Here's a pic of my Media Room, 90% done, showing its "Standard" layout. Array1400's, 880 center, my DIY line array surrounds, some Triad in-ceiling Atmos speakers, and Array1500 subs.
This system is great for movies, but I don't really love it for music, for several reasons, which I should probably deal with in a different thread, but really quick: 1. It's over-damped, between the sectional sofa, carpeting, and all the absorptive panels. 2. The Array1400's are awfully polite, a little too laid back in the highs, especially considering #1. 3. The Emotiva Pre/Pro sounds great after Dirac Live calibration for movies, but if you bypass all that and run it 2ch stereo, no EQ, it's a little dark sounding.
Anyway, one of the reasons for building the room was to be able to start pulling speakers out of my storage/spare bedroom, listen to them, and decide if they are really keepers or not, which is more the purpose of this thread. To do this, I set up a second rack of equipment, just a Bryston BDA-1 D/A convertor, Bryston BP-20 Preamp, and Bryston 9BST amp. I play CD's ripped in ALC through this. As I pull speakers into the room for listening, I'll post a pic and give some impressions; should be fun
Btw, this is roughly in order of how I can get stuff out of the room, and how much work I have to do to restore speakers to full working order. I think the grand finale will be a XPL200/DX1 vs 250Ti shootout, though it will be a while. I have refoamed the XPL's woofers and tweeters, but haven't got to the 250Ti's, and they're pretty deep in the room. Plenty of other fun things, though...