RE: HC Cabling

["Mick Furlong" <hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx>]

Kenneth

I knew it would be a nightmare and although I do have the space I don't
really want a dedicated HC room more somewhere to watch films and a bit of
sport occasionally. The house is of fairly traditional design and neither
of
us like corner, freestanding or hole in the wall fireplaces so we decided
on
the old style;)

Your diagram shows pretty much what I wanted to know thank you. Only thing
I am unclear about is the centre speaker or speakers....I seem to recall
reading a while back about using two centre speakers and in some cases two
subs? It isn't something I intend doing soon but I want to cable for
everything I can possibly think of.

Another question is on  the location of the AV amp and therefore where I
run
the speaker cables to...do I stick it in Node Zero or do I keep the amp in
the room.

And finally does any of this require non-speaker cable, for example for the
sub?

Thanks
Mick


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 March 2003 19:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HC Cabling


Mick,

One word for that room in AV terms...NIGHTMARE!

Honestly there is no easy way to set up a proper HC in that room, the
glare from the windows and French doors alone would burst my head. But
basically you need to decide how far you want to go with it as in 5.1,
6.1 or 7.1 surround.

IMHO, forget putting any displays in a corner if you possibly can for
HC, you can get around it as I have in the past but it's not ideal by a
long chalk and it will compromise the experience. Basically, as I see it
here, you have followed the old architects mantra of making the
fireplace the fixed focal point of the room thus destroying the HC
ideal, don't worry its not uncommon at all.

I put some X's on the drawing where I would want to be sitting for HC
purposes to get the best from it and I'm sure you'll see what I mean
when I say it's not ideal and apart from that it'd be bloody hot if the
fire were on! ;) Also in that spot is where you would want to mount a
projector if that's your bag. I also marked where *I* would put speakers
for 7.1 but obviously a lot depends on the exact position of the doors
and indeed the furnishings of the room.

Basically it's always a compromise unless you can dedicate a room to it,
dual purpose seldom works IME the way I want it to and hardly ever the
way it should be. :/

HTH

K.


>            French doors with windows to side
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>                                             SR    TV?
>   FR                                              AV?
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>
>                                                   RR
> P
> L   S
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> M   E                                   XXXXXXXXX   R
> A   E                                               E
>     N
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>                                                   RL
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>   FL
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>  Door                  Window
> _________SUB___-------------------------_____SL________