How to Place Home Theatre Speakers

Knowing how to place home theater speakers will enhance your listening pleasure. You will have a center speaker, two back speakers, two front speakers and a subwoofer. Making sure that each of these speakers is in the correct position will make the theater system work the way it is intended. If you do not place the speakers correctly, you will not get the surround-sound effect that you need to watch movies with theater quality.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Two front speakers Two back speakers Center speaker Subwoofer Tape measure Speaker wire

1. Place the center speaker on top of the television or as close to the top of the television as possible. You can place the speaker directly below the television if you have no room above.

2. Place the two front speakers on each side of the center speaker, but make sure that each speaker is the same distance from the listener as the center speaker. Each speaker should be the same distance on each side from the center speaker.

3. Place the rear speakers on each side of the listening audience. The speakers should not point directly at the listeners. They can be angled up (if they are floor-standing speakers) or off to the side, but not directly at the area where people will be sitting.

4. Place the subwoofer in a place where you will get the best bass sound. This could be in a corner or under a table. Try different places to find the best bass sound.

5. Measure each speaker wire. You want the back, front and center wires to be the same length even if you do not need as much for the front and center speakers. This ensures the sound travels the same distance from the subwoofer to the speakers in the same amount of time. Variations in wire length could cause delays in sound, but only tiny fractions of a second.

6. Connect a speaker wire to each speaker and into the back of the subwoofer.