Home cinema forums/ guides?

[Andy.]

Can anybody recommend some forums or sites for home cinema systems/ discussions/ guides etc?

I am just about to go drilling holes through the floor for speaker cables and would like to make sure I am placing them where they need to be before I anchor them to the walls.

Cheers!

 

[Revels]

http://www.avforums.com/

 

[Andy.]

Cheers... off to pester some randoms now...

 

[riz]

run the speaker cable under the carpet then stick them in the walls

 

[Pettsi]

http://www.avforums.com/

Top site. Very good for advice.

 

[Stig182]

are you doing 5.1?

I'm an audio/visual engineer so any questions fire my way! I do this for a living

 

[realnumber 1]

http://www.avforums.com/

Top site. Very good for advice.

+1

Best by far for AV stuff

 

[Andy.]

run the speaker cable under the carpet then stick them in the walls

I have wooden floor glued onto concrete so not an option sadly. We have a 2 foot crawl space under the whole floor so that is my only option other than forking out 100 quid to get the cable to go around the outside of the room. The cable i have is 1 meter too short but will reach under ground.

are you doing 5.1?

I'm an audio/visual engineer so any questions fire my way! I do this for a living

While you are here then... Yes. 5.1 with a THX system. I need to know how far apart to place the fronts and where to place the rears. Apparently they can be put on either the side or back wall. Our sofa is quite close to the back and the speakers would be close to the ceiling so i am thinking that side would be best as there is more distance to the sitting position from there.
To make things a bit more complicated the rears are Mordaunt Short 506R and have cones facing away from each other at 90 degrees. (a google will bring up a picture.)
Any advise will be warmly recieved. I am now going to go and do battle with spiders and claustraphobia for the next half hour while i try to feed the cables through.

 

[realnumber 1]

My brother had rears that style and the ideal position for them is on your side walls.

 

[Andy.]

cheers for the info. Have just showed off all the sand and cobwebs and the cables are ready to go. Thats for tomorrow as i have had enough for the evening.