RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s

Posted by josh358 (P) on September 23, 2010 at 20:08:06

In Reply to: RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s posted by soleblaze on September 23, 2010 at 12:48:42:

As I said, I think you have to try the speakers against the stairs arrangement to see if it works. Usually, the ear is pretty sensitive to irregularities behind dipoles, but really, it's going to depend on the height of the wall. My inclination, though, would be to put the speakers opposite the stairs.

I have a pair of MMG's and as much as I love them, I think you'll find them adequate but underwhelming for home theater. They don't have much bass and they don't have much slam. A sub could help. Whereas my old Tympanis were the best home theater speakers I ever heard. Best theater speakers, really.

Caveat: I'm comparing them to good stuff, not the typical home theater speakola crap. It's just that they aren't going to measure up to your 1.7's.

If it were me, I'd be tempted to do surround for audio only, as well. So I lean to a single system. I would *not* bother with a center channel unless you're doing theater style seating with people off to the side. The center channel will only degrade the sound. You'd be better off going with 6.1, the extra rear speakers will make a difference.

Finally, I concur with those who have pointed out that the audio will benefit from the acoustics of the larger space.

The only reason I can think of to have two systems is if someone is going to be watching TV while you want to listen. But with adjacent rooms and a wall that I'm guessing isn't very soundproof, you may not be able to do that anyway.

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Topic - yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - soleblaze 09:18:47 09/23/10 (20)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - notben 08:55:22 09/24/10 (4)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - pictureguy 14:21:01 09/26/10 (3)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - soleblaze 20:53:27 09/26/10 (2)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - soleblaze 09:54:50 10/07/10 (1)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - josh358 11:48:13 10/07/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - pictureguy 23:56:50 09/23/10 (3)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - delaney@rea-alp.com 08:49:16 09/24/10 (1)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - delaney@rea-alp.com 09:01:17 09/24/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - soleblaze 08:21:25 09/24/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - thebordas 19:15:26 09/23/10 (0)

None of these options.... - slapshot 18:22:24 09/23/10 (0)

No-Brainer - BigguyinATL 13:16:16 09/23/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - josh358 12:48:53 09/23/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - soleblaze 12:48:42 09/23/10 (2)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - josh358 20:08:06 09/23/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - johnvb 13:13:45 09/23/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - audiozorro 10:57:05 09/23/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - pictureguy 10:24:22 09/23/10 (0)

RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - cycletemp 09:50:44 09/23/10 (0)

I think I'd flip sides. - grantv 09:39:05 09/23/10 (0)

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RE: yet another post about room placement for Magnepan 1.7s - josh358 20:08:06 09/23/10 (0)

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