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Posted by Dalancroft (A) on February 14, 2002 at 09:37:01

In Reply to: Question on speakers setup. posted by tourist on February 13, 2002 at 19:49:38:

Since no one replied to MY questions, I thought I'd pitch in and help you with yours.

1) Ideally, the pink noise should all be the same. But depending on the source material, you're exactly right -- upping the center channel a tad will make dialogue a little clearer and more easily understood, while backing off on the rear channels a bit will keep them from potentially overwhelming your mains.

2) Using a mini-monitor on a stand at least 48" off the floor is preferable to floorstanding speakers. Since most AV receivers either don't send signals below, say, 80 Hz to the rears anyway (depending on how you have the crossovers set) you don't need a speaker with a great deal of bass -- that's assuming you're using a subwoofer or two. Something like DefTech's ProCinema 100 will do fine.

Hope this helps.