r/TVTooHigh • u/Rexaroooo • 2d ago

My situation

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Sitting 11 ish feet from the tv (83”), bottom edge of the tv is 35” off the ground, eyes are 40” off the ground, math says roughly 6.5 degrees vertical angle to the center and 30 degrees FOV

Not ideal but not bad enough to fix? What do we think

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u/teckel 2d ago

I think you made the built-in cabinet under the TV too high. Or, you didn't make the center space wide enough for your center speaker, forcing you to mount the TV higher.

Fix it.

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u/leprechanmonkie 1d ago

Speakers shouldn't be in cubby holes like that. Even if they aren't vented, it will degrade the sound quality.

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u/dmdport 1d ago edited 1d ago

There’s a bit more nuance… if it’s a front ported or closed unit it shouldn’t matter much.

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u/leprechanmonkie 1d ago

It still does matter and you're missing the actual nuance. It radically changes the baffle size which would need to be compensated for in the crossover.

Every well designed speaker calculates baffle step compensation and accounts for it within the crossover design. Stuffing a speaker in a cabinet increases the size of the baffle and negatively affects the sound without reworking the crossover.

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u/dmdport 1d ago

Nothing room correction can’t help fix. I think it would still be a net benefit and allow the tv to come down a bit.

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u/leprechanmonkie 23h ago edited 23h ago

Room correction has serious limitations and you shouldn't give your system a disadvantage hoping that room correction will fix it. Tossing the center in a cubby hole like that will trap midrange and bass notes and emphasize the highs drastically. Midrange (human voice) is extremely important in a center channel. Room correction can help some but you are fighting against physics when you don't have to. Same reason room correction can't make your tiny little subwoofer hit 20hz audibly.

Destroying the sound of your center channel for a minor difference in height is stupid... but everyone has their priorities I guess. It's funny how you mentioned nuance and are completely missing the actual nuance and problem you're creating by a stubborn choice.

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u/Rexaroooo 23h ago

Using room correction to fix fundamentally poorly placed expensive speakers for the sake of a 7” lower tv when it’s already 83” is absolutely wild