Here's the system I'm building (note that I am still waffling on a DAC):
Computer>Airport Express>DAC>Realistic tube amp (SAF-12A, twin EL84s)>Axiom M3 speakers
All of this will go in my living room, which is about 10'x14', 8 foot ceilings, plaster walls, wood floors.
South wall - fireplace
East wall - wooden door, large windows
North wall - centered window
West wall - floor grate at the north end, vertical HVAC vent about 1' high in the center, large doorway at the south end
I'm attaching approximate drawings.
I have a neighbor on the other side of my south wall, and sound really carries through. It's probably just as well; the amp is not powerful. I listen to rock, folk, jazz, and classical.
I ordered the wall-mount Axioms because I'm cramped in terms of floorspace, and I have an unfortunately placed HVAC vent. I have two ideas for layout.
1. Use the room lengthwise. This is a bit tricky, because the speakers would have to go on what are essentially inset walls (by almost a foot) on either side of the (sadly, non-working) fireplace. I'm concerned that I'll either need to place them in the corners, or that they'll be so inset that the the sound will be partly cut off by the fireplace. Also, my neighbor is on the other side of that wall.
2. Use the room widthwise. This creates a lopsided listening area, because on the south side, the room extends several feet. I can't center the furniture because there is a door on the east and a large, open doorway on the west.
Oh, FWIW, the windows on the east wall open into a (mostly) glassed-in front porch; the one on the north wall opens to outside. Right now I have no screens, so none of these windows will ever be opened. There are no window treatments, and I'm not sure I'm going to put any up because the room only gets direct sunlight in the AM, and I'm never there.
Also, TV may or may not go in this room. I don't really have another place for it, but for personal preference I'd rather not have it in this room.
I'm a TOTAL newb at this, so please, nothing is too obvious to state.
Thanks for any thoughts or ideas!
Computer>Airport Express>DAC>Realistic tube amp (SAF-12A, twin EL84s)>Axiom M3 speakers
All of this will go in my living room, which is about 10'x14', 8 foot ceilings, plaster walls, wood floors.
South wall - fireplace
East wall - wooden door, large windows
North wall - centered window
West wall - floor grate at the north end, vertical HVAC vent about 1' high in the center, large doorway at the south end
I'm attaching approximate drawings.
I have a neighbor on the other side of my south wall, and sound really carries through. It's probably just as well; the amp is not powerful. I listen to rock, folk, jazz, and classical.
I ordered the wall-mount Axioms because I'm cramped in terms of floorspace, and I have an unfortunately placed HVAC vent. I have two ideas for layout.
1. Use the room lengthwise. This is a bit tricky, because the speakers would have to go on what are essentially inset walls (by almost a foot) on either side of the (sadly, non-working) fireplace. I'm concerned that I'll either need to place them in the corners, or that they'll be so inset that the the sound will be partly cut off by the fireplace. Also, my neighbor is on the other side of that wall.
2. Use the room widthwise. This creates a lopsided listening area, because on the south side, the room extends several feet. I can't center the furniture because there is a door on the east and a large, open doorway on the west.
Oh, FWIW, the windows on the east wall open into a (mostly) glassed-in front porch; the one on the north wall opens to outside. Right now I have no screens, so none of these windows will ever be opened. There are no window treatments, and I'm not sure I'm going to put any up because the room only gets direct sunlight in the AM, and I'm never there.
Also, TV may or may not go in this room. I don't really have another place for it, but for personal preference I'd rather not have it in this room.
I'm a TOTAL newb at this, so please, nothing is too obvious to state.
Thanks for any thoughts or ideas!