Home Theater Sound Question?

Dedra Furguson: Although more powerful speakers will help, the problem isn't your speaker, it's your acoustical environment. The best thing to do is to have as few smooth surfaces as possible. Some audiophiles go so far as to create [ugly] acoustical treatments with foam rubber and all sorts of crap. This isn't necessary. All you need to do is to break up the reflective surfaces so the sound doesn't bounce around and echo.

Elden Bardach: A 7.1 system might help. More speakers to fill the space along with a really good receiver. I recommend Onkyo and Denon.Speaker placement is going to be key. Keep the speakers at head height.(what every your head is at when watching tv, keep the speaker at around that height.Run the speaker test so that the receiver can adjust the setting so that you get the best sound in you can. You can tweak it a bit after the test is done if you want a little more base, treble etc....Show more

Brian Marquina: A lot of places sell speak! ers online; however, I'd go to a Best buy where they have a sound room set up. They can give you some ideas on what to buy for the type of room you have. Acoustics can be complicated and you might need more than better speakers; you might need some material/fabric such as drapes or a carpet if you have hardwood floors to reduce the echo. Look at theaters, they usually have a lot of fabric on the walls to absorb the sound.

Rosie Travino: speaker placement is very important for a true surround sound system. however, i dont think it will fix the problem. like the first guy said, you should have some stuff in the room to help absorb the sound. carpets, throw rugs, drapes, couches...any kind of material that will stop the sound from bouncing around the room.

Madie Strople: Do some research on ceiling baffles & acoustical banners. This should fix your problem regarding the high ceiling. In conjunction with all the other suggestions you should be good to go.

Alane Antes: Check out this forum for good advice on acoustic! s (http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/home-audio-...Basically your room should not be cube shaped. This causes the sound to interact with itself and form destructive and constructive interference. 25x25x12 (guessing on height) is a pretty bad layout. To over come that you would need to put acoustical treatments all over the place. You would want panel absorbers and diffusers. http://www.realtraps.com/ . To treat a big room like that you would proabbly be looking at at least $5K if you bought them pre made. You would pay a lot less if you DIY'd them.Subwoofers should not be put in corners also as that tends to produce a boomy sound.If you are handy and are an avid home theater buff and don't want to move rooms, then you could frame and drywall a new wall to that is non parallel (would be on an angle) to the opposite wall and bring it out a foot or two. That does waste space, but if you insulate it, it would add soundproofing and insulation value.Non parallel walls/ceilin! gs-floors make it so the sound waves don't bounce back and forward in the same direction. Music studios do that.You could also coffer your ceiling or frame a new one that is angled in one direction. That would stop a lot of slap echoing fro the ceiling.A good thick carpet or area rug can also help. If you have bare hardwood then you would have a lot of echoing (bad sound reflections)....Show more