No prob bro...

and i think for your dining area,Dipole speakers is very very suitable..dont get the bipole from your dealer try and get dipole speakers instead...i think you are very much gonna like it

and to answer your question about the right setup for av room,

any room with rectangle layout is suitable for an av room..

as for my room is square,thats not quite the right one,thats why im planning to make it bigger and rectangle...square rooms makes low frequency sound too much...

Ideal size? As big as you can make it!

Seriously though, it's more about the proportion between the width, height and depth. As saintos mentioned, a square room isn't ideal. Some suggested proportions from another website:

1 : 1.14 : 1.39
1 : 1.28 : 1.54
1 : 1.6 : 2.33
H : W : D

I don't think you have to follow that exactly though.

Another factor is how big a screen do you want? Remember that one of the recommendations is to sit 1.5x - 2x the width of the screen. So if you have a 92" diagonal screen (which is 80" wide) then you need to sit between 120" - 160" away from it and this will determine how long a room you need.

My room isn't ideal too, being too long.

10' (W) x 20' (D) x 8' (H). Still trying to improve acoustic treatment.

sainto bro,

how much did you spend already for the room acoustic treatment?

its a little too long, against the width, twice its size. but if you are just merely watching movies, i think it is ok, i have seen many designs on magazine and also internet, most of the design are long, acoustic treatment is important, then again, in watching a movie is different from listening to stereo.

stereo requires a more strict sound staging. as we are all aware, watching movies is more of a kick and punch rather then having great sound stage,

but of course some of us do listen to stereo, in the same setup, thats where room size is important.

HT Section
TV Model : Panny PV-80H
DVD : Pioneer dv600/dv655A
BD Player : Sony PS3
Amplifier : Yamaha rx-v1400THX
Front Speaker : Musical Technology Cresta SE or JPW Mini Monitor
Center Speaker : NHT
Surround Speaker : Whafardale Modus 1
Subwoofer : B&W AS6 and Velodyne
Subwoofer Cbl : AudioQuest Sub2(2nd Top Model)
Interconnnect : Ixos 103(5.1 analog)
Coaxial : Zu Cable(2nd Top Model)
Speaker Cable : Cable Talk 3 Bi-Wire
Power cord : AudioQuest NRG2,Belden 9583,Tara Labs Prism
HDMI Cable : AudioQuest HDMI3(Top Model),Monster M1000DAV(Refrences Model)

HiFi Section
Tube Amp : EL34 NOS SlvetlanaQuard Pair(Make In Russia),ECC82 NOS Mullard Match Pair(Make In Great Britain),ECC83 EH(Make In Russia)
CD Player : Marantz CD 63 SE/CD 67
DAC : Audio Alchemy
Interconnect : AFA Zeus Series 2(Top Model)/AudioQuest King Cobra
Power Cord : AFA Zeus Series 2(Top Model)/Award Winning Oyaide Tunami
Speaker : Usher S520
Speaker Cable : AFA Aphrodite Series 2

This post has been edited by choontoy: Apr 20 2009, 10:46 AM


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Guys...
Sorry... been too long. Was supposed to wait for my TV cabinet but until now still not yet ask ppl make. Ha! Ha! Ha! So, too bad la.
Show u the tong sampah first.

timmothy,
Sweet and clear. Those are Mezzos rite? What speakers were u using before these? Mind sharing your opinion against others you've auditioned?
How does the center sound and that level?

Total about Rm 3000 to Rm 3500

worth every penny of it!

Nice HTS. Bro, is that Denon AVR there ???

Dear All,

just share my basic entry level set up in my small room....

will post more better n clear picture, just use my handphone to snap while my mama is singing karaoke..

hehe...



Room Size : 11 ft width x 14 ft length x 10 ft height
System Cabinet : Custom Made (Wood & Laminate with Black Film)
Centre Speaker Stand : Custom Made (Wood 7 Laminate with Black Film)
Movie Poster : more than 15 pcs, all imported from USA (really kill me the cost, sigh)


Home Theater Section
Projector : HD-65
Screen : Draper LUMA
DVD : Pioneer 410v-k
BD Player : Panasonic BD-30
Amplifier : ONKYO SR-606 (really powerful amp but DIY 3 x quiet powerful fan to take care of the heat)
Front Speaker : Wharfedale Diamond 9.5 (replace twice woofer oledi), currently using Diamond 8.4 (quite good also)
Center Speaker : Signet (Made in Canada, quite aged bout 10 years, but really big size with good sound)
Surround Side Speaker : Wharfedale Diamond 9.DFS
Surround Rear Speaker : Wharfedale WH-2 (those day quite famous but dont know now, personally like it very much)
Subwoofer : Wharfedale SW-150 (really boom boom for small room like mine, especially watching BD-Transformer)
Subwoofer Cable : Belden
HDMI Cables : Supra 10m & 1.5m
Speaker Cable : Belkin, Wireworld, Supra & others, some Bi-Wire
Power cord : All imported & custom made in Hong Kong
Power Conditioner : BADA
AVR : Local Industrial Brand


HiFi Section
Integrated Amp : Audiolab 8000 MK1 (Made in England)
CD Player : Marantz CD 6002
Interconnect : IXOS 103
Power Cord : Imported & Custom Made in Hong Kong
Speaker : Monitor Audio Silver 7i (Made in England)
Speaker Cable : Cable Talk Bi-Wire
Power Conditioner : BADA
AVR : Local Industrial Brand


Karaoke Section
Amp : 3G Audio 60B (powerful & many years oledi yet still good)
Standby Amp : BMB DA-X55Pro (too powerful for room size like mine) & K-Pro Digital Karaoke AMP (no chance to use yet)
KOD : DIY KOD System from Unify Karaoke (China), now using famous Bestsound KOD System (Beijing, China & more stable)
Speaker : 10" K-PRO Pro Karaoke Speaker (Singapore Brand)
Wireless MIC System : Mipro MR-123 VHF (almost 6 years using, family and friends favorite mic), K-PRO UHF (standby unit), Shure PGX24/BETA58 UHF Handheld Wireless System (Personal Mic)
Speaker Cable : Belkin
Interconnect : QED
LCD : Acer 15" for Song Selection


Personal HiFi Section (Bedroom)
Amp : Marantz SR-4002 AV Amp (ex av amp, good sound for CD & I want the tuner)
CD Player : Marantz CD 5001
Interconnect : QED
Power Cord : Imported & Custom Made in Hong Kong
Speaker : Monitor Audio Bookshelf (Made in England)
Speaker Cable : Cable Talk Bi-Wire
Power Conditioner : BADA
AVR : 1 x PC AVR & 1 x Local Industrial Brand for Amp

Cheers,

p/s : still have more to learn & upgrade....work hard and word hard...

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Added on April 20, 2009, 2:23 pmOh...

I think now is the time to learn bout the room acoustic treatment...

DO i need it...???

any sifu sifu here can help...

cheers,


This post has been edited by honda6831: Apr 20 2009, 02:23 PM

what screen is that?

Bro,you definately do!!!!!

im no sifu,but i did an acoustic treatment for my room...go to www.auralex.com....

you can find your answer there..too long to explain...

heres a sample of my acoustic treatment setup...

cool man, thanks for reply...

how can i set up the acoustic treatment...

need a pro help to set up or how...

heard is very exp...

wat are the diff with and without...

let me know bro...

hope to hear from you soon...

meanwhile, looking at the website for more info...

cheers...

Go to Center Circle Audio in Tmn Tun. I am sure that they will be glad to help you out on the acoustic treatment. I will probably go there on this coming Sat

thanks...

i do ask them to quote me before for some equipment...kill me lah, the price...
one of the sales consultant came to my house...wow...

anyhow, will check with them again...

maybe got time can meet you there...

hehe...

cheers,

Yup... yup... Mezzo6 and Mezzo 5. Before this I was using JBL 5.1 Home System. Arrghhh.... about audition, I kinda tone deaf. Cannot differentiate it much. Ha! Ha! Ha!
But I didn't like PSB... The rest were too expensive. I only tried Mezzo 2 and it was kinda easy going for music... So, I buy Mezzo 6 lo.
And for the Mezzo 5, well, I put it on the floor as my TV cabinet not done yet.

Yaya... cheapo AVR2807...
Self made... kekekeke.... no money buy drapper.

For a self-made screen it looks pretty good. Where did you buy the screen material from?

I bought the material from Ebay

hmm..
not that expensive...
can think about it in future..

thanks for the info