Back on track... more basics questions

[pixelthis]

GET thee to a radio shack and get a level meter, follow the instructions and set all of your speakers at 70 db.
And why cant you mount your CC on your set?
If its front ported being inside a cabinet wont be bad, but I beleive B&w rear port their speakers. You can get a marble planter stand or a CC stand (they make those), its not really a problem.
You havta set your sub vol by ear, turn it up until it distorts, some like a remote vol on sub so they can turn up bass on low bass stuff, and down on high bass stuff, but I think if its set right it will sound right, I had a B&w "mini" sub, great on music but stank on video

[Rich-n-Texas]

GET thee to a radio shack and get a level meter, follow the instructions and set all of your speakers at 70 db.

I have one here at work that I'm going to use soon. The 1,000,000 times asked question though is... "what's the best test DVD"

And why cant you mount your CC on your set?

I guess I'm just anal about anything touching or hanging on my new investment. This wall mount bracket I ordered probably won't project far out enough to make it flush with the TV screen (I know, I should've asked before I ordered it) so if it doesn't, I'll follow yours and other's advice and buy something that sits in front of the TV stand. I've seen here in the pictures section where people put their CC in front of their TV stand; it seems out of place to me but I'll look for something that fits with the "Traditional" theme I'm applying to the HT room.

If its front ported being inside a cabinet wont be bad, but I beleive B&w rear port their speakers. You can get a marble planter stand or a CC stand (they make those), its not really a problem.

The CC IS front ported, so I guess the advice I read for someone who had a similar dilema didn't really apply to front-ported speakers.

You havta set your sub vol by ear, turn it up until it distorts, some like a remote vol on sub so they can turn up bass on low bass stuff, and down on high bass stuff, but I think if its set right it will sound right, I had a B&w "mini" sub, great on music but stank on video

LOL. This sub is definately no mini. The suggestion you gave me in the other thread about having a friend move it around... none of my friends are strong enough 'cause they're all girls!!!

[GMichael]

LOL. This sub is definately no mini. The suggestion you gave me in the other thread about having a friend move it around... none of my friends are strong enough 'cause they're all girls!!!

Another way is to put the sub where you will be sitting. Then you can crawl around the room to where it sounds best. Then put the sub there. This way you only have to move it twice.