drylightn
Novice Member
Hi all! New to the forums and looking for some advice on speaker/TV placement in the basement of our new house. See attached photos. As you can guess, this room is a little weird due to the two openings of staircase and hallways going back further in the basement. The measurement of the main room with the couch TV is about 22 feet by 13 feet, the current TV is a 75 inch flatscreen (shown in photo). Not looking to spend a ton completely renovating the basement just yet (i.e. tearing out the bookshelves on the far wall), so trying to figure out what can be done for a 7.1 setup given the space. I have the speakers: 4 surround speakers, one center channel, and one subwoofer that are nice Klipsch speakers. Still need to buy two front speakers, however, but have held off due to room constraints/questions.
Couple of general notes in no particular order:
thanks!
Chad
Couple of general notes in no particular order:
- The couch and TV can be moved, and the couch is modular by square sections.
- Main worry is just what the minimum distance someone on the couch needs to be away from the rear speakers. I can scoot the couch forward, but I don't know whether there will be enough room (or at least enough room where the girlfriend doesn't bludgeon me to death with a satellite speaker for ruining her design aesthetic or claim she's going to go blind from being too close to the TV).
- Can face the TV a different direction, but not sure if it really helps anything because the couch has to go somewhere, and it will be weird if TV isn't up against a wall.
- Can potentially hang speakers from the drop ceiling, but not sure if it will hold the weight, or what options are there.
- TV will need cabinetry of some kind to fit receiver, consoles, etc inside of
- the window wall and the non bookshelves wall are up against foundation/brick walls, can't really mount speakers in the wall there. (The one smaller alcove is an old fireplace that was gutted out, hence the recessed shelves.)
thanks!
Chad