probably consist of foam bean bags (e.g., LoveSac).
Budget is $3,500 for LCR, $1,500 for surrounds. We plan to upgrade the LCR first and then upgrade the surrounds later. I'd be open to the possibility of putting more money into the LCR if it makes sense to keep using our current direct ProCinema 1000 surrounds.
I've had the chance to demo Martin Logan electrostatics and ribbons and was impressed by both, though I had a hard time determining whether I liked one better than the other because I think they didn't have the electrostatics (with built-in woofers) crossed over with the sub correctly.
Any and all recommendations for specific LCR+/-Sur combinations welcomed and appreciated!
Thanks, Holics.