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nirolo
Sony Fan
Joined: Oct 31, 2003
Posts: 3
From: Ohio
 |  Posted: 2003-10-31 10:20
Hi,
Very new here... my I'm putting a new HT into a family room where the seating is along the wall perpendicular to the TV and not facing it. The room is laid out like this: fireplace/bookshelves at south end, TV/electronics at north end. Couches on east and west walls flanking fireplace. Chair on east wall closest to TV, separated from couch by sliding glass door.
I'd like to put a pair of surround speakers behind/near each of the three seating areas. Is this a good idea or even doable? How much of a problem is it to get three pairs of speakers to share the same outputs? I thought maybe wireless would be the best bet, but all the wireless models I see have manual power/volume controls directly on each speaker. That would suck to have to run around turning speakers off and on all the time.
I've been looking at the HT6600DP and HT7700DP, but I'm not sure if they will meet my needs. The HT7700DP is hard to find, I guess it was discontinued?
Thanks in advance for any advice or pointers...
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slobeatz
Sony Addict
Joined: May 09, 2003
Posts: 223
From:
 | Posted: 2003-10-31 11:26
With virtually any HT set-up, especially a home theater in a box, that would be a tough set-up to do. You would probably need to have 2 seperate amps to drive the 2 additional sets of surround speakers, plus have pre-out's on the amplifier. In sony's current line, the only receivers to have pre-outs on them start with the 3000ES and work their way up. So you are looking at spending about $1000 on that receiver, plus you would need 2 more 2 channel amplifiers. You really can't run the speakers in parrallel or series because the amp won't be able to handle that load. Is there any way you can arrange the room differently? If not, you may only be able to place the surround speakers at the fireplace end of the room. Maybe you could split the room into 2 seating areas. One for the T.V. and one for the fireplace.
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nirolo
Sony Fan
Joined: Oct 31, 2003
Posts: 3
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2003-10-31 11:26
Well, partially answering my own question, I see that I can technically do this using wired speakers and something like a Monster Cable Multi-Speaker Selector. If it will sound any good though, I have no idea.
[ This message was edited by: nirolo on 2003-10-31 11:31 ]
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nirolo
Sony Fan
Joined: Oct 31, 2003
Posts: 3
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2003-10-31 11:30
Hi Slobeatz,
Thanks for the advice, unfortunately I'm not going to be able to change the arrangement of the room. My wife already is questioning whether we should even get a sound system (maybe she's right)...
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rkkwan
Ultimate Sony Reviewer
Joined: Aug 23, 2002
Posts: 2623
From: Houston, TX
 | Posted: 2003-10-31 13:05
With your current room setup, I would suggest you forget about surround sound. You can put a lot of money into it and still won't get any good results.
Stick with what you have, or upgrade to a better stereo setup instead.
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
 | Posted: 2003-10-31 22:37
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On 2003-10-31 11:30, nirolo wrote:
Hi Slobeatz,
I'm not going to be able to change the arrangement of the room. My wife already is questioning whether we should even get a sound system (maybe she's right)...
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I agree with rkkwan, the configuration of your room isn't conducive to a 5.1 setup. Sitting on the couches on the east and west walls would give you a deaf ear to the surround sound because you would always be turning your head sideways to watch the TV. The only way I could envision this room working with a 5.1 system would be to plop a comfortable recliner facing the TV right in front of the fireplace, which would be good for the one person sitting in it but not for the rest of the people in the room. Aghh, the WAF rears it's ugly head again.
jttar
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Sonyphile
Joined: Jul 04, 2002
Posts: 537
From: Sacramento, CA
 |  Posted: 2003-11-01 00:33
Greetings nirolo: 
Welcome to Agoraquest.
I'll bet someone else has already thought of this, but a relatively simple stereo set-up might be pretty cool.
The system A front left and right and the system B rear left and right.
Might be a big improvement over the TV speakers.
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