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In Reply to: Some Folks Use Their High End 2 CH Amps For HT Too posted by Robertc88 on March 20, 2007 at 06:09:44:
My audio room is L-shaped which really isn't 'ideal' for anything but it does work well for music with an Audio Physic style setup and a bit of DIY acoustic treatment. The area the HT system is in is an area I rejected for the audio setup. It isn't ideal for HT, but it also wouldn't be ideal for audio and I doubt I could get as good a result with audio in that space as I do where I set the audio system up. At that stage, when my wife and I shifted into this house 5 years ago, there was no HT system. Just a TV in the corner of the area where the HT system now is. Basically I built the HT system around the location of the TV.I could integrate the 2 systems but it would cost money to do so. I could replace the receiver with a pre/pro with video functions, use my current 2 channel amp and speakers for the front L & R channels, and use the speakers from the HT system as the other 5 speakers in a 7.1 system. That would require a lot of moving things around in ways that I wouldn't like, and I really don't think I've got the space in either area for anything more than a 5.1 system. Trying to shift the HT system to the audio area wouldn't work well, it's really only large enough, given the awkwardness of the L-shape, for a good 2 channel setup. Trying to fit a 5.1 system there would be messy, and I don't want to move the 2 channel system to where the HT system is located.
While I know that I could integrate the systems, I really don't think I could get as good results with music as I currently am getting if I integrated the 2 systems in this house. All in all, I'd rather leave things the way they are.
Sometimes, after thinking things through, you end up reaching the conclusion that while something is possible it's better if you don't do it. Combining my audio and HT systems is one of those sorts of decision, at least in my current house. If I ever move again and end up with a suitable room to play with, I would reconsider things at that time because I think that there are advantages in maintaining only 1 system. In the meantime, I continue to maintain a house that looks like its being taken over by speakers.
David Aiken
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Follow Ups
- Re: Some Folks Use Their High End 2 CH Amps For HT Too - David Aiken 22:29:11 03/20/07 (2)
- "a house that looks like its being taken over" - Robertc88 06:54:47 03/21/07 (1)
- Re: "a house that looks like its being taken over" - David Aiken 13:31:09 03/21/07 (0)
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