Upgrades!

[Frank Z]

Since added a turntable and a new amp to my system I figured it was time to update my site as well. Click on sig, make sure your volume is turned up a bit and let the page load completly. Don't forget to sign the guest book!

[Roger]

Nice set-up, Frank. However, your right speaker is too close to the wall. You need to have them at least three feet from each wall for the best results. I'm concerned about the right woofer or sub-woofer from your Polk going directly into the wall which may give you some "air feedback" (I forget the scientific name) which may create "room-boom" at loud volumes.

Then it wouldn't hurt for you to move your chairs together and "toe-in" you speaker to try to create a "sweet-spot."

Then again, if it's only for movies then I don't know if this really matters. You've got the room to move them so move them. Cheers!

[Roger]

I wrote:

"directly into the wall which may give you some "air feedback" (I forget the scientific name) which may create "room-boom" at loud volumes."

I think the term is called a coupling affect.

[Frank Z]

Thanks for the input. I've played with the speaker location and have them set for the best possible sound within the room. The drivers in the side of the mains do not get to much of a workout since the majority of the lower frequencies are handled by the Sunfire sub. The speakers are slightly toed-in to provide for a really nice sweet spot,and both are really the same distance from the side walls, I guess the pictures don't show that as much as I thought they would.

[Roger]

"both are really the same distance from the side walls"

The same applies to the rear wall. If it's not 3-feet then move them out a little and see if the sound improves. Again, for movies... I just don't know.

[Richard King]

I think the term is called a coupling affect.Yep. Speaker couples with the wall and tends to reinforce the low frequencies. Sometimes you will get up to a 3db bass boost. With some speakers, small subwoofers for instance, this is even desirable. His mains are probably far enough away that this isn't much of a problem. They are at least set up as mirror images of each other rather than off balance like someone elses that I know very well. :(

[Roger]

My Legacy's have a switch that cuts off some bass or these speakers would have been crap at my old house. "Room-BOOM and it sounded like hell!