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As a "sound man" friend has often said, the idea with pro installations is to start with plenty of volume and go from there, using a "board" to equalize for desired effects.  And as you know, many if not most pro installations also use surround effects to suit.  Of course the "board" is not just for traveling shows, but it is generally used even in "fixed" installations, in concert venues and the like, with the sound pretty much tailored to each event.

Well, YMMV, but I have to say that, although it was "educational", I did not enjoy time spent with a multi-band equalizer.  Likely my OCD personality figured in, but I about drove myself nuts with the thing.

If I were so lucky as to have your "problem", I would seriously think about putting some kind of defeat-able casters (or something) under LF units, because you are probably going to want to move the units around for a while (maybe quite a while) as you get your system dialed in.

John obviously knows his business, but practically speaking you will in any case have to adjust your own Hi-Fi system to your own tastes, and a certain amount of flexibility may well turn out to be a blessing.  Again, YMMV, but I can't recommend the full-tilt "board" thing for hi-fi.

If you think you might want to try surround and/or minimal EQ, you might also track down Gordon Holt, who has stuck steadfastly with this for almost two decades now.  He is a longtime concert recordist, and he has written quite a lot on the subject as it relates to home hi-fi.

Best regards,
Paul S

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