Cinema Setup

[AndrewO]

I'm helping a neighbour out with his cinema on a new build. The electrician has put the cabling in as per my sketch....I know the basics about Dolby5.1/7.2 etc but not sure how that would fit in with the high speaker points. A 5.1 system would use the two low points at the back only.

There are 6 points in the room, two at the back low down and four in high postions. No ceiling points. The 6 points go back to the rear of the TV.

He is looking to upgrade his old amp to accommodate, is there a system that would use those 4 high points ? Its a big room, something like 7m square.

Edited by AndrewO on Monday 26th October 15:47

[AndrewO]

Reading back my first post....the electrician put the wires...I've then sketched them here.

I thought with 5.1 it was centre, two speakers front, two surround at the back plus a bass box at the front. Cables can be hid at the front behind an AV cabinet under the TV. So can the 4 high speakers be setup as the two front/two surround ? Or would he be best to just blank them off

[AndrewO]

Thanks Vex...yes at the front the TV is wall mounted, AV table underneath with the AMP/Skybox etc and the cables can just feed the two fronts/centre on the floor.

The Room is pretty big, ideally utilise all the cabling that is structured into the wall if poss. The Electrician I expect has done some high end houses in the past and I think he's just put all this in referencing past installs but having chatted to him today he hasn't a clue about AV.

Would you go with one sub or two ?

Edited by AndrewO on Monday 26th October 23:04