Home Audio Speaker Placement -Better PerformanceThrough Better Design

Executive Summary About Audio Speaker By Ben Anton

Whether investing a large amount of your savings or a small part of your budget on your home theater, your speaker placement will play a big role in the sound quality and sonic performance in your home theater room.

CENTER CHANNEL SPEAKER

This speaker’s main purpose is to anchor sounds on-screen, like dialogue. Tips for placement of the center channel speaker:

1. Center it directly above or below your television.

2. If you place it above the television, the front edge of the speaker should line up precisely with the front edge of the television.

3. The tweeter of this particular speaker should be at the same height as the tweeters of the front speakers.

4. The front speakers and this particular speaker should be spaced the same distance away from your planned listening position.

FRONT SPEAKERS: BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT

These speakers have two distinct purposes. They reproduce stereo music sound while also handling a movie’s soundtrack. Tips for placement of the front speakers:

1. Find your optimal listening position. Now space the two front speakers at points in the room that are equal is distance to that position, with one to the left and one to the right. Don’t just eyeball this and get an approximate distance, as even an inch variation in the distance of the speakers can make a noticeable difference in your home audio system’s sound quality.

2. These speakers’ tweeters should be even to your ear level when seated in the optimal listening position. Smaller home theater speakers can be mounted on the wall or placed on a speaker stand. Floor standing speakers normally have this covered in their design.

SURROUND SPEAKERS

The purpose of the surround speakers is to provide low and high level sound from other parts of the room, creating a movie theater feel in your home theater. The surround speaker placement will depend on the size of your home theater, the shape of the room, and the space needed for the actual speakers. Be creative and experiment with the placement of these particular speakers throughout the room.

Tips for placement of the surround speakers:

1. Place the primary pair to the right and to the left of your optimal listening position. When placement to the side is impossible, or when you have a surround system with more than two surround speakers, you may wish to place the speakers behind the listening position, with the sound being directed toward the front of the room.

2. These speakers should be placed at approximately ear level when you are in a standing position.

3. Experiment with the aiming of these speakers when mounted on the walls.

SUBWOOFER

A home theater subwoofer provides your home audio system with all the low bass frequencies needed for a movie theater, surround sound experience. In most cases, you can position your home theater subwoofer anywhere in your home theater and still get good results. There is no one “perfect” placement for any given home theater speaker.

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