Hi Johan,

here's the situation in our new living room (our daughter moved to another town two years ago so we decided to convert her room to a living room):

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Any center speaker below the TV would need to be placed on the bars of the stand - not really a pleasing appearance. I cannot adjust the height of the TV. Placing two speakers on the sides would be pointless, since they would be too close to the side speakers.

Best greetings
Cyana

Hi,

I would remove the drawer just below the TV.

Put a speaker in there.

Make a wooden frame with same dimensions as the drawer.

Clamp black speaker cloth on it. Place it in the 'hole' in front of the center speaker.

You will have a nice integrated center speaker.

Hi Raysted,

thank you very much for your suggestion - actually, the room under the TV is already used by the TVs equipment like its virtual box (that's why the TV is so slim - all its electronics, connections and hard disk is separated from the monitor) and associated stuff like 220V to 110V converter for the AV 7000, DAC, USB-Hub and tons of cables - so no way to put in a speaker ;)

I've purchased a used Jamo Center 100 for 37 EUR today just to do some placement tests - maybe putting it behind the TV works, we'll see when it arrives. I should have thought of a center speaker when I designed the furniture two months ago - but at that time we used a sound plate for the TV, and I never thought that connecting the TV to the ancient 7000 would even be possible. This is how the initial plan looked like:

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So the whole surround thing came pretty much unexpected once I found out that the AV actually works.

best greetings
Cyana

Some other thoughts Cyana: move the electronics and cable salad one level down in the cabinet (for Ravsted's idea), or maybe hang the TV on a wall mount (so you can make more height space for a speaker).
Nice and clean set-up, your complete 7000 set must be rare!
Regards,
Johan

Hi Tignum,

to be honest I'm a bit reluctant to apply changes to the low board, since I've just paid ~5.000 EUR for it last week ;)

Also here is a real picture (the others were renderings from the planning stage)

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As you can see, the TV actually is placed much more to the right, so the inbuilt center speaker would be way out of center. The Beochord and Beogram CD are at service at my local B&O dealer for the moment to have them perfect for the next 40 years ;)

Thank you for your kind comment on my 7000 system - yes, I guess due to the AV it's quite unique here in Europe, and my B&O dealer told me he never ever heared from an AV 7000 before. I'm indeed very happy to own such a great piece of craftsmanship, that still fully works.

Will let you know about my experiments once the center speaker arrives.

Best greetings
Cyana