shrimants
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I'm hoping you are willing to help me set up my room, as I've gotten the sound card, the AVR 235, and a bunch of various surround system components. I am going to post up pictures of my room, along with some sort of reference, after i've cleaned up and organized it a bit so that you are able to get some sort of idea on what I have to work with. Changing the setup of the tables is not really an option, though I can post up measurements of that stuff too. The book case is bolted to the wall, as are and the black board and cork board are also hung up. The picture frames were also painstakingly measured and put up, and that is why I didnt want to move around the orientation of the room. Moving it around makes it seem crowded. You'll see what I mean once I get pictures put up. For now, I'll just list off the various components.
AVR 235 reciever
Audioengine A5 bookshelf speakers
Pioneer HPM-60 "bookshelfs"
Harman Kardon Speakers (2 satellites and a center, CEN-TS7 and SAT-TS7)
Harman Kardon TS7 Subwoofer
http://www.specsbox.com/332/harman-kardon-hkts-7-specs.html
Dayton Audio Titanic Mk. III 10 inch Subwoofer (specs and such can be found here http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=300-760)
Asus DSX 7.1 DSX sound card
AMB Gamma 2 Full++ DAC (for stereo listening. I figured if I am doing dolby headphone stuff, I can have the sound card apply DSP effects and send via S/PDIF to AVR, then AVR sends to DAC, which sends to headphones. Either that or I can skip the DAC altogether and simply listen out of the AVR, but I dont know how good the AVR is for headphone amplification. I have a Fiio E11 headphone amp that I use out of the Gamma 2 otherwise)
Room cleanup and pictures incoming.
Room dimensions are 10.5 feet x 10.5 feet x14 foot ceiling, i believe. Only dimension i'm unsure of is the ceiling. I cant make any additional holes in the walls, but I can use sticky tape and velcro and things like that.
EDIT: Also, I know that this system and room isnt ideal, but i'd like to request that you refrain from telling me to simply buy product XYZ. I'm barely managing to scrape even this together with my meager earnings, and while I appreciate product recommendations, this is all I have to work with. I know it sucks, I know a lot of this isnt the ideal setup and that my room and setup is producing a bunch of undesirable effects, but this is basically all I can really do.
Also, in regards to the big old pioneers. I cant stand them upright because im afraid they'll break the crappy ikea shelf. I tried it and the shelf starts flexing. Also, the shelf isnt thick enough to support toeing in the pioneer anyways.
AVR 235 reciever
Audioengine A5 bookshelf speakers
Pioneer HPM-60 "bookshelfs"
Harman Kardon Speakers (2 satellites and a center, CEN-TS7 and SAT-TS7)
Harman Kardon TS7 Subwoofer
http://www.specsbox.com/332/harman-kardon-hkts-7-specs.html
Dayton Audio Titanic Mk. III 10 inch Subwoofer (specs and such can be found here http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=300-760)
Asus DSX 7.1 DSX sound card
AMB Gamma 2 Full++ DAC (for stereo listening. I figured if I am doing dolby headphone stuff, I can have the sound card apply DSP effects and send via S/PDIF to AVR, then AVR sends to DAC, which sends to headphones. Either that or I can skip the DAC altogether and simply listen out of the AVR, but I dont know how good the AVR is for headphone amplification. I have a Fiio E11 headphone amp that I use out of the Gamma 2 otherwise)
Room cleanup and pictures incoming.
Room dimensions are 10.5 feet x 10.5 feet x14 foot ceiling, i believe. Only dimension i'm unsure of is the ceiling. I cant make any additional holes in the walls, but I can use sticky tape and velcro and things like that.
EDIT: Also, I know that this system and room isnt ideal, but i'd like to request that you refrain from telling me to simply buy product XYZ. I'm barely managing to scrape even this together with my meager earnings, and while I appreciate product recommendations, this is all I have to work with. I know it sucks, I know a lot of this isnt the ideal setup and that my room and setup is producing a bunch of undesirable effects, but this is basically all I can really do.
Also, in regards to the big old pioneers. I cant stand them upright because im afraid they'll break the crappy ikea shelf. I tried it and the shelf starts flexing. Also, the shelf isnt thick enough to support toeing in the pioneer anyways.