1planter
Established Member
Morning all,
So I've just bought a new house back in May and am now onto the final room - the lounge.
So, its all a bit of a mess at the moment as you'll see from the pics but, its being renovated and to an extent its a clean slate.
In my old place I used my current speakers which are a pair of B&W 685 S2's and a Centre which is a B&W HTM61 S2. I like these and will be keeping them. In the new place (pic enclosed) The LR & C allows for these to be used quite easily and positioned pretty much wherever I want. These a paired up to a Denon AVR-X3400. Still undecided on Sub??
Now the rear is where I'm struggling, because of the sofa position (which wont be changing) the fireplace will be a feature and the TV sits well in that spot (I will be upgrading that to a 55" - also undecided as of yet??).
So, from looking at my pics, what speakers would work well, and what position would you be looking at in the rear, I appreciate that 30-60cm or so above head works well, but the sofa being in one corner has thrown me and I'm therefore wandering if its too close to the individual sat there and maybe just use top corners instead.
Ive considered some B&W M1 (S2) as some rears, although open to suggestions as I dont think anything too big will work, but willing to consider any ideas.
So,
1) what position (bearing in mind the sofa in an ideal world will be staying put) would you locate speakers for a 5.1 set up at the rear?
2) What rears would work well with my current setup? (Budget of approx £600 for the surrounds, I have Van Damme Blue Series waiting.)
3) What Sub? I've been considering the REL HT/1003.
Thank you in advance
So I've just bought a new house back in May and am now onto the final room - the lounge.
So, its all a bit of a mess at the moment as you'll see from the pics but, its being renovated and to an extent its a clean slate.
In my old place I used my current speakers which are a pair of B&W 685 S2's and a Centre which is a B&W HTM61 S2. I like these and will be keeping them. In the new place (pic enclosed) The LR & C allows for these to be used quite easily and positioned pretty much wherever I want. These a paired up to a Denon AVR-X3400. Still undecided on Sub??
Now the rear is where I'm struggling, because of the sofa position (which wont be changing) the fireplace will be a feature and the TV sits well in that spot (I will be upgrading that to a 55" - also undecided as of yet??).
So, from looking at my pics, what speakers would work well, and what position would you be looking at in the rear, I appreciate that 30-60cm or so above head works well, but the sofa being in one corner has thrown me and I'm therefore wandering if its too close to the individual sat there and maybe just use top corners instead.
Ive considered some B&W M1 (S2) as some rears, although open to suggestions as I dont think anything too big will work, but willing to consider any ideas.
So,
1) what position (bearing in mind the sofa in an ideal world will be staying put) would you locate speakers for a 5.1 set up at the rear?
2) What rears would work well with my current setup? (Budget of approx £600 for the surrounds, I have Van Damme Blue Series waiting.)
3) What Sub? I've been considering the REL HT/1003.
Thank you in advance