Recently moved to a new house where there's a fireplace in the way of placing the front speakers in a good way. (See the pictures attached.) I'm wondering what's the best way to place them, from a sound perspective. TV/movies are 90 % of what I do, so I prioritize that.
The system currently consists of:
Moving the TV, sofa, and everything to the left of the fireplace is not an option!
With the (current) asymmetric placement:
With symmetric placement:
I'm also considering upgrading to Oberon 7's and a Denon X3600/X3700, with Audyssey XT32. Especially after I read some reviews from people saying the Oberon's handle asymmetric placement better and that seat position won't be as affected as with the Zensor 7's.
The system currently consists of:
- Dali Zensor 7 - front speakers
- Dali Zensor Vokal - center
- Denon AVR-1913
Moving the TV, sofa, and everything to the left of the fireplace is not an option!
With the (current) asymmetric placement:
- I get a big sound and can really distinguish the sounds coming from left/center/right.
- I have ran the room correction on my receiver, but as soon as I'm off by a bit of the center listening position, you really hear more from the left or right speaker.
- Would this be better with a better receiver, someone with the Audyssey XT32? I also read the newer Oberon series handles this better?
- I'm also concerned about the bass response, having the speaker on the other side of the fireplace. Does it bounce the bass away from the sofa?
- I guess if buying the SB-2000, that won't be a problem though?
With symmetric placement:
- It would look much nicer!
- I'm worried that all the sounds coming from left/center/right will be mashed too much together and you won't get that big sound stage.
- It will sound very off when sitting on the far left of the sofa?
- If (when) I buy a 77"/83" TV, I will have to have the left speaker way too close to the fireplace.
- Could switch to TV bench-placed Zensor/Oberon 3's though to avoid that.
I'm also considering upgrading to Oberon 7's and a Denon X3600/X3700, with Audyssey XT32. Especially after I read some reviews from people saying the Oberon's handle asymmetric placement better and that seat position won't be as affected as with the Zensor 7's.