Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Need room setup help (WAF involved)!

I have two potential room setups. I have some furniture on the way. This is where the WAF comes in. We have a couch on the way. Sure it'll be in the sweet spot...but will it be totally sweet? Another piece of funiture comes along with this. Currently a loveseat. We have the option to change it out for a chair. Now the two problems I have with the loveseat is. 1) It can't be turned to watch tv. Sure you can turn your head...but that's not as comfortable after 2 hours. 2) It's potentially will be blocking my right channel speaker!!! This is the more concerning of the two. The chair would eliminate both these problems. The problem is the Wife likes the extra seat that the loveseat brings and she likes how the couches are more set up for talking. TALKING?! No one should be talking during the movie So anyway. The loveseats end would be approximately 6 feet in front of the speaker (in a 15 ft. wide room) and the main couch seating will be 12-13 feet back. Will I lose my soundstage, or even a good portion of it (even if I can see the whole tower (M60) fronts? This will be with VP150 in center, M60s front, QS8s surround, M2s rear. Suggestions? Help!

I suppose a good follow up question would be...would I lose my seperation of sound if I narrowed the distance between the two speakers (M60s) to say 6-7 feet if I'd be sitting back 12-13 feet? Thanks guys for all your help on this one!

God, I want so desperately to help you. But it is hopeless.

I am a proponent of the "happy wife - happy life" philosophy. If you force her from the loveseat to the chair, the first time (and every other time) that seating arrangement strikes her as inconvenient, you lose.

So, you either have to get her to *really* like the idea of the chair, or you have to get the loveseat and tinker with speaker placement.

If it was me, I'd get TWO sofas and put them at a 45 degree angle to each other so that everybody has to turn their head!

Okay, less glibly, you won't know until you get everything set up. And my hypothesis based on my experience is that closing the distance between the mains will still result in a delightful experience.

Let us know how it goes.

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Tom is right Toy. You are one had sumbitch. I believe your only opportunity lies with the advice I gave to TurboDog. Sell the wife.

Well, seeing as I find selling the wife out of the question I'll just have to go with my other options Thanks.

You kill me, Ray.

We are going to get into some big time trouble if you keep that up.

Yeah, interesting why nobody has asked why I haven't sold MY wife yet!

OK Ray, I'll bite. Why haven't you sold your wife yet?

Ray, why haven't you sold your wife yet?