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Bedroom set up.

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phillyman36

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Just curious as to what people have set up in their bedroom as far as tv audio is concerned? My bedroom is about 11x16 ish. Not sure if I should just get a soundbar or one of those home theater in a box set ups. Most of my tv watching is either on the Fios cable box or a Dune 4k Solo media player and a Intel Nuc/Kodi. Tv is a Samsung 55KS8000. Budget wise I could spend $1000 but I would rather be closer to say $600. Most of the files I play have
DD/Dolby Tue HD
DTS/DTS MA-HD
AAC
AC3

I live in a row home so im not looking to blow the neighbors away. So what do you have and what do you suggest?
 
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It depends on whether you want to have a true surround experience or just something better than the TV speakers. A HTIAB will be better than most soundbars because they allow you to get better stereo separation for the panning effects. Though they do often require you to run wire and place speakers around the room. So if you can't necessarily sit in the ideal position for a surround experience it goes mostly wasted. Example would be you are talking about watching TV while lying down. There are soundbars that have wireless surround speakers and a subwoofer you could look into as well they aren't super expensive either unless you want to buy a high end speaker brand. It really depends on the room layout.

I have a room about the same size as a game/media room and have a Denon x2200w AVR with an Elac C5 center channel, 2x Elac F5 Floorstanding speakers in the front, 2x Acoustic Research bookshelf speakers I re-purposed for surrounds, 2 Pioneer Atmos Enabled modules sitting on top of the Elac floor standing speakers which project overhead audio up to the ceiling and down to the listening position, and a Powersound Audio 15v subwoofer. This accompanies my PC, my PS4, my UHD Blu-Ray Player, and connects to a 55" Samsung JS9000 4k HDR TV.

You have many options in the space you have but just remember that my room is not a bedroom any longer. First decide if you can take advantage of a surround system in your room's layout. If not then your best bet is a good soundbar which will give you better quality than what the TV can provide and doesn't take up a lot of space.
 
Thanks cmdrdredd for the reply. I think im looking more for a better sound than surround sound experience per say. Mind you I don't mind feeling a little bass and rumble while watching some scenes(Like Star wars lol) I got a Yamaha YAS 105 a while ago (forgot I had it. It was free as a gift for years of service at work) I just hooked it up and tried it out and I liked it (Dolby Digital sounded good but DTS volume was a little low until i cranked up the volume) I would prefer to have all the speakers next to the tv rather than have to place rear speakers and figure where to hide wires

I also sit a little off angle most times and just turn the swivel stand a little. If im in bed then in centered. On my pc i sit at a slight angle.
 
If you want to stick with Yamaha they have a model that comes with a wireless subwoofer, the YAS-203. There are similar models from Sony, Vizio and others.
 
Sounds like a soundbar better fits my needs. Will do a little more research. Doesnt have to be Yamaha. Just want a good one
 
Seems like a lot to chose from.
Sonos, Klipsch,Samsung,Onyko, Yamaha. Polk Audio. Working my way thru reviews. Quick question do all 5.1 sound systems have to have 2 rear speakers? Can they be placed near the tv front?
Seems like the sounbars I want are closer to a grand in price and might a well get a receiver and speakers.
 
They are designed so that you will place the surround speakers behind or to the side of the listening position for panning effects and audio from behind the camera. You don't have to do a 5.1 either. You can do a 2.1 with an entry level AVR and a couple good speakers and small sub, or a 3.1 with 3 speakers for left right and center and a sub. You won't get the full surround sound experience but it will blow away any TV speaker and most good bookshelf or satellite speakers outperform soundbars in general.

Think about something like this. You get two satellite speakers and a 12" 300w sealed subwoofer. Those little satellite speakers put out a lot of sound for their size. I've heard them before. SVS also has a 45day in home trial. Pair them with a receiver and you have future upgradeability where you could add more speakers to the system at a later date.
http://www.svsound.com/products/prime-satellite-2-1
 
phillyman36 said:
Thanks in general any 5.1 or even a 7.1 receiver can be set up to do 3.1 right?
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A receiver will take the audio it's fed and figure out what to do with it based on how many speakers you tell it you have. If you tell it you don't have a center then it will direct dialog to the front left and right. So if a movie is recorded for 7.1 and you have only a 2.1 setup the AVR will take the 7.1 input and play it back only using the speakers you have available. It will just drop out the data that is meant for the surrounds since it's unnecessary.
 
In my bedroom I keep it very simple. Just a 37" LCD on the wall. I go to my bedroom to sleep. The TV is there because my wife likes to watch a bit at night and or when we wake up and find 1 or 2 kids had crawled into our bed; we will put some cartoons on for them.
 
cmdrdredd said:
They are designed so that you will place the surround speakers behind or to the side of the listening position for panning effects and audio from behind the camera. You don't have to do a 5.1 either. You can do a 2.1 with an entry level AVR and a couple good speakers and small sub, or a 3.1 with 3 speakers for left right and center and a sub. You won't get the full surround sound experience but it will blow away any TV speaker and most good bookshelf or satellite speakers outperform soundbars in general.

Think about something like this. You get two satellite speakers and a 12" 300w sealed subwoofer. Those little satellite speakers put out a lot of sound for their size. I've heard them before. SVS also has a 45day in home trial. Pair them with a receiver and you have future upgradeability where you could add more speakers to the system at a later date.
http://www.svsound.com/products/prime-satellite-2-1
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Looks like the way to go to me, the newer AVR, or even a relatively new used 5.1 can always be expanded.

Putting the surround speakers in the front would pretty much defeat the purpose of them.

phillyman36 said:
Thanks in general any 5.1 or even a 7.1 receiver can be set up to do 3.1 right?
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Every AVR I have had in the last decade plus has had an option to just select 3.1 manually, if they are 5.1 or higher.

But most will read the input and downgrade it themselves these days if you do have it set higher.

For a $1000 I'd go a receiver and a good sub/book shelfs/center over a soundbar IMHO.

I never was a fan of those.
 
No TV in my bedroom so it's super simple. Just 2 ch. stereo. If I really want to watch something I will just stream video to my ipad.
 
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Which helps in no way whatsoever, to be just blunt about it.
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Yeah sorry. I didn't realize it was specifically a help thread. I'd erase it if I could.
I agree with you about the bookshelf + center speaker, that's what I would use. And I wouldn't try to do 5.1 in a bedroom.
 
rchunter said:
Yeah sorry. I didn't realize it was specifically a help thread. I'd erase it if I could.
I agree with you about the bookshelf + center speaker, that's what I would use. And I wouldn't try to do 5.1 in a bedroom.
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Not with a traditional bedroom layout anyway. You would need to have central seating to start with. I imagine most bedrooms couldn't accommodate that.
 
Thanks for the replies. When Im at my desk watching tv im off center so i guess 5.1 wouldnt really have any benefits to me. Seems like everyone is saying a receiver and 3 speakers (3.1) give much better sound than a sound bar and is probably more suitable for a bedroom. I have the link for the speakers bookmarked. I will start looking at receivers. Do you all have say 3 brand of receivers and speakers you prefer if you were going to buy some soon?
 
 
look for a 2015 model receiver on clearance,
or for refurbs go here http://www.accessories4less.com/

sont worry about matching a sub with the speakers

the psw505 is decent
also the jamo j12 gets good reviews
dayton has a few also that are budget subs (anything under @ 500)
 
A lot of people like Dennon/Marantz also.

I've been perfectly happy with the last couple of Sony AVRs I have purchased. Have a 7.2 on the main rig, but that's in the main room. It would be huge overkill for what you're doing.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J356C0K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Had a Sony 5.1 I pushed pretty hard for about 10 years before that.

I still just use a old Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 in the bedroom with the HTPC.
 
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Something like this if you want to set something up without going completely overboard.

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-STRDH55...=UTF8&qid=1473290773&sr=8-2&keywords=Sony+AVR

https://www.amazon.com/Debut-Booksh...&qid=1473291074&sr=8-10&keywords=Andrew+Jones

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014GSEQWE/ref=psdc_172563_t3_B014GSEQ06

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...d_t=201&pf_rd_p=2531754682&pf_rd_i=B014GSEQWE

I guess if you bought the ELACs on the Amazon package deal would put the whole thing up around $900 bucks, but the ELAC speakers have been getting some good reviews.

Just my two cents.
 
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I have a small set of Yamaha digital drums myself, besides my others.

I have no problem with them at all, sometimes its a matter of what you want to spend to get a desired result I guess.

I'd just rather splurge a little more on the speakers myself, and the Sony AVRs have been good to me for the price over time.
 
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