Demoing/ordering 7.1 home cinema next week
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Would the DS3 happen to be cheaper than the floor standers by any chance ???
.............. Dealer is probably right, B&W have no idea what their doing .... 
Like Photoshop said +1 ...... A better sounding system could be had.
I think you're putting floor standers on a pedestal (excuse the pun!). Some aren't much more than bookshelves with taller cabinets. I have to agree with Tank on this one as I don't like the look of speakers on stands, especially larger bookshelf speakers. I'd much rather have floorstanders as I think it's a more elegant solution.
I would also have to agree with photoshop that floorstanders as rears are just silly. There is no need for them at all and they won't add anything extra. Best to use them as fronts and let a good sub handle the bass.
The rears should just be for rear effects, and bookshelfs at most.
The rears should just be for rear effects, and bookshelfs at most.
Floorstands as rears are a waste, you'd be better getting wall mounted rears, no chance of someone walking into them high on the wall. I've Just installed some RSFX's today and they really blow me away.
edit: You seem pretty set on fronts as rears from reading above so goodluck with whatever you choose.
edit: You seem pretty set on fronts as rears from reading above so goodluck with whatever you choose.
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No answer on the Blue ray player then... over HDMI they will all be the same
Sorry just noticed your question
I have read great things over at AVForums from owners of the Sony BDP-S5000ES huge differences in picture quality from previous blu ray players, pop over and have a read.No mate, got mine just under the coving and they work really really well. Remember in cinemas, most rear speakers are high up on the walls, well over 10ft.
If you're dead set on fronts as rears then this topic is pointlesss, so goodluck with whatever you choose
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No the rears do not need to be ear level. They just need to be pointing in the direction of your ears. Rear speakers don't really do that much. They are mostly used for ambient background sounds in movies.
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Oh right I see I was going by this set up on the Dolby 5.1 set up.
http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_entertainment/roomlayout2.html
http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_entertainment/roomlayout2.html
.Sorry just noticed your question
So your going to connect by component and not HDMI then !?!?!?!
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My old surround system used floorstanders as rears it was mainly for DVD-A/SACD however it sounded superb with movies aswell although it needed a lot of space. It was in a 30 foot by 20 foot room.
Current system has bi-polar rears which do immerse you in the surround effects better but are not the best for music.
All this talk about blu-ray players outputing the same picture quality over HDMI are wrong. I have seen the difference with my own eyes and you do have a screen that will show the difference I would however get it ISFd. What I have still to hear is if there is a difference in the bitstreamed HD audio out of the players a lot of people are now saying there is. I always want to see/hear these things myself though before I can comment on it.
Current system has bi-polar rears which do immerse you in the surround effects better but are not the best for music.
All this talk about blu-ray players outputing the same picture quality over HDMI are wrong. I have seen the difference with my own eyes and you do have a screen that will show the difference I would however get it ISFd. What I have still to hear is if there is a difference in the bitstreamed HD audio out of the players a lot of people are now saying there is. I always want to see/hear these things myself though before I can comment on it.