Recently picked up an UST projector, and now there's no going back (per the kids). I didn't realize, though, how difficult it is to place a center speaker with these. ALR screens aren't audibly transparent and the projector needs to be on the floor or a short table. Ceiling mount is an option, but prefer to avoid it.
The way I see it, my options are:
-Center channel located in center height position, probably pointed directly at LP but I could do something silly like upside-down Dolby if there's a chance it would give the impression dialogue is coming from screen
-Center underneath projector pointed up at LP - not totally sure if I would absorb or ignore floor bounce, probably depends on the speaker but I have hardwood floors so its a consideration
-Improve phantom center - it's pretty good as-is with my R3's, just wondering what I can do to improve it (if anything). a lot of searching suggests it seems to be mostly about placement and toe in/out but maybe there's something I'm missing? This is actually my preference as I generally don't care for the way center channel sounds when upmixing with Auro3D. My only hesitation here is, in some media I don't think my Denon and/or HTPC is downmixing correctly.
Over the weekend I watched a live NIN DVD, during what should have been a pretty slick guitar solo all I could hear was the room reverb of the guitar and almost none of the direct. I am bitstreaming with Center channel set to "none" on the Denon so not sure what other setting(s) I may be missing.
I'm also not opposed to buying something dedicated to the task; the wife would appreciate if it was gloss black but that's about the only externality. Maybe a CBT would help, for example?
The way I see it, my options are:
-Center channel located in center height position, probably pointed directly at LP but I could do something silly like upside-down Dolby if there's a chance it would give the impression dialogue is coming from screen
-Center underneath projector pointed up at LP - not totally sure if I would absorb or ignore floor bounce, probably depends on the speaker but I have hardwood floors so its a consideration
-Improve phantom center - it's pretty good as-is with my R3's, just wondering what I can do to improve it (if anything). a lot of searching suggests it seems to be mostly about placement and toe in/out but maybe there's something I'm missing? This is actually my preference as I generally don't care for the way center channel sounds when upmixing with Auro3D. My only hesitation here is, in some media I don't think my Denon and/or HTPC is downmixing correctly.
Over the weekend I watched a live NIN DVD, during what should have been a pretty slick guitar solo all I could hear was the room reverb of the guitar and almost none of the direct. I am bitstreaming with Center channel set to "none" on the Denon so not sure what other setting(s) I may be missing.
I'm also not opposed to buying something dedicated to the task; the wife would appreciate if it was gloss black but that's about the only externality. Maybe a CBT would help, for example?