"Necessity is the mother of invention" and "Where there is a will, there is a way" come to mind. With 7 speakers in the present room---I'm betting you'll be going for 9 in the larger room.PS, don't forget that extra center for the rear;for "pro-logic-2".
Speaker placement for 2-ch AND 5-ch same room
I am building a dedicated room for my gear. I have reasonable architectural freedom, but not unlimited space. Right now we're looking at 15 x 21 x 9 or thereabouts.
I have suddenly realized that I have enough equipment to install two separate systems, one for 5-ch and one for 2-ch. I'm looking for advise as to how to position the speakers. The 2-ch mains are MartinLogan Odysseys; if we go with two systems, the 5-ch mains would be ML Scenarios with Cinema center. The screen is retractable and automated, so I could have the screen drop in front of the Odysseys and place the Scenarios outside of them and slightly in front. I think that putting the big Odysseys outside the Scenarios would start to put them too close to the sides of the room (screen is 92" diag = 7' 6" wide plus tensioning).
My priorities is 2-channel, but I got WAF by making the 5-ch movies work well.
Any other suggestions? Am I nuts?
I have suddenly realized that I have enough equipment to install two separate systems, one for 5-ch and one for 2-ch. I'm looking for advise as to how to position the speakers. The 2-ch mains are MartinLogan Odysseys; if we go with two systems, the 5-ch mains would be ML Scenarios with Cinema center. The screen is retractable and automated, so I could have the screen drop in front of the Odysseys and place the Scenarios outside of them and slightly in front. I think that putting the big Odysseys outside the Scenarios would start to put them too close to the sides of the room (screen is 92" diag = 7' 6" wide plus tensioning).
My priorities is 2-channel, but I got WAF by making the 5-ch movies work well.
Any other suggestions? Am I nuts?