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Perfect Home Theater Speaker Placement
By: Jessi Janae
When you're attempting to create a great listening environment in your home theater speaker placement is an essential aspect to consider. Most surround sound systems come with five speakers plus a subwoofer.
For truly immersive sound that makes you feel like you're really "there," you'll need smaller speakers set up both behind and in front of your listeners. The best placement of these speakers can involve calculations based on sound waves and physics.
However, it doesn't have to be that complicated. If you have the basic idea, you can play around with the placement until you find out what works best in your situation.
Unless you have an acoustically "perfect" room, it's impossible to have a "perfect" listening environment, so don't be too hard on yourself while you're working on your setup. Don't expect perfection in an imperfect setting.
Read your instruction manual from the manufacturer, but rely on your own ears for the final say in home theater speaker placement.
Center channel speaker -- The center channel speaker should be centered just beneath the screen. This will output on-screen sound such as conversations, so for the sake of realism you will want it very close to the television.
Front left and right speakers - These should be placed at about ear level when the listener is comfortably seated. If they must be placed higher, angle them downward, but this is certainly not the best situation.
These speakers play movie soundtracks and handle the split stereo sound of your music. The speakers should be placed equidistant from the listener as the center channel speaker, so the three front speakers form an arc when viewed from above.
Surround speakers -- These speakers should be positioned right behind the listener to the right and left. They will be a good deal higher than the other speakers, approximately ear level when standing.
If they are on adjustable brackets or stands, experiment with pointing them at the outside or rear walls. You may be surprised with how realistic the sound is when it's allowed to bounce off the walls before reaching the listeners.
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