Home Theater set up.

[Captain Crunch]

Ok finally got my new speakers in the other day.
OK got every thing set up .........I'll do a little more of a review later after Iv had some time to spend with it......
Disclaimer.........I'm much newer at this than some of you so take some of this with a grain of salt.
First...the SCS's are very well constructed they feel nice and tough......I really like the black vinyl finish looks sleek and well my favorite color is black so it was a no brainer for me.
The SCS sound very full, they fill the room with lot's of sound....they do a nice job with sound stage.......Highs and mids seem good so far although I'm still experimenting with crossing over at 80Hz and 100Hz at the moment to see which on I like best.. I have the front SCS crossed at 80Hz and the surrounds SBS crossed at 100Hz for the moment. (I'm NO expert compared to you guys)

The SBS also sounds good I'm using them as surrounds.........report more on these later.

The 20-39Pci ROCKS!!!!!!! Lot's of base tight crisp base.....NO more muddy, sluggish, boomy base for me.........:jump:

I'm calibrating every thing with the RS SPL meter. It took me a little while but I'm starting to get the hang of it........Although I'm still a little confused in a few areas.

Onkyo 604 I'm still doing a LOT of tweaking and testing of different setting......
There soooooooo many setting I (AM) confused on some of these still.......Onkyo could have done a better job of explaining some things in more depth......grrrrr
There's a million different sound settings you can use........that is nice but I wish they would have listed them in order of best to worst........they list them in a big graph sorta .....but looking at several different ones I wish I could just say OK which one will give me the highest quality sound damn it.....:hissyfit: ...lol

OH and do these things crank!!:hail: You can turn these things up till your ears bleed and they still sound good..........
All in all I'm very happy:T but still have a lot of tweaking and experimenting to do.(Yea I know thats half the fun)

My little theater is downstairs and I have to have storage in the back behind the tv ......One reason the black fabric is up.Here are a few photos......thank for the help guys..

[Hitman]

Now you just need a house to put it in.

Aren't your rear satellite speakers a little high? I have always had them at ear level pointing in the direction of the listener.

[Zambini]

I've got a chubby. Thats pretty nice :)

[Captain Crunch]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Now you just need a house to put it in.

Aren't your rear satellite speakers a little high? I have always had them at ear level pointing in the direction of the listener.

There supposed to be 2 to 3 feet above

Placement Tips

Of course, it's not always possible to place your speakers exactly as shown. The diagrams give a range of placement angles, so you have some flexibility. Sometimes you'll have no choice but to mount the surrounds directly behind you, but if you follow the guidelines as closely as you can, you'll have good sound.

Ideally, your front speakers, high-frequency drivers, or tweeters should be positioned at ear level (when you're seated). Our recommended height for the surrounds is above ear level, as soundtracks are likely to be optimized for that location.

Now you just need a house to put it in.

No need to prove your an ass............I already knew.

[Hitman]

2 to 3 feet seems a little high, you wouldn't even hear them at that height. The front speakers would drown them out.

[Captain Crunch]

uuuuuuuuum OK

[onebxr]

Hitman, with his speakers and his receiver he can auto calibrate it to where it doesnt matter where he puts his speakers. Hell mine are 6 feet above my head when watching TV and I have my rears calibrated for that position and they work perfectly.
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[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Hitman

2 to 3 feet seems a little high, you wouldn't even hear them at that height. The front speakers would drown them out.

Not to rain on Captain's parade, but I agree. Placing your rear surrounds that high tends to diminish the sound a bit, making it sound tinny and far away. If this were the case for all rear surrounds, you don't see many people with their computer rear surround speakers setup like this, all things being equal.

Nice looking setup, Captain. I'm envious that you have the goods and the house to place them in. =)

[Tyreal]

Sweet setup! The only thing that looks missing is an HTPC. How much did you spend on your theater?

[Hitman]

I looked it up on several sites and they all say the about the same thing. Ear level while standing.

Anyways, nice setup.