Nice! I’m sure they’ll be thrilled, and thanks for the follow up. Wait, just saw they got one X10 sub? What??? That’s not near inline with the level of the rest of the speakers and only goes down to 29Hz — the 120H goes down to about 20Hz for goodness sake! They would’ve done much better spending an extra $300 for the X12 or even a pair of V12s. Gotta say this is a head scratcher as, next to the center channel, subs can be the most important speaker for more involving HT, and one X10 won’t get them there IMHO and is a mismatch in the context of the performance level of the rest of the speakers IMHO. Yikes!
10 k speaker setup. 5.1
Hey Gang,
I am more of a two channel guy so I told my son in law I would reach out to the HT guys.
‘They recently purchased a home with a dedicated theater room. 25x15X8. Theater seating with elevated back row.
He just had a Sony Laser projector installed with 120” screen. He has an Anthem electronics so he is good there.
He lives in Madison,Wisconsin so may not have a lot to choose from locally.
The screen hangs pretty low because of a soffit in front of it. The Fronts cannot be setup in a normal two channel configuration because of screen size. I think ha can get away with a phantom center with some real good speakers.
The current surrounds are mounted on the wall and I am sure he will want to mount whatever he may buy.
They do enjoy their music but with the seating configuration both of front HT recliners are way off axis.
He has a 10k budget but they are both DR.s and if it goes a touch above it should not be an issue.
6-7 k fronts?
1500 surrounds?
1500 sub?
any input appreciated.
thanks,
Russ
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I wouldn’t recommend a phantom center for reasons stated above and also because it sounds like the L/R speakers will be spaced pretty far apart and you’ve got people sitting off axis — all of which cries out for a center speaker. SVS offers a high-performance HT speaker package, and even adding a pair of their SB3000 subs (and you really should get a pair) they’d still only be around $6500 (+ tax), and they offer a 45-day, risk-free in home trial including shipping both ways. https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-3000 If they prefer a wood veneer a similar system could be assembled with Aperion Audio speakers (but I’d still go with the SVS subs)… https://www.aperionaudio.com/collections/verus-speakers They’d likely be thrilled with either, and with the $$$ they’d save they could take a really nice vacation. Hope this helps, and best of luck. |
Paradigm makes very good center speakers, which is key and not true of many other makes where it seems more like a design afterthought. I used to use a phantom center too and worked great near the sweet spot, but once you got more than a couple feet outside of it things went south fast hence the recommendation for a center in your use case. I’m sure the Paradigms will sound great. |