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I'd forgotten about it, but this morning I stumbled back across this article by Brian Florian about setting up a small home theater. I think the size of his example system is smaller than what you're planning on, but it might still be a useful bit of reading for you if you haven't seen it previously.

My first home theater was about 11 x 16 x 9, so it can be done and it sounded pretty good. Looked similar in size to the one Gonk listed. The only complaint I had about it was the surrounds were to close. Unless you sat right in the middle of the couch. Even moving a few inches left or right of center would cause problems with imaging.

I have got both of you beat with 9ft. 10in. wide by 11ft. 2in. long and 7ft. 10in. ceilings . It was so bleeping small I actually had to use the long wall to setup the display . Afterward I decided to cut it back to using just the front three spks. as it was just to darn cramped .

Wingnut, I know you can fit that DLP in that space with your towers . It was tight but I managed with a little less than you got . The front three would have probably been o.k. if not for the depth being so close . In your case you have plenty of depth with 42 feet to play with .

Now that I think about it the room I am in now only measures 13ft. 2in. wide . The depth is about 19ft. . I get a pretty solid soound stage with both music and movie playback in this size area . I only mention this because your area is only a foot shorter in width than mine . I think you might be surprised .

I looked at at it in person yesterday and it was wider than I remember it so I believe it will work out ok. In my current set up, even though I have the room, my side surrounds are right at each end of the sofa and it sounds great. That's a lot closer than they will be in the new house .
I am just trying to decide if I am going to upgrade to another pair of LSI15s for the surrounds or the LSIfx to hang on the walls. I am going to have to get some kind of bookshelf/floorstanders for the rears unless I build out a separate room. That is looking less likely to happen. That two car garage is sure tempting though...

Get your priorities straight!, go for the garage!

I know . At these prices (insane) I doubt I will be selling the new house anytime soon but I don't want to hurt the resale value by turning the two car into a one car garage.

If you're willing to leave the gear behind if you sell, list the home theater as a feature. That wouldn't hurt the resale at all but it may attract a certain shifty sort of crowd...

Willing to leave my gear?!! Sacrilege! Ha . Actually that might not be a bad idea. What kind of shifty sorts? Outlaws?

Wingnut, how do you like your P-965 ? Do you think the Sherwood newcastle piece is as good as the 990 ?

Does the P-965 sound better than your 950 did ? I am guessing that it does .