The setup is set… short wall. The screen is hung, the PJ is set too. The room is finally shut off effectively during listening/viewing .sessions. The lighting is hung and done. The sound scheme is currently 5.1, though 7.1 might be the end result if I can figure out just where to place the side spkrs.
Now I’m considering dipole/bipoles for the surrounds and directional for the rears. There will be scant little latitude for movement of the rears or center surrounds. Greater flexibility is had with the center ch, mains, and sub.
The listening position is likely to be determined by the 2 ch performance + the visual image viability, and in that order. I’m figuring to do one pair of speakers at a time, mains … rears… then perhaps sides at some later date… then the center and lastly the sub.
Acoustic treatments will follow all the above…. Consisting of corner bass traps, first reflections and possibly some diffusers.
Where it’ll all wind up and how much acoustical treatments are used is anyone’s guess right now.
the biggest variable for me right now is deciding on the use of either dipoles or bipoles as either middle surrounds or rear surrounds.
Now I’m considering dipole/bipoles for the surrounds and directional for the rears. There will be scant little latitude for movement of the rears or center surrounds. Greater flexibility is had with the center ch, mains, and sub.
The listening position is likely to be determined by the 2 ch performance + the visual image viability, and in that order. I’m figuring to do one pair of speakers at a time, mains … rears… then perhaps sides at some later date… then the center and lastly the sub.
Acoustic treatments will follow all the above…. Consisting of corner bass traps, first reflections and possibly some diffusers.
Where it’ll all wind up and how much acoustical treatments are used is anyone’s guess right now.
the biggest variable for me right now is deciding on the use of either dipoles or bipoles as either middle surrounds or rear surrounds.