Nope. That would block the way to the room and the adjoining balcony. Whatever goes, goes above and behind the area marked SW.
Yeah. I would keep that in mind. There are not very many bookshelves that would qualify. Only option appears to be centre ch ones.
Vokals are meant to be used as a center & not as fronts. Then you should ideally get the Oberon1 for the fronts and mount it on the wall with just a strong nail like a wall clock as it has a keyhole for that purpose. It comes with very small silicon pegs which are stuck on the 4 corners on the rear side of the speakers as it has a rear port.
I am enclosing a picture below that shows the layout of the room. The French window covers approx 15’ of the left side wall. Wall opposite to the screen has a large window of 8’ length. It has been covered with 3 layers of curtains. One sheer, one blackout and one normal cloth. Blackout and normal cloth have been stitched together. The ceiling has false ceiling with perforated sound deadening boards. The overall outcome as of now is pretty decent and it can be felt when one enters that room.
Seating is at a distance of 14’ from the screen. Seating is on a 3 seater fabric sofa. Area between the screen and the sofa has tiling as of now and I plan to put a carpet there.
At most three people can sit on the sofa. One easy chair next to it may also be used at times. Considering the spread, I think a 2 way wouldn’t suffice and a 3 way centre would work best.
As of now plan is to put an AVR. I was presuming that it would suffice. However, an upgrade can be considered if the FMs can advise on that.
Hi, glad you got an audition!
Oh seriously ?Hi, glad you got an audition!
If you loved the B&Ws, then I will fail in my duty if I didn't ask you to go and audition the Klipsches
Try out the RP series, preferably 6000 or 8000.
Looking at your auditory taste, it should be a close battle... Now, it is time to forget all other speakers... It is either B&W or Klipsch, whichever suits your budget and pleases your ear.
You will hear a lot of dirty things about Klipsch here. But I can assure you that they are not any more worse or better than other companies when it comes to declaring data.
Regd subs, please don't pick up the B&W or the Klipsch. We'll come to that later. Choose your speakers first...
All the best
When the speakers are crossed over to a subwoofer then the benefits of floor standers diminish.Yes, they would.
But on looking at the pic again, I am wondering if you could not convince the people at home to place a good pair of FLs on the floor in front of the area marked SW1 and SW2.
Logic being: Isn't it better to buy the best speakers your money can get you, for the space you have, instead of imposing these restrictions on yourself?
Of course, you might find a competent slim, front ported FL (again offering you an MA option, though I assure you I have no vested interests
Regards
If you check Genelec data you can see that they recommend keeping rear ported speakers close to rear wall.. within 5cm
Noted.
Haha, Prateek bhai!
Agree. And pushing a port closer to the wall is a great way of mitigating the negatives, provided you know your speakers can live with it.
Unless one understands how a speaker and human listening works its difficult to explain them why I don't recommend Klipsch..Haha, Prateek bhai!
My limited point: If OP liked the B&Ws, I suggested another speaker in the same ballpark.
*I did not, repeat, did not, TELL OP to BUY a pair of Klipsches.*
All I said was if the B&W sounded good to them, here is one more pair that might sound good to their ear. And them being in Hyd, a Klipsch audition is the easiest to get.
Once they decide they wanna do it, then, one of two things may happen:
1. They hate the Klipsch sound. In which case, the story ends.
2. They may like the Klipsch sound. In which case, they can always post here their opinion and we can discuss the pros and cons and they can take their final decision.
I think it was a fair suggestion from my part, with no ill-will to anyone. I hope you at least agree with this much.
Regards
PS: For the uninitiated, Prateek and I have had offline conversations about Klipsch misrepresenting data. And I agree the company does choose a parameter that makes their speakers look good on a spec sheet.
My stand is that it is just a technically correct thing, while not claiming something that is really terribly untrue. For ex: A Klipsch claiming 97 dB sensitivity would be a 92 dB in reality. Which in my book is still good. It is like a bike manufacturer claiming 100 kmpl, while their real world efficiency might be around 87 kmpl. I don't understand why a company would want to do it. But once you parse down the numbers, I really have no beef with them. I am going to live with their product, not be in bed with their marketing department....
Prateek's stand, on the other hand, is also very valid. It is an age-old conundrum. And I understand how it could hurt a company. His basic question is: If you are lying about something relatively inconsequential, then I wonder what else you are lying about - including things that are important. And I totally hear him, and am in agreement with him on that question, in that it is a very valid question for someone to ask.
If someone from Klipsch marketing has some kind of alerts for global forums, they should really hear him. I, for one, hear him.
I am willing to live with a Klipsch despite this issue. For Prateek, it is a deal breaker, and I understand it.
Isn’t it part of the model I have chosen? 4700H that is?
Its there in this modelYepp all the best and do let me know if u found the option here:
