Alright, here we go... got the new TV downstairs, hooked up, and now need to come up with a sound setup. The soundbar there is obviously not staying.
Seating layout:
Open to suggestions, but kind of thinking of applying the 80 / 20 rule here: what's the 20% of expense that'll get me 80% of the performance? In other words, let's assume that I don't have a strict dollar limit, but that I am nonetheless trying to get the best possible bang for the buck setup, given the room layout? There will be no speakers in the ceiling, incidentally.
One issue of course is that the TV is sort of on its own little island there in the nook across from the sectional by the stairs, so it'd obviously be not terribly attractive to run wires across the floor, if that's a thing.
Home theatre experts, I throw myself on your mercy.