As Tobias suggests, mine is a combo 2-Channel/HT system. My current configuration is a Sony 36 XBR flanked by a pair of KEF 104/2s at 92" oc in a 14' wide room. Horizontal and vertical imaging seem excellent, but I sense a lack of depth. The face of the monitor is 3" behind the plane of the speakers, but there is room to move the monitor back a foot, for a total of 15". Would doing that and covering the TV help stereo depth? Of course that exacerbates an already small video image; the TV is heavy to move back and forth on carpet even with casters.
A related issue is that I've been trying to decide between the more practical -- room darkening and bulb life -- 60" Sony SXRD rear projector or a 100" Stewart FireHawk screen with either a Sony HS-51a or 100 (so called Ruby) front projector. FP eliminates the mass between the speakers; RP is less deep than my 36 XBR but wider. Is it the width or depth of the interposed TV that reduces perceived depth of soundsatge? That is, would a 60" plasma screen when they become available be just as harmful to depth imaging?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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A related issue is that I've been trying to decide between the more practical -- room darkening and bulb life -- 60" Sony SXRD rear projector or a 100" Stewart FireHawk screen with either a Sony HS-51a or 100 (so called Ruby) front projector. FP eliminates the mass between the speakers; RP is less deep than my 36 XBR but wider. Is it the width or depth of the interposed TV that reduces perceived depth of soundsatge? That is, would a 60" plasma screen when they become available be just as harmful to depth imaging?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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