Hi all,
My living room is also 4.26m L x 6.7m W x 2.9 H. Screen along long wall, so surrounds would be a bit farther than LCR too
I would be sitting between 9-10ft from screen
To avoid clutter on the layer 1 (ear level) I will be going with 5 channels there
And for layer 2 (height level) thinking of going with 4 channels
AVR would be either Denon X3600 or Marantz SR6014 (or their newer versions)
So layer 1 options are (actives)
1) Behringer 2031A x 5
2) JBL LSR308 mkii x 5
3) KRK 10-3 G4 x 3 (this one is almost 2.5 times costlier than option 1 and 2 , so only if its really that better than those 2) + KRK 8 G4 x 2
Layer 2 options (passives)
1) JBL Control X x 4
2) Behringer 1C-BK (but I think option 1 would be much better than this)
thought of using smaller versions for LSR/Behringer but they will still be large on ceiling/high wall for living room. JBL Control X are close to limit already
(and there would be 2 subs, yet to decide)
So confusion is mostly on layer 1. Listening to the 3 won't be possible so need to take a call on purely technical points (I guess should be ok since its mostly for HT)
Which would be the most neutral choice and would 10-3 would be substantial improvement ?
Thanks!
My living room is also 4.26m L x 6.7m W x 2.9 H. Screen along long wall, so surrounds would be a bit farther than LCR too
I would be sitting between 9-10ft from screen
To avoid clutter on the layer 1 (ear level) I will be going with 5 channels there
And for layer 2 (height level) thinking of going with 4 channels
AVR would be either Denon X3600 or Marantz SR6014 (or their newer versions)
So layer 1 options are (actives)
1) Behringer 2031A x 5
2) JBL LSR308 mkii x 5
3) KRK 10-3 G4 x 3 (this one is almost 2.5 times costlier than option 1 and 2 , so only if its really that better than those 2) + KRK 8 G4 x 2
Layer 2 options (passives)
1) JBL Control X x 4
2) Behringer 1C-BK (but I think option 1 would be much better than this)
thought of using smaller versions for LSR/Behringer but they will still be large on ceiling/high wall for living room. JBL Control X are close to limit already
(and there would be 2 subs, yet to decide)
So confusion is mostly on layer 1. Listening to the 3 won't be possible so need to take a call on purely technical points (I guess should be ok since its mostly for HT)
Which would be the most neutral choice and would 10-3 would be substantial improvement ?
Thanks!