alansanchez86
701 Club - QQ All-Star
slightly, theres a little room for that, but it's a PITA to move the TV stand, not worth the hassle.Can the TV be moved to the right?
slightly, theres a little room for that, but it's a PITA to move the TV stand, not worth the hassle.Can the TV be moved to the right?
Yes I used the automatic room correction of my Pioneer and the speaker distances were detected astoundingly well. But I also did a manual correction of the sound level afterwards to adjust to my ears since a microphone can't capture all the deficencies of the human hearing for people my ageNice set up. Even though you say not optimal, are you able to correct with room correction like Audessy or something, even as simple as channel level +/-?
I had a similar set up and my rear left was a bout 6' from my head and my rear right was about 10' from my head, I just cranked up the rear right and sounded OK.
That's a good question @ar surround , and that's something I realised after placing it at the bottom cabinet/section. I had to put the amp on top so that it has proper ventilation. In addition to that, I'll get an AC Infinity Aircom T10 on top to give it a better temperature.
Hooweeever, that rearrangement/placement compromised the placement of the center speaker. As you can see the central channel is now aligned properly vs. the front speakers, as well as the sweet spot, though the TV isn't. You can't have it all.
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Good idea, I have an Emotiva XPA-7 Gen 3 (so it feeds 7 speakers) and have an AC Infinity Aircom on top of it. The amp is used about 12 hours every day, with 6 of those being at very loud volumes (no neighbours), and it certainly heats up, but the fans keep it cool. The logic for getting one (6 years ago now) was irrefutable from what I read: overheating is the most likely cause of an amp failing (assuming you don't spill booze on it), and having spent over $3000 for the amp, a cooling fan for an extra $100 was a no-brainer.I'll get an AC Infinity Aircom T10 on top to give it a better temperature...
The fan also reduces dust from falling through the amp vents (an issue for me as it's a dusty old house out in the country and mine wasn't under a shelf).Well not only that, it looks like that fan on top of it would movie more than enough air even with the limited space above it.
Cool amp! though you're wrong on not needing ventilation. The manual is crystal clear on the 1st page about not putting the amp on a closed cabinet, at least the XPAs.I'd just move the amp back to the lower shelf as these Emotiva amps run very cool. The manual itself doesn't indicate or suggest any type of minimum ventilation. You'd think if it was hyper-important they would specify something, at the least to cover warranty issues.
I have an Emotiva UPA-7 amp that has about one inch of clearance and I've been running it that way for almost 14 years without issue.
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I don't believe your media rack would be considered 'a closed cabinet'for a device that runs so cooly, but I get you.Cool amp! though you're wrong on not needing ventilation. The manual is crystal clear on the 1st page about not putting the amp on a closed cabinet, at least the XPAs.
Fair to say that Emotiva has reputation for being cool and not overheating, it's better to prevent than to be sorry for just 130 bucks.
Just completed my 7.x.x Chane 700 series speaker system with a pair of Chane 740 rear surrounds.
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Very nice! I like the arrangement of your rear speakers.
I like the way your speaker layout is, especially the rear. I know you have a small nearfield listening and I know that all the speakers are beneficial to you as the listener.Just completed my 7.x.x Chane 700 series speaker system with a pair of Chane 740 rear surrounds.
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Looks great! You said 7.x.x , so how many ceiling channels do you have? Same as the surrounds?
Northern MN is a beautiful area. Spent a lot of time around Bemidji.
I like the way your speaker layout is, especially the rear. I know you have a small nearfield listening and I know that all the speakers are beneficial to you as the listener.
I only have two rears that would say be in the middle of your sides and rears.
My question is how would you best describe the listening of those 4 rear speakers?
I have always thought about going from 5 on the floor to 7 on the floor, but have never tried it.
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