help-lexicon mc 12v5 vs. mac mx135

thanks but unfortunately the most would be one foot out from the wall so i think i'm stuck with 5.1 unless i wait for the new mac ap 1000 which theoretically allows you to place speakers anywhere and it'll eq them to sound as if they're where they would be optimally

Slvrtravel,

I made my last post before reading you might be able to move the sofa 1' out from the back wall. That might work.

One idea I have seen is to place the rear speakers on their backs, down and behind the sofa, facing up toward the ceiling. That would spread the rear surround information along the back of the room. I would still put the side surrounds to the side of the sofa rather than further forward.

Another point about Lexicon that I don't think has been mentioned is the room correction equalization with the EQ versions. The correction is done in the time domain rather than frequency domain, and is applied at 250 Hz and below. The MC-12 does not try to flatten the FR curve, but instead works to eliminate resonances. By staying in the range of 250 Hz and below, it addresses resonances caused by the room and compensates for those.

I found the EQ in the MC-12 to be very effective, and easy to set up. The bass was cleaner and each note more distinct. In addition, the mid range was cleaner, supposedly because lower frequency resonances were not "hanging around" and muddying up the mids.

I think Lexicon's approach is similar to Meridian's.

Thanks
Bruce

kool idea, ob-one-kanobe!