| Home theater speaker placement is equally | | | | your position in the couch. Also from the |
| important as the system itself. Even if you | | | | same point, place the left and right surround |
| have the best speakers, if you do not | | | | sound speakers about 100 degrees. They should |
| consider the proper home theater speaker | | | | also be 2 feet above your ear level when you |
| placement then your equipment will not | | | | are seated. With the subwoofer, you would |
| produce the best effect. | | | | need to experiment with its placement. |
| | | | Putting it under a table or in a corner will |
| However, there are so many things to consider | | | | produce deeper bass. One of the most basic |
| in home theater speaker placement that the | | | | rules of home theater speaker placement is to |
| task can be really confusing. You have to | | | | position all of your speakers with 1 or 2 |
| think about the shape and the layout for a | | | | feet distance from the walls. |
| home theater as well as the placement of the | | | | |
| furniture. You also want to think about | | | | A major concern in home theater speaker |
| placing the speakers and wires safely away | | | | placement is dealing with the wires and |
| from young children or pets. Of course, you | | | | cables. They can make your home theater look |
| want a home theater speaker placement that | | | | cluttered and people can trip over them. Some |
| will make the room organized and pleasing. | | | | people use carpets to cover them up or the |
| With all these variable factors, you should | | | | wires are either fixed on the wall corners |
| know that there is no single best home | | | | and borders or hidden behind the walls. There |
| theater speaker placement. It will depend on | | | | are two solutions to this problem first, |
| your specific situation. | | | | just hire a professional to do the home |
| | | | theater speaker placement for you. They will |
| Then again, there are some basic guidelines | | | | of course take care of hiding the wires, too. |
| that you can use to determine exactly where | | | | |
| to put each of your speakers. First, sit in | | | | A better option is to go for wireless |
| the middle of the couch, which should be | | | | speakers. This option is not necessarily |
| directly facing your television. Place the | | | | cheaper than the first one. It just |
| center channel speaker straight across from | | | | eliminates the need of hiring people because |
| where you are sitting, either right above or | | | | you only have to think about where to place |
| below the TV. Then, place the front left and | | | | the speakers and you can easily move the |
| right side speakers about thirty degrees from | | | | speakers around yourself. |