All;

I own an M80-600 system and was thinking about upgrading my center channel to get more oomph. I have 3 options I suppose:

1. add another VP150 above my screen
2. sell my VP150 and get a VP180
3. upgrade to a perf screen and buy a M80 to use as a center

2 of the 3 options involves me selling my current VP150. I'm not very good at selling stuff as I don't like the hassle of it.

Any thoughts?

You could try deals.axiomaudio.com to sell the VP150, which will give you what is essentially an Axiom gift cert for the amount you sold it. Might work, might not.

I don't believe that any screen worthy of a decent projector can also be "acoustically transparent".

I'd get a VP180.

yea I'm a bit leery of acoustic screens. I think I will take the VP180 upgrade approach after I clear it with the misses thanks all.

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* Video

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* Audio

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This is the screen I have my eye on for my future HT. So far, I entend to get a 2.35:1 screen and put 3 in-cabinet M80's behind the screen.

I’m with Tom on the VP180. Though I’m a big proponent of vertical center speakers matching the mains I can’t see changing screens unless the plan is to be able to place all the speakers behind it. In addition one must consider speaker distance to the wall if placed behind an AT screen which could profoundly effect the bass and imaging if there’s not much room for adjusting speaker placement do to the distance it would require the screen to stand off from the wall.

I weighed all the factors involved in using an AT screen and saw to many potential compromises to both SQ and PQ and not just from the screen but also do to placement constraints it would cause the speakers unless I wanted to start knocking down walls. In the end chose a M80 and hung the screen above all 3 so I have no PQ or SQ constraints.

Nothing wrong with an AT screen if you can use one properly but IMO many people don’t look at all the factors involved.

It's not something for everyone, by any means, but since, for me, the wall happens to be the garage wall, I can afford to protrude into the garage side of it a bit. It it was an exterior wall or the kitchen, I'd be having second thoughts.

Do I win any awards for longest sentence in this one?

That is the perfect setup I will be shooting for in the next house. Thanks for the link to the screen.

If you've got room behind the wall where the in-cabinet speakers will be located; you might want to investigate an infinite baffle subwoofer.

That's a cool link, and their marketing folks do make it sound good.

I'm just skeptical, I guess. I should probably look for some measurements or double-blind tests by trusted parties to help me validate my internal disconnect.



That just seems impossible to me. But - again - I'm not one of the science guys.

Sounds like that will take forever.

what I don't like about transparent screens is I would now have to move my screen forward bringing it too close to my seated area. It will also stick out like an eye sore if you stand to the side of my room. Right now I am running a tensioned wall mounted screen and its very slick. Sounds like a VP180 below my screen would do the trick.

Wouldn't work for me. I need space underneath the back side of the speakers on the garage wall for the front end of my car.

Here's a link to a pdf that has a lot of info about AT projector screens Click me!

Jay, you don't mention how much space is available under your screen. Depending on that, a vertical M80 or M60 might be placed there. As an experiment, you might turn the VP150 vertical now to compare the results.

Tom, it seems highly unlikely to me, too, considering the greatly different requirements at low and high frequencies which apply, for example, to materials for room treatments.