-=Rudy=-
04-22-2003, 11:33 AM
I have a chance to get some of those "dipole" surrounds, where there are speakers on either side of a cabinet that diffuse the sound into the listening area. It's like a flat cabinet where the woofer and tweeter are on one side, and an additional tweeter is on the other side.
Thing is, I know they are good, but WHERE can I put them? I'm going to be doing some major redecorating/rearranging of the house at the end of the summer. The only place I can see putting them right now would be in the rear, up near the ceiling. I've inherited a couple of shelving units, and these would likely end up somewhere near those.
The room is difficult. It's 23' long, 16' wide. The only solid wall is along the left side of my crude drawing below, and the fireplace is located there. The shelving units will be going on either side of the fireplace, and they'll be housing a lot of the gear. As i see it, the only place for the surround speakers is along that wall (approx. where the blue squares are at) above the shelving units.
The green areas are the approximate seating locations. The red rectangles are approximately where left, center and right speakers would be placed.
The top of the drawing shows a blue area on the wall, which is a floor to ceiling window (which stop about a foot away from the ceiling). The right side is partially open to the stairway (the dashed area); the front foyer is in the upper right corner. The bottom wall, lower left, is open to the dining room. Above that opening is a bit of wall coming down about 14" from the ceiling. This is the only alternate location for these speakers (purple). HOWEVER, getting wiring to the 14" section of wall is next to impossible without major wall surgery, or using some of that funky thin wire that hides beneath paint. Which doesn't thrill me. I can't even get to this from the top--the master bedroom is above both the dining room AND living room. (Yes, it's huge. :) )
I just wonder if it's worth getting the dipole-type surround speakers, since location won't be optimal. I may just be better off using standard 2-way speakers.
Thing is, I know they are good, but WHERE can I put them? I'm going to be doing some major redecorating/rearranging of the house at the end of the summer. The only place I can see putting them right now would be in the rear, up near the ceiling. I've inherited a couple of shelving units, and these would likely end up somewhere near those.
The room is difficult. It's 23' long, 16' wide. The only solid wall is along the left side of my crude drawing below, and the fireplace is located there. The shelving units will be going on either side of the fireplace, and they'll be housing a lot of the gear. As i see it, the only place for the surround speakers is along that wall (approx. where the blue squares are at) above the shelving units.
The green areas are the approximate seating locations. The red rectangles are approximately where left, center and right speakers would be placed.
The top of the drawing shows a blue area on the wall, which is a floor to ceiling window (which stop about a foot away from the ceiling). The right side is partially open to the stairway (the dashed area); the front foyer is in the upper right corner. The bottom wall, lower left, is open to the dining room. Above that opening is a bit of wall coming down about 14" from the ceiling. This is the only alternate location for these speakers (purple). HOWEVER, getting wiring to the 14" section of wall is next to impossible without major wall surgery, or using some of that funky thin wire that hides beneath paint. Which doesn't thrill me. I can't even get to this from the top--the master bedroom is above both the dining room AND living room. (Yes, it's huge. :) )
I just wonder if it's worth getting the dipole-type surround speakers, since location won't be optimal. I may just be better off using standard 2-way speakers.