How to Set Up Surround Sound Speakers
The following is a how to for setting up your home theater surround sound speaker system for a soul-shattering effect. The article is set up specifically for optimizing your living room, den or entertainment room and does not deal with specific installation.
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Instructions
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Place the left and right front speakers in an equilateral triangle with your viewing seat, closer to the viewing seat than the television is, unless you have no center channel speaker. Toe in (angle) the left and right front speakers up to 30 degrees so that most sound seems to be coming from the television.
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If you don't have a center channel speaker, place the front speakers next to the television.
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Place the center channel speaker close to the television - on top or in the same cabinet if possible.
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Set up the subwoofer anywhere you have room.
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Set up the rear speakers behind and to the sides of the viewing seat. Place them higher than the front speakers.
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Aim the rear speakers at each other.
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Tips & Warnings
For accurate bass reproduction, move speakers far from the back wall and several feet from side walls. Place the subwoofer away from walls, too.
For best sound fidelity, set up the center speaker so it's at the same height as the tweeters in the front speaker cabinets.
Experiment with subwoofer placement. Look for a location that results in clean, tight bass. Ideally, you shouldn't notice that sound is coming from the subwoofer.
Experiment with speakers placed near side and rear walls.
"Home theater" is really just the combination of a good television with a good sound system.
Speakers placed on or near a television must be magnetically shielded.
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Comments
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tooloud
Sep 13, 2010
I live across the street from someone who setup his surround sound system in the garage. It is very loud on my side of the street but he says it is not loud in front of his garage. Why is this? -
Elvis De Leon
Dec 27, 2009
I used to own the ones in the cover picture--great ones! Thanx for the info
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Jan 13, 2006
Using an analog wristwatch or analog clock, place it on the floor with 12 oÂclock facing the center speaker and 6 oÂclock facing the listener. Thirty degrees left and right from the center speakers you need to place your front surround speakers. For the right surround, that is 1 oÂclock and for the left surround, that is 11 oÂclock. 110 degrees from the center speaker you need to place your back surround speakers. For the right back surround, that is 4 oÂclock and for the left back surround, that is 4 oÂclock. Finally the rear surround place it at 6 oÂclock I personally prefer to place the sub woofer behind me. Keep speakers at ear level as you are sitting down. 3-4 feet.
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Jan 13, 2006
Using an analog wristwatch or analog clock, place it on the floor with 12 oÂclock facing the center speaker and 6 oÂclock facing the listener. Thirty degrees left and right from the center speakers you need to place your front surround speakers. For the right surround, that is 1 oÂclock and for the left surround, that is 11 oÂclock. 110 degrees from the center speaker you need to place your back surround speakers. For the right back surround, that is 4 oÂclock and for the left back surround, that is 4 oÂclock. Finally the rear surround place it at 6 oÂclock I personally prefer to place the sub woofer behind me. Keep speakers at ear level as you are sitting down. 3-4 feet.
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Nov 22, 2005
I've learned that the best placement for speakers is at ear level when you're listening to them. All the speakers should be at the same height.
