Speaker Positioning

If you are trying to get the best possible sound out of your home entertainment system, speaker positioning is one of the best ways to do so. Home theater TV speaker positioning is important in getting the best sound because the shape of a room interacts with the sound that comes from your speakers in predictable and controllable ways. Finding the right speaker calibration position can take a little work; however here are some ideas on speaker positioning that can help you to figure out what is the optimal surround sound speaker position arrangement for your room.

To start setting the position of your surround sound speaker set, look at the types of speakers that you have: speakers that are completely closed off in boxes for deep bass should be put close to the back wall. If they are far away from the place where you are going to be listening from and are acoustically tied to the material of the wall they will resonate the best with you where you are. The second tip for setting up your surround sound speaker position is to take your speakers that are bassy but that have sound outlets and place them a little far back but freestanding about a foot or two from the walls. Finally, you can complete the easy part of your surround sound speaker positioning by setting up your high range speakers in a place that is reasonably close where they can directly face the point from which you are listening.

These tips can help you if you have a more or less random arrangement of surround sound speakers or just a few surround sound speakers that need speaker positioning. If you have the full set of surround sound speakers then it is likely that you got a manual with them that explains just how to arrange them in a room. In general, these instructions will adhere to the basic principles that I have lined out here: high pitched speakers are nearest and pointed directly at the listener, mid range speakers are a little farther out with the sound holes generally facing the floor, and low range speakers are put as close to the wall as they can be, to take advantage of the greater resonance of the walls of the building for low frequencies of sound. Follow these hints and experiment and you will be able to get great sound from superior speaker positioning in no time.