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Re: speaker positioning?
#10296 04/24/03 06:41 AM
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Chess, suggested setup # 37(or thereabouts)for you. EP350 snug in left corner;left M60 directly in front of it about 2 feet from wall behind and 5 inches from left wall; right M60 likewise moved out to about 2 feet; rack(as shown in 2nd picture)as far to the left and close to the EP350 as possible; TV re-centered; couch moved back about 2 feet.


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#10297 04/24/03 09:25 AM
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Did you get a new digital camera for the second pic? If so, what is it? What a night and day difference between those two pics.

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#10298 04/24/03 02:40 PM
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Sushi,
Take a look at this 'old' couch panorama pic and you will see why i cannot use the exercise area for the projector (it would
have to project down the hallway, you would have to duck your head under it to get to the laundry room and its
picture placement would be VERY off centred on the tv wall).



JohnK,
Chek out the same picture above. There are stairs directly behind my couch and then only a hallway
beside that. There is no where to move my couch and hence, moving the M60s
out further will place them 6 feet from my viewing spot with no change in couch
position possible (left, right, backward or forward).
Note the coffee table also in front of the couch. A necessity.

I told you this was an awkward room.
We are still shocked that the 50" Toshiba even made the turn down the stairs into the basement.

fhw,
The second picture in yesterdays post was taken with a WEBCAM if you can believe it (the Creative Labs PCcam 600).
The first picture (and the one in this post) was taken with a very expensive digivid cam in still shot mode.
It obviously takes better video than it does stills.
The only problem with the PCcam is that you cannot take close shots (must be
further than at least 3 feet from your subject) so as cameras go, it is really only
useful for large or stand back type images. Using it for ebay snaps of a sale item is just useless
as you can see in this shot of my Harmon Kardon 380i receiver that drives my home office Tannoys.





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Re: speaker positioning?
#10299 04/24/03 05:14 PM
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My apologies jbz.
I replied to you as "fhw" in my last post.
I think Semi has passed along some kind of naming disease. Who says only Canadians are infected eh?


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#10300 04/24/03 05:43 PM
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I think Semi has passed along some kind of naming disease. Who says only Canadians are infected eh?




My subtle destruction of Canadia has begun!

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#10301 04/24/03 08:26 PM
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chess,

You just don't convince me to give it up! HEH-HEH-HEH...

(1) Who cares if one has to duck down when passing the line of projection? How many times do you or your partner have to go to bathroom or laundry or wherever during a movie show? It's not a commercial theater. My projector is table-mounted near the back wall of the busy living room (this was necessary to maximize the benefits of the retro-reflective screen I bought) -- every time somebody has to go somewhere, he/she will cross the light, and nobody cares!

(2) The off-center issue will NOT kill the possibilities at all. Quite a few projectors (including the excellent $1500 Sanyo Z1) has the nifty "lens-shift" feature exactly for the situation like yours, which allows the projector to throw slightly sideways (or upward/downward), without keystoning. It is done all optically, so no digital correction involved. Even if the projector do not have lens-shift, you can always corrent the keystone digitally...

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#10302 04/24/03 09:13 PM
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In reply to:

Who cares if one has to duck down when passing the line of projection?



My wife.

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How many times do you or your partner have to go to bathroom or laundry or wherever during a movie show?



Me...none.
The wife...about twenty.
She loves tea and has a bladder the size of a walnut.



Send me some info or webpage on this Sanyo. It sounds interesting, although still highly improbable considering the Toshiba is brand new and really quite fulfilling. I've never seen heads so big in all my life.


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#10303 04/24/03 09:32 PM
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Hi Chess,

I think that I'm going to have a similar problem with bass by moving my subwoofer out of the corner...and it's not a very good one to begin with (10" driver Polk Audio). It's kind of non-existent when away from the corner. However, I just might be able to keep it in the corner right behind the left speaker as long as I turn it to the side. The sub box is different than most...more rectangular in shape and the port is underneath it dispursing air onto a platform, so I'm assuming this will work out OK. It won't be the best, but better than away from the corner.

Anyway, thanks for all the input. I think that I'm going to give the new setup a try. When I do, I'll provide an updated photo.

Mary


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#10304 04/25/03 12:22 AM
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Re: speaker positioning?
#10305 04/25/03 01:58 AM
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Sonic.. Isn't it amazing, that after all the trouble and money to get a reallllly nice big screen, you find out how realllllly difficult it is to arrange the speakers, t/v, and componets ??? It's been driving me nuts for months..
I have even gone so far as to hang my M80's from the ceiling ! (It didnt work.. Sounded like crap-ola)
I wish I could cut out some space under the screen, where the factory speakers are located, and stash the VP150 there..
I guess you can say, we all have a love hate relationship when it comes to our stereo/t.v habbit.. Er, I mean, hobby..



LFE ! The rest is just details..
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