Help with positioning 7.1

Jeeva

Jeeva

Jeeva

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Hey guys, I'm quite new here, so forgive any misnomers and such...

But anywho, I'm splashing out on a set of Gigawork S750's and an X-Fi, got a whole bundle of cash to waste... but, I believe my room is dramatically unsuitable to position the satellites in.

So I was wondering, first, what kind of range the satellites should be from my head and secondly if ceiling mounting was an option. I've been on 2.1 before now, with a yearlong foray (unwisely) into 4.1 (the least supported surround sound ever. But hey, I was young, right?)

The main problem with my room is it has very little wall equidistant from my seat on both sides, and it's not a symmetrical floorplan.

Or I might be wrong and I'm fine... any thoughts?

Sorry, Thanks for any replies,
Jeeva
 
I dont have an XFi but I am just going to assume that neither that nor the speakers/processor would support adding delay to the output channels allowing you to correct for the distances between the satellites and your head you wont really be able to do much about the fact your room is not a symetrical shape.

Height wise you should try to get them at the same level as your head, but if you mount them on the ceeling make sure you angle them down nicely towards the same point.

In an ideal world you would position the speakers like this in a circle around yourself with a radius of at least 2M:

Centre - 0 degrees
Front Left/Front Right - 30 degrees
Left Surround/Right Surround - 110 degrees
Left Back/Right Back - 150 degrees
 
I have this set up and it does support delay through the thx calibration screen, you can adjust for distance, volume and angle. It's a good set up but I do miss dolby digital encoding, i also like some of the effects you get from eax shame you can't have both.
 
Hmm, okay. Thanks, guys.

It does support odd delays (though I'd like to avoid them if possible), but above 2 meters being the best way, with the above angles. Guess I'll figure it out. Pity Overclockers has run out of both item. =(

I was getting the speakers from another place anywho, but still. I just like Overclockers. Heh. Cheaper elsewhere, but the card is best priced here, but I want it this week, but... grrr.
 
Jeeva said:
It does support odd delays (though I'd like to avoid them if possible)
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Why?

By time aligning the system then you ensure that you get a coherant response and image from it, a few ms of delay can make a big difference.
 
Well, I only say that, it's (and I may well be wrong about this), at some points, I may change position in my room, and surely the added delay would then accentuate any problems, if anything, or at the least I'd have to reconfigure.

As I said, may well be wrong, just seems that way in my head.
 
Also it's very quick and simple to adjust the settings - two minuets max if you decide to move your gear about.

It's quicker for me to set up the xi-fi n 7.1 than my pioneer 5.1 in the living room.
 
Heheh, fair enough then. I'm going to try modeling my room in some software to work out the position I can mount them for the closest to the optimum positions. Should be a laugh. ;)
 
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