On Wednesday 18 January 2006 15:09, Richard Bronosky wrote: > Wow, great stuff. I like the link you included. > > To answer the you're whipped... and, you should do what sounds best... > arguments. Let me say that I agree with her "ahem" (I don't think the > following word is appropriate for her, but here goes) Logic. I have > never owned a surround system. Just about anything I do is going to > sound better than the speakers built into the plasma. I'm just seeing > the opportunity to step it up a notch as I am currently installing the > crown molding. (I didn't think of doing this while I had the sheet rock > crew in replacing the popcorn ceilings with flat.) I'm looking for an > improvement not a pinnacle. This is not the right room in the house for > a home theater. I have one of those. I'll be investing in it later. I > want this space to look great and function for general TV viewing. The > quality sound for this space will be coming from a baby grand player > piano. The TV viewing is less of a feature. My wife is an excellent > decorator and I trust her. > > So, with that said, I'm shooting for the $1000 for all 5 and a sub > range. The greatest challenge is that there is no back wall or right > wall to this viewing space. You can see what I'm talking about on my > flickr page. The TV is going above the fireplace. > > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454844/ > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454250/ > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454890/ > that bare column stands at what used to be the corner of a separate > room, seen in these before shots: > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/56052452/ > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/56052494/ > > The issue of not having a back wall (cause it's open to the kitchen) > makes me think that speakers in the walls or in the ceiling will be hard > to point toward the viewing space. Suggestions? > > Meatwad wrote: > > Richard Bronosky wrote: > >> Why is it that Bose can use those tiny little cube speakers for there > >> flag ship product, but their in-wall speakers have to have a 8 3/4" by > >> 6" face plate? > > > > Bose use tiny little cube speakers in their flagship product because a) > > they have a very high WAF, b)they are INSANELY inexpensive to > > manufacture and c)they are marketed towards upscale consumers who read > > high-brow magazines without bothering to learn even the most basic > > tenets* of proper loudspeaker design. > > > > Don't know why they took a traditional design approach to their in-walls > > seeing as nearly everything else they design is non-traditional. FWIW, > > they still sound absolutely awful. > > > > In-walls can sound fantastic when designed well with quality components. > > Look at Sonance, RBH, Polk or Niles just to name a few of the entry > > level players. If your budget allows and you want to get very accurate > > sound from in-ceiling speakers, look at Triad. Another in-wall/ceiling > > which has a very different approach with some amazingly detailed imagery > > are Cabasse iO coaxials. > > > > But please, please, please do your Myth system some justice and put > > something, ANYTHING, other than Bose in the room. > > > > * Here is the de facto article I refer prospective clients to when they > > bring up Bose. If they still have a thing for Bose, I know they are > > going to be PITA customer and I politely drop them like a hot potato. > > http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html
if you can live with regular ol' speakers I'd recommend the Energy Take 5 (or whatever the new set they replaced the Take 5 with) or Paradigm's Cinema series. They all consist of small satelite speakers with a subwoofer and sound excellent. My dad has the Energy Take 5 and I was blown away by how good it sounds for the price and size. They have great staging and depth, something I was not expecting from them. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
