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In Reply to: RE: New furniture coming for the living room - need help in how to re-arrange posted by atkin11j@yahoo.com on March 29, 2015 at 08:26:30
Assuming the door on the left is your main entry, and one on the bottom is the entry into the dining room..
Is there any way she can live with the couch on the window wall? Then the speakers aside the opening instead of one in front of your main entry. Is there a TV in there? If not, and there is thus no focus, I'd still consider putting them aside the DR door, and getting yourself a chair for the window wall.
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There is a TV currently mounted above the equipment cabinet on the wall. It will be likely placed on top of the equipment cabinet this time around.
I put together a few scenarios in a new graphic, I am unsure of the feasibility until the new furniture is in and I have a chance to play around with it a bit.
I have a feeling option C is about the only thing that is going to work, as it will center the TV in the viewing area and give the speakers an identical backdrop to play, and as suggested will require the listening position to be between the windows.
Like this: Equipment rack diffusion behind the left panel will help to correct for the opening on the right speaker. Toe in may require you place tweeters in for best results. Maybe a taller narrower equipment rack
Subs in mid wall positions are likely better than corner placed subs. Though with all the openings you are not likely to see just localized room modes
"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius
So the couch arrived and my options are further reduced here. I think this is going to be the current solution and I will have to adjust the positions when I listen for the best sound. We have toddlers in the house so the equipment rack needs to encase everything - so for the time being it has to stay. Thanks for all the input will post a pic when its all rearranged.
Derek.;-
Get them into the room as far as you can, even if this means near field listening. As noted already, toe-in to create the middle of the soundstage with the ribbons on the inside. To make the room sound bigger, get a pair of either real or fake Ficus trees to place behind the IIIa's for diffuse off the front wall. I was amazed how big my room sounded when I did.
Jim
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B with rollers on the right speaker base? But C first if it works for you and your understanding spouse. :)
You might have to run a cable over the doorway. Better than along the floor.
Here is a shot of the current setup in the room, with the cabinet and the TV.
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