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Originally Posted by Roostercam
I Here is where I differ from most others though. I only use 3ch & a sub with TV (55'' Loewe Plasma) & DVD where as with the CD player, I use left & right and a sub only. With a great amp and sound stage, you really don't need rear speakers. Learn how to place speakers & sub properly in relation to the size of room and seating position. I don't like multi speaker set ups & surround sound also I don't rate digital recording compared to analog. I rely on my ears for playing instruments, so purity of sound & warmth of tone is crucial to me. I grew up on analog & stereo recordings which I still own on vinyl and they get much more use than my CD collection.
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Here is where I differ- my top lounge TV only has a 2 way L and R speaker, and a sealed 12 inch subwoofer. Because space is limited by the wifies furniture- I have a slimline Maranz but have dual amped the L and R speakers, SVS Bookshelf Ultras, -50 wrms for woofer and 50 wrms for tweeters. The subwoofer is 1,100 peak watt/500 watt rms continuous. Speakers are SVS- so warm, the subwoofer is the SVS SB 2000-amazing tight punch.
Thing is that the speakers have such a wide soundscape that there have been times I have looked over my shoulder because I could swear something was coming from behind. No need for a centre speaker- as long as your seating position is centre between the speakers so you get the phantom middle.
Downstairs in the studio live room I have set up a 5 way Yamaha system with subwoofer. Thing is the soundscape from the upstairs L+R plus subwoofer is better than the Yamaha 5 speaker pls subwoofer setup, and the only thing keeping the fight interesting is that the downstairs studio is acoustically treated with absorption materials, QRF diffusors and massive bass traps in corners, one right behind the subwoofer.
Makes me laugh to see people sticking a subwoofer in a corner with no bass trapping behind. Sure fire way to get a muddy mess of sound with phase cancellation and weak thin bass. Anyone see a wave at a beach coming in and be hit by a wave heading out to ocean- wave cancellation. That is what happens to bass sounds with no bass trapping.
First priority, above everything, is to get a proper bass trap in corners of a room.
Roostercam-cure for that horrible digital sound is very good D/A converters, followed by warm speakers.