How do you do Home Theater Speaker Configuration?

Answer 1

Whenever anyone plans to buy any Home Theater system, they do have in their mind to get the best out of it. Lot can happen over the positioning of speakers. Placing speakers in proper position will help a lot in getting good and expected sound. Having knowledge of speaker placement will certainly help to make the best choice of speaker system for your room.

Center Channel Speaker

• It should be directly above, or below the TV, if possible.
• It should be equally distant from left and right speakers, to give proper sound output without any much distortion or sound diffracting or overlapping effect.

Front left and Right speaker

• Best way to put front left and right speakers, are to put it in an arc. So, that front left, center and front right speaker are at equal distance from where you sit.
• For the best sound, tweeters should be at the ear level. Although, most floor-standing speakers are designed with this thing in mind but smaller should be put on stand or mounted on wall.

Surround Speakers

• Ideally, these should be in line with your position (to left and right of it) or a little bit behind it.
• Height of surround speakers should be more than front speakers else they will overpower them as these are nearer to you. General rule of thumb is to keep height of these equal to your standing height.i.e. www.audiovideoking.com

Placing your front speakers next to a wall will increase the bass by a little factor. And, a room with too many reflective surfaces like window or tile will certainly add to the harshness of sound because of reflection. Possible solution at cheap cost is to add carpet or drapes to make sound feel more natural.