Thank you @JonFo for the link to your cube setup, it definitely makes me more comfortable with putting resources into this room. For practical reasons and WAF, the square room is really the only place to put the 13A's, so we are moving forward with the combined movie/music room. I've made...
That is a little disappointing to hear, as we really wanted to spend the money in one room to have a great 2 channel music experience, as well as a HT. We could pivot and have this solely a HT, but I don't think the ESL's would work as well in any of the other room options.
I attached the floor...
I thought the reflected energy off the front wall added to the soundstage, so you don't want/need room treatments up front.
We are going with a projector and currently looking at a 150" screen.
Thanks for the feedback. I just relied on ML describing these for surround sound and assumed they would work. I'll definitely consider the suggested speakers. I originally didn't want in-wall because:
1. I have foam insulation on the exterior wall and regular batting on the otherwall, so I was...
What do you mean by symmetrically on the front wall?
The main listening position is about 11 feet back when the seats are reclined, fairly close to the side surrounds.
Yes, the drywall is done and painted a very dark grey.
Keeping the 13A's 10' apart is not a problem.
Understood and that is not a problem.
There is only 4 feet behind the bar for stools and walking behind, so the only place I think that would work on that wall would be the top back right corner, which you said is not good for subwoofers. Maybe we can leave an empty spot with no bar stool right...
I understand a square room is not ideal for an HT, however, that is what I have as I had no clue how involved an HT would be until I started researching speakers a couple of months ago; the room has already been built. We have listened to the ESL 13A's as well as many others and both my wife and...