Big room or small room for home theater with surround sound?

[Rusty_Shackleford]

I wanted to go with a small room due to sound dampening but I wanted to ask and make sure.

[asiancorruption]

small room. I have a 7.1 system with a 4k tv in a bedroom and you can really pinpoint sound from one speaker. I could not do it as easily in a large room.

[Rusty_Shackleford]

small room. I have a 7.1 system with a 4k tv in a bedroom and you can really pinpoint sound from one speaker. I could not do it as easily in a large room.

 

Thanks I assume it wouldn't hurt to pad the walls with extra blankets I have and such?

[asiancorruption]

Thanks I assume it wouldn't hurt to pad the walls with extra blankets I have and such?

It doesn't really matter. I didn't do anything in terms of sound dampening and it still sounds great.

[mstef]

Define "small" and "big"...

 

But believe me- your bedroom is worst place... For good results you need almost empty room, somewhere around 500 sq.feet (or 50sq.meters) and some time to find perfect configuration of speakers and where to put the sofa...

[ChineseChef]

This really depends on how big your speakers are and what shape the room is.  I have rather large speakers, and if the rears are too close, they can be super annoying for the person sitting closest to that one speaker.  Optimally, you want the rear speakers to have some distance between themselves and the listener.  A lot of distance issues can be fixed with proper level and timing adjustments, but if the speaker is just right next to someone's head, there isn't much you can do.

[Lutkeveld]

Timing isn't really an issue in rooms. Phase however is all over the place, that's also why I would go with multiple subs rather than multiple satellites. Acoustics in home theaters are horrible, the only real way to battle this is multiple subs. You can't battle it with EQ or placement.