55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey
With my two-way speaker build on hold as the clock ticks towards December 31st when my $1200.00 in Sony card points expire, I am struggling to decide between the 55” or 65” Sony A95L OLED TV. Sitting on chairs at Best Buy, I tape measured 11 ft from the 55”, which looked small, while the 65” looked too big at the same distance.
My largely empty living room is 20 ft x 11, with the west side open, crossing a 4 ft wide x 27 ft hallway and into a ~ 10 ft x 9 kitchen and then 3 ft wide staircase. A triangular ceiling that peaks at 11 ft is above it all.
I plan to listen 10 ft from my speakers, with the TV between them and a foot or so behind the horns.
I built the 65” (56.9” w x 33” h) cardboard mock and to my eyes at 12 ft the 65” “screen” looks immersive.
I will build the 55” (48.25” x 27.5”) mock as soon as I can get more cardboard from the local supermarket.
Meanwhile, it might be very helpful to learn of the experiences of other 55” and 65” TV users.
How far are you from one of those screen sizes?
Do you sit on a chair or recliner?
Please describe the speakers that you use in place of the TV’s internal speakers, and how far you sit from them.
OP, You mention horns, I learned from the video-centric cross dispersion pattern of the DBX 100’s, and change the toe-in of my 2 Channel Music System Horn Speakers when listening with a friend, both of us off center Toe-In Alternates, Stereo and Video His speakers are on Spikes, they are amazing sitting centered, but when we are both off center, not great, we always end up talking a lot there, listening more here. |
Always get the bigger TV, always! Every time you watch it, you will be asking yourself if you should have got the bigger one. You are totally overthinking this.I would have a bigger one, but my better half has a thing about the TV hanging over the entertainment center, don't want to buy a bigger one and a bigger TV. 65 is really not that big, vs a 55, it's less than 10in bigger the way they are measured. Think my bedroom TV is a 55in. My room is slightly bigger, sit about 12ft back, have a 9.4.2 system, all horn speakers. My TV is a 85in, still thinking about getting a 95-100in. For movies, the center is the most important speaker, think something like 80% of all movie sound comes from the center speaker. Getting all the levels correct is very important. The entire front soundstage should be the same level across the board, where you can't tell if the sound is coming from the center or the sides, unless it's panning, if so it should be seamless. The Klipsch R34 is a good little center, easy to place, and not very big. But it is prone to reflections, if you place it on anything, it should be at the edge, so no driver is reflecting off the top of bottom of the cabinet/shelf. It's also good to have all your HT speakers timber matches, as sounds pan/move they all sound the same. |
