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Best Audio set up for a small living room
Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:09 pm
Started a thread about a tv earlier. I'm moving into a small apartment in the cbd and am trying to decide what I should do with my audio set up. The living room is 14x15 yes it's small.
I have to say I'm 50/50 between music and movies so that's where I'm having trouble deciding what to go with. I have a pair of Paradigm Trinity bookshelf speakers that need to be repaired. Should I just repair them and get a center speaker and call it a day or would a sound bar be better for the small size of the room?
Also, don't want anything with a big subwoofer that will piss off my neighbors. But im not sure if the trinity w/ center speaker set up will be enough in the low range.
(Forgive my lack of audio vocab, I'm not familiar with all the terms, any responses are appreciated, just try to dumb down the answers if you go into detail.)
Edit: trying to keep overall costs under $2,000
I have to say I'm 50/50 between music and movies so that's where I'm having trouble deciding what to go with. I have a pair of Paradigm Trinity bookshelf speakers that need to be repaired. Should I just repair them and get a center speaker and call it a day or would a sound bar be better for the small size of the room?
Also, don't want anything with a big subwoofer that will piss off my neighbors. But im not sure if the trinity w/ center speaker set up will be enough in the low range.
(Forgive my lack of audio vocab, I'm not familiar with all the terms, any responses are appreciated, just try to dumb down the answers if you go into detail.)
Edit: trying to keep overall costs under $2,000
This post was edited on 9/16/17 at 7:53 am
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Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:13 pm to Wooly
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The living room is 14x15 yes it's small.
Wtf wooly. Thought you were OT baller status
Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:23 pm to Wooly
I'm curious to see what people have to say. I'm in a similar situation and am worried about a subwoofer making enemies out of the neighbors.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:05 pm to Burt Reynolds
Give it time Burt, give it time.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 5:38 am to Wooly
If Marco doesn't chime in on here in the next day or so, put this in the actual audiophile thread on here. He always post there, plus there are a good bit of guys who have book shelve systems in there as well.
If it was me... I'd get an integrated amp and a good pair of new bookshelves. ELACs are probably the best for the money I think. This mostly depends on how much money you want to spend on it.
If you get an integrated amp you can run everything through it. Just make sure you get one with a DAC. TV, Bluetooth, USB, optical etc.... I have a quad vena pushing some vandersteen 1Ci towers, so it would be plenty for a pair of bookshelves. Again, all depends on what you really want to spend on a system.
If it was me... I'd get an integrated amp and a good pair of new bookshelves. ELACs are probably the best for the money I think. This mostly depends on how much money you want to spend on it.
If you get an integrated amp you can run everything through it. Just make sure you get one with a DAC. TV, Bluetooth, USB, optical etc.... I have a quad vena pushing some vandersteen 1Ci towers, so it would be plenty for a pair of bookshelves. Again, all depends on what you really want to spend on a system.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 6:44 am to Wooly
If you're concerned about excessive volume in an apartment, your setup is already compromised beyond redemption. I would use the bookshelf speakers for ordinary low volume casual listening and wireless ANC headphones for "critical" listening. As I wrote in your other thread, I've found my Sony MDR-1000x headphones very enjoyable compared to the surround system in my house, which is at least a few steps above a HTIAB system. The headphones are great for both movies and music, much better than my wired Sennheiser HD 598s. I think you need privacy (house), a dedicated room of appropriate dimensions, and probably extensive room treatments to make it worth spending substantial money on a loudspeaker setup. I wouldn't bother in an apartment, especially if you're concerned about pissing off neighbors, which everyone should be.
The downside to Bluetooth headphones such as mine is trying to pair them to an AVR like my Pioneer Elite which lacks a line level output. I eventually gave up after trying multiple Bluetooth adapters, which didn't work well with the pre-outs or otherwise good headphone out. I found I have to pair directly with the source devices, and for my HTPC, that meant an Avantree Leaf, which is a great device for a PC. As the Sony doesn't support multi-pairing, I ended up buying a TROND adapter to use with my Apple TV 4. That thing works great, and it keeps me from having to re-pair all the time. The Bose QC35 does do multi-pairing, but it doesn't sound as good as the Sony by most accounts, and I felt an annoying pressure on my ears when I tried it in Best Buy. The Sony has no such pressure, just some very minor white noise, which I never hear when anything is playing.
The downside to Bluetooth headphones such as mine is trying to pair them to an AVR like my Pioneer Elite which lacks a line level output. I eventually gave up after trying multiple Bluetooth adapters, which didn't work well with the pre-outs or otherwise good headphone out. I found I have to pair directly with the source devices, and for my HTPC, that meant an Avantree Leaf, which is a great device for a PC. As the Sony doesn't support multi-pairing, I ended up buying a TROND adapter to use with my Apple TV 4. That thing works great, and it keeps me from having to re-pair all the time. The Bose QC35 does do multi-pairing, but it doesn't sound as good as the Sony by most accounts, and I felt an annoying pressure on my ears when I tried it in Best Buy. The Sony has no such pressure, just some very minor white noise, which I never hear when anything is playing.
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