I spent a fair amount of today raising the shelf for our projector about two feet higher and moving the front presence speakers behind the couch to form a 7.1-channel system. Well, a 7.0-channel system to be honest – I still don’t have a subwoofer (that’s my project for next year).
Ironically, having the speakers behind us means they’ll actually get far less use, as they only activate when playing a 7.1-channel mix. That means they’ll never work on a DVD or any other 5.1 source, only certain Blu-ray titles. And… I’m okay with that.
The holes I’ve left in the wall… I’m less okay with. My project for next week is filling and painting over them.
I also calibrated the projector with a disc that APM lent me. I discovered something I’d already read – the Sanyo is not 100% accurate in the green channel, but it’s not something that I can notice in normal viewing.
Remind me to drag you along if I ever want to spend some dollars on a sound system