guys you think surround use bookshelf or bipoles/dipoles better leh ?

This post has been edited by DigitalKL: May 1 2008, 09:51 AM

limpe use miniature satelite speakers

Well, I would not say "should not be" at ear level, it's still up to everyone's own listening taste, but you can try it.

It's just that I read it on my receiver's manual, so I tried it, and now I'm loving it.

My living room is small, I only use small satellite speakers for the surround and surround back so I can still have 7.1 setup without crowding it too much with big speakers. I'm not much into powerful setup, I only use Diamond 9.1 as my fronts. I also like listening to stereo music too, and the 9.1 is just simply superb.

When it sounds good on music, it will be good on movies too, but not necessarily the other way around I think.

any rule of thumb for the area size of 5.1 and 7.1?

Perhaps time to change to full sized speakers to get the full dynamics from your BD movies?

less than 20 feet room size ... stick to 5.1 setup

PHEW..... Sifu clngu, luckily, my kandang qualify for 7.1

i think my small room is getting high surround treatment soon. planning to go for 7.1 / Surround speaker should not be at the eye level lah. it should be slightly above your head. u going to be pekak if u put it at ear level. also depending on the distance. satellite speaker adjust high above the ear height.


do u guys think its alright to put my Neo(side) and Wharfedale (rear)as surround together? im afraid the mixture will spoil the Neo accoustic.

This post has been edited by hackwire: May 1 2008, 10:25 PM

woi you all going 7.1 what kind of speakers can hang on the wall? bookshelfs doesnt seem to be right for 7.1. maybe use bipoles

mine is bookshelf and i thought any speakers can hang on the wall?

ma side firing liddat?

some bookshelfs got air port at the back, i think not so good to be so near the wall

where got any speaker can hang on the wall ... in-wall speaker cannot lah

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Added on May 1, 2008, 10:54 pmspeaker air port at the back ... you need to do sound acoustic treatment on the wall behind it ... otherwise the whole HT setup 75% failed already

This post has been edited by clngu: May 1 2008, 10:54 PM

@ Cingu, if 10 feet x 10 feet 7.1 ok ?

nope ... defintely the sound not perfect because the speakers too close to each others

My living room is only 16x12'. Yet I have 7.1 setup.

If you can hear each directional sound from all different 4 surround speakers, then your room should be qualified to have 7.1. I've been watching 3:10 to Yuma twice since I have the 7.1 setup, and I can hear gunshots and ricochets from every single speakers in the back.

Room size rule is true for ambience, effects, etc. For that, with small room, 5.1 is enough. But for 7.1 discrete directional track, increasingly provided in blu-ray movies/concerts lately, try to have 7.1, maybe using small satellite speakers. If not, the 7.1 will be downmixed to 5.1, and you won't be listening as intended by the filmmaker.

Anyway, my own rules still means my own opinion, everyone has their own preference.

This is my current setup:



Except my LFE is on the right. The distance between my surround back channels is 5'.

This post has been edited by aiman04: May 2 2008, 07:33 AM

fuyoo...7.1

small place i got .. never got chance

mine 8 X 10 nia, can ar?
but my seating at the back instead of centre

16 feet is length or width ... a lot different in HT setup

i only have 20ft x 10ft. but room double as a study room as well as HT room

10ft wall is the projection wall. i wish i got a wider room

I think pek pek also I can masuk 7.1 kua....

This post has been edited by DigitalKL: May 2 2008, 10:42 AM

Does it really matter? It's up to you whether you want to use the length as your width, or vice versa. I think what matters most is your door and window positions.