Dumb question about Speaker Positioning


I have one room that is a dedicated dual purpose music room - 2 channel and Home theater. Virtually all of my home theater use is for Music DVD (concerts)and I probably 10-15% of my time in the room is video, the remainder all 2 channel listening. I need to simplify (and hopefully upgrade) my equipment in the room by installing a new 2 channel preamp with HT passthru.

Here's the question: If I optimize the positioning of the front main speakers for 2 channel music, is there any reason this wouldn't also be optimized for music video 5.1? If not would there be much compromise in the HT quality?

thanks in advance!
bdgregory

Showing 1 response by knollbrent

Two Channel- IMO- Absolutely......Getting yourself set up in the front will give you a great perspective on where you want to go as far as "surround"...My room has been treated sonically and everything else is pretty darn good- with that in mind, i hear the "dog barking behind the shed", the "dinosaurs doing back flips"; it's all there: two channel....If you feel, hopefully after your room is treated, that you need more- then add more...

I say this without knowing the sonics in your room... Cheers, Brent