Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Changed the HT room layout a bit -- wow !!

It took John almost a HALF HOUR to post those diagrams.

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I just rearranged some furniture in my living room, well moved it all in a little closer to the TV. I cant buy a bigger TV for awhile so I thought moving closer would help a little. Damn neighbor bought a new 42" Samsung DLP, and now I dont even want to watch movies at my house. Anyway, I had to put the sub on the other side of the TV now because it would no longer fit where it was at, I lost about half my bass volume from the sub. I need a longer cable for the sub to try the only other place I could put it. I wanted to just move the furniture back where it was but the wifey really likes the furniture where it is now...

If you want to post a diagram we might be able to find another good spot. It's not just "finding the best spot for the sub", it's "finding the best spot for the sub and where you happen to be sitting" ;(

Excellent and informative thread.

Looking at everybody moving their speakers I tried to move the fronts way forward and into the niches on the sides. I did not expect good effect as I thought I tried it before and it was too far away from the screen plane. Something however clicked this time. I used to get the sweet spot only in the back elevated row but now it seems like the surround finally penetrated the front row. The sound is now much more "floating" and not "grounded". This is probably due to some reflection from the side walls. It often feels that the sound is localized in the corners where there are NO SPEAKERS. This is true even when listening in direct stereo. Not bad for 10 minutes effort. Great side effect is that the speakers don't obscure the corners of the screen anymore for all 6 occupants.
Thanks to this forum for motivation to experiment.


M60 x 2
QS8 x 4
VP150
HSU STF2
Panasonic LT500U
Marantz 7400
Panasonic DVD-F87 (used for CD / Stereo)
Pioneer DV-578 (DVD-A / SACD)
Axiom Setup

Digital camera is broken, but I think I can get it to work for one or two pics. I found that by sitting on the other sofa the bass sounds like it used too, and as an added bonus the cushions are'nt worn out either. I'll try to take some pics tonight and post them...Thanks.

This is a picture from the staircase looking down into the living room. As you can see there are no other places to place the subwoofer. Directly to the right of the subwoofer is the front entrance. On the other side is the fireplace. On the bottom right of the picture is the entrance to the dining room. To my left is the back door. There are no corners in this room. It is 19' x 19'.

This picture is from the bottom of the stairs in front of the back door. Note the high dollar speaker stands. Not many places the sub will fit in this room. I might have to get rid of the chair or love seat. This is about as clean as I have ever seen this room.

Set up for the time being....

Right side.

Of course the resident rug rat had to get in a photo or two...First time I have posted pictures of my set up. I don't think there is much I can do without getting rid of some furniture, and I don't think the wifey will go for that. Good excuse to post pictures anyway. If anyone sees anything glaringly obviously wrong let me know or if you see something that would improve the set up. It does sound pretty good the way it is now. The sub was on the other side of the TV between the M80, and everything was shifted to the right about 2 feet.The only problem I have is I lost about half my bass when sitting on the couch directly in front of the TV. I will now be sitting on the love seat to the left of the main couch. Bass sounds damn good over there. The only other problem I have is with reflections off the tile around the fireplace from the front left speaker, but that is only at really high volume with higher pitched passages.
I would like to move everything to the wall behind the main couch, but there are not enough electrical outletson that wall and it would be really hard to run a cable line to that wall( the stairs are behind it and another room on the other side of it, this is a 2 story house, so running wire is beyond my experience with such matters).
If I had my way the fireplace would be ripped out and sheetrocked over so I could have a damn corner. I would also run the speaker wires and cables even if I had to rip out the sheetrock to do it, but money/time/wife considerations will prevent that from happening anytime soon.

That is a huge subwoofer. It dwarfs your beautiful daughter...you'er probably right about it being the only place to put it - although I did see a corner in between the couches where it might double as a coffee table (rumble feature at no additional cost).

I would just note that your right speaker appears to be toed in quite drastically - is this accomodate for the left couch?

ANyway, thanks for the pics.

I have the same sub only in Cherry...I am trying to find a location where it does not rattle the glass and metal front on the front of a similar fireplace configuration...

Forget what we were watching the other night but the glass and metal front vibration on the fireplace had me thinking "that is an unusual sound effect" for the type of movie we were watching...until I figured out what it was...

It is although currently not in its final position...I have to finish the armoire that the TV and A/V equipment will be housed in...stained to closely match my Warm Cherrywood Axioms...

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