I’ve been warned I’d get “comb filtering” i.e.: audio sounding like there’s a “flanger” if I’d put my speakers like that – assuming the L/R front and rear stay on top of each other like that and just play the same things all the time (stereo audio “copied”).
Anyway if you want 5.1 audio (or more), try this:
If it’s only to be used for 5.1 audio, 90% of the sound will come from the center channel. So spend your money on that. These little Polk speakers will only do “atmosphere” sounds and could just be perfect for that.
Then, play 5.1 sources and… do you feel like you’re “there”, do you feel like people are in front of you, do you hear the room/studio sounds? If not, you can upgrade other things if you want. 
If it’s for 2-channel (stereo music, stereo youtube videos, etc.), you might want to upgrade the front L/Rs instead.
I’ll see if I can find either one on the used market! It is mostly for movies, music and YouTube. Thank you
Oh! My setup current is temporary because I’m still setting up my room haha.
Okay so I need to spend more on a center speaker, I’ll do more research
I would vote for getting the biggest center you can find but if this is going to be a bedroom all around system invest in the AVR and left/right speakers.
Will the bed be facing the TV ? If so i would invest in the AVR and the L/R speakers. Spread the L/R apart, play with speaker placement.
You could go with a yamaha AVR costco had a sale on the V6A for like $400.
Hey! Apparently I’m very stupid and have been looking at the “H” models of the 3600 and 3700…
I have a budget of $500 on new or used market so I want to make the most of it.
If you can find a denon x3600h but dont think it works with the $20 audyssey app.
When the 3700 came out the 3600 on amazon went on sale for $899.00.
I’ll keep looking around then! Any other options other than Denon?
Specially make and model if possible please
The reason for those specific denons is that they measured well with the internal amp and through the rca preouts. The current model 3700 has an internal amp disconnect feature effectively making it a $1000 7.1.4 prepro AVR. 7.1.4 atmos IMAX enhanced room correction app and price point is the AVR to get.
could go with used yamaha RX-V685 or TSR-700 $449 amazon renewed. But my advice would be to save and keep looking for the denon to pop up. You can build around the denons.
How are you feeding signal to the receiver optical in ?
Sorry my replies are spotty, I’m juggling a lot of things at once.
I’m not sure how it’s being wired in. My dad did it for me so I didn’t get a chance to look at the back. I’ll check for you later but I’m pretty sure it’s the optical cable to the optical outlet to my TV and that’s it
Also found a x3500h for 580. Should I be only looking for 3600 and up?
The TV 4k ? Its a bad habit to future proof but im trying to future proof your setup. You got surround sound to get by so yes keep hunting for a 3600/3700 were coming up on a year for the 3700, with the lost year chip shortage HDMI 2.1 debacle new models from the other brands these denons might be all over the 2nd hand market.
The TV is 4K and I definitely want to future proof my setup! I’ll keep an eye out for them!
Ok, feel more confident suggesting upgrading the AVR first then L/R speakers expand to 7.1.1
stop watching Linus “i think 5% performance uplift for $600 more is a good deal” Sebastian is a good start.
Well I’m not only looking for a performance gain, I’d like to have features too. Spotify is what I mainly use, and I watch a lot of movies.
I don’t know where the notion of me watching Linus is from. I do watch him but what did he have to do anything? Instead of belittling or whatever, maybe inform me since I’m new to the hobby?
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sorry it was a joke. But just to give context. Nvidia released the rtx3080ti to gas light consumers into thinking its performance should cost $1200, when in most cases it was 5% better than the $700 rtx3080. Linus peddled their bullshit with fallacious justifications, while the rest of the gaming press saw through Nvidia’s bullshit (at least this time, the horrendous pricing of the 2000 series was somehow speared)
this has nothing to do with your set up. Just me talking shit.
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It’s cool, just gotta word it better or come off as less aggressive
About that 3080ti though… price is hella high imo. I’m lucky I got my 5900x and 3080 for retail and I don’t plan to upgrade in the near future.
My only “real” audio setup isn Topping D50s, Monolith 887 THX AMP and HD660S
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Same, i got a 3080 at retail. I was put on an waiting list, so i was patient. Lucky too, as lots of people got theirs cancelled. The must cruel part of it all is even at retail price, the 3080 and 3070 are average cards, which if it wasn’t for the appalling pricing of the 2000 series, would be in line with every other series since the gtx 400’s.
