I'm currently on 6.1, the 7th speaker is on its way!

Hope to have 7.1 by this weekend.

Well, about the room size, I think it's more about the speaker size, not the speaker count.

You can still enjoy 7.1 in small room, just use small ones for the surrounds and calibrate correctly.

Don't know yet. Haven't even done any survey. That's why I said "hope to have by weekend"!

100k?

Expert doesn't mean banker.

What taikor actually means?

This post has been edited by aiman04: Apr 16 2008, 04:18 PM

Other then that event, anywhere else in KL to buy SACD?

Really? Never saw any before, maybe have to look harder.

The only SACD I have is "Greatest Film Fantasies" by Erich Kunzel. Hybrid one, and got both stereo and multi-channel audio.

Thanks to my 80GB PS3, I never listened to SACD before. Sound really nice. Any recommended SACDs? But I'm not into jazz maybe symphony orchestra will do, or any pop artist.

Yeah, I know. Already got them in my iPhone.

Before I just put on a stand at about sitting ear height, but I just kept wondering about why the 1800 manual saying I should put the surround speakers at 1.8 meters.

So I tried, all my 4 surround and surround back speakers are now mounted on the wall at 1.8 meters. Only the front speakers around at the TV height, and the centre speaker at it's usual place. Make sure the sub is not facing directly to the wall, must have some angle to allow the sound to travel around the room.

You guys should try it. The surround effect is much much more lively & realistic, sound image more accurate. It's really a lot more enveloping, which is also really good when you listen to music, especially those 5.1 concerts.

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.

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

Where got police to come tanngkap you?

Just try first la, if not ssuitable, use those speakers for you bedroom la...


I never have that problem. Never. Any of you guys already tried or not? To me if your room lentgh is too big, it won't be realistic already. The most important is that the sound image travels to your back surround, meaning just behind you, not all the way to the kitchen!

I don't have a dedicated room, so doors will have to be compromised. Here's my actual layout:



The white box is where I lie down to watch movies (I like to lie down). The door in the back actually just an opening with curtains that I closes when I watch movies.

I think you meant Pratt?