A little help with my theater setup

[ryjam282]

I will give another redraw for you tomorrow morning. I just received my new couches from JC Penney and had to rearrange a bit. More like what Nightflier was talking about in his #2 above. I will try and get a better proportioned pic for you in the morning and we will see what we can do. Thanks for all the replies thus far.

[ryjam282]

Here is the new one. Let me know what you guys think.


Kfalls, the Hitachi I have is the 57uwx20b. It is about 3 years old.

Terrence, Kfalls, Jeski, please keep the input coming, thanks a ton you guys are great.


Ryan

[RJW1138]

I see some Spinal-Tap'ish hilarity ensuing... ;-)

[jeskibuff]

I see some Spinal-Tap'ish hilarity ensuing... ;-)

Suddenly, a rather large room feels a bit too claustrophobic. It must be tough squeezing through double doors that are only 5 inches wide! At least the proportions look better, and the "notch" seems to have been misplaced in the original diagram.

ryjam, it's hard to tell what's on that back wall where you have the rear speakers, but if there's no windows that would be blocked, I would consider placing the TV and front speakers flat against that wall (parallel to, NOT up against it).

Depending on the size of your side speakers, I'd try to place them as close to the stairs as possible. The rears would go on the other side of the stairs, on opposite sides of the wall, obviously.

What piece of furniture do you think would get the most use? The couch? The recliner?

Is it just you, you and your wife, or you, your wife and 8 kids who will be using the room the most?

[ryjam282]

Inches LOL, my bad....Of course I meant feet....Along the back wall, where the rear speakers are is a sliding glass window. It leaves only 16 inches on each side so I would be mounting the speakers above that.

The speakers I am using now are Infinity TSS-450. They are only about 3 inches high or so. Not too big at all.

The house is just my wife, 1 year old daughter, and myself. But, we do watch movies with friends a lot. And usually only two of them. The couch that is along the 11' wall gets the most use. It is a double recliner couch. We sit there the most. The couches by the stairs don't get a whole lot of use unless someone is over pretty much.

[PAT.P]

Inches LOL, my bad....Of course I meant feet....Along the back wall, where the rear speakers are is a sliding glass window. It leaves only 16 inches on each side so I would be mounting the speakers above that.

The speakers I am using now are Infinity TSS-450. They are only about 3 inches high or so. Not too big at all.

The house is just my wife, 1 year old daughter, and myself. But, we do watch movies with friends a lot. And usually only two of them. The couch that is along the 11' wall gets the most use. It is a double recliner couch. We sit there the most. The couches by the stairs don't get a whole lot of use unless someone is over pretty much.

Couch look better when they were togeter !Furniture now is all scatter around and tv is at an angle ,where do you intend to put the sub? It needs to be at a coner (2 feet out and at and angle) Best thing ask your wife how she wants furniture (trust me my wife would kill me for this set up) You back room looks to me that it was intended to be a dining room.I would still bring everything in .Or concentrate on the big wall ! Pat.P

[ryjam282]

The reason the couches are like that is because (it is a sectional), but it is too wide to fit in that section where I have the recliner couches.

I was thinking about putting the couches where the stairs are but then I lose the rear surround speakers. I want to keep those. I am really in a bind on this one.

The part behind the recliner couch now is actually a dining room but we won't be using it as that. We were planning on using it as a little play area for my daughter.

Like I said though, I don't mind moving things around but I want to have all the speakers going and have the best setup for the TV. Don't you have to be a certain distance away from the TV for optimal viewing pleasure

[Lensman]

Here is the new one. Let me know what you guys think.

Ryan

You mention a front door near the TV, but don't have it in the drawing. I also don't know how tall the window along the rear speaker wall is, or the dimensions of the furniture. So I'm going to make a rough guess on these. Here's what I'm thinking:

Put blinds or equivalent in the window and close them, so the window looks normal from the outside and light is blocked from coming inside. Then place a floor-to-ceiling curtain across your rear speaker wall to hide the window on the inside and give your room more of a theater-style look. If you know someone who can sew, you can buy the fabric and make one for about $150-$200.

Place your TV along the center of this wall with the main on either side. Place the sub in the corner of your choice. Given your TV's depth, you should have enough space to center one section of your couch about 86" (1.5X the 57" width of your screen).

Place the left and right surrounds along the left and right walls parallel to the couch.

This should leave you enough space to place the rear surrounds on stands about 18" behind the couch without blocking the entrance to your stairs. As you say they're small, you might be able to mount them on the ceiling and point them down if you can run the wire.

Get a coffee table and end table and use the other couch section and La-Z-Boy to make a second seating area.

This would give you the room symmetry needed for best performance and provide reasonable spacing between your TV, speakers and seating area. It would also give you a separate seating area for entertaining, reading, etc. I've attached a sketch of how things could look. Hope this helps.

[PAT.P]

He wants part of the room in back of couch for play area for his child .By the way your drawing is great! Pat.P.

[ryjam282]

Damn Lensman. That is a great drawing. I will see what the wife thinks about that. But, that back door that will be behind the TV is a sliding glass door to the patio. But there may be a chance of this, as we can still use the door, just have to use it from the side of it and not open it all the way....I like it...We'll see, thanks a lot.

[PAT.P]

Damn Lensman. That is a great drawing. I will see what the wife thinks about that. But, that back door that will be behind the TV is a sliding glass door to the patio. But there may be a chance of this, as we can still use the door, just have to use it from the side of it and not open it all the way....I like it...We'll see, thanks a lot.

Is your sub front port or rear port ? (patio window might vibrate if rear ported) Now your play area for your daugther is your seating area(carefull to the speaker and wire in back)Pat.P

[ryjam282]

The sub is rear port. I should be able to angle the port away from the window though and towards one of the walls. You have any other ideas Pat, for the layout?