| After the drag of buying a perfect home | | | | about your home theater system is the |
| theater equipment is over, you can | | | | placement of the left and right front |
| consider another important issue, so as | | | | speakers, because they mainly give the |
| to obtain the maximum from your newly | | | | superb surround sound experience and |
| acquired gadgets: how to position the | | | | enables you to actually hear the |
| speakers, because this is the main | | | | soundtrack of the movie to way its |
| ingredient of a private realistic | | | | suppose to be heard: their positioning |
| cinema. There is no specific location, | | | | should be in the form of a small arc, |
| marked with a big red cross, since your | | | | lined up with the central speaker and at |
| room might be rectangular, or round, | | | | even distance one from another, |
| your speakers may be five or nine etc. | | | | ear-orientated. The precise measuring of |
| and your personal touch to the design of | | | | the distance can help a great deal |
| the room meant to become a home theater | | | | because an inch or two beyond the limit |
| highlight preferences, and it counts | | | | of your requirements can affect the |
| whether you have children or not, pets | | | | correct output. |
| and so on. However, you do have general | | | | Surround speakers come in next, since |
| essential guidelines to follow when | | | | they allow your home theater speaker |
| choosing a most favourable placement of | | | | placement to render the atmospheric |
| your home theater speakers. | | | | sounds, the bangs and crashes of the |
| The first thing when engaging in the | | | | movie you are watching. This is where |
| positioning of the home theater speakers | | | | your imagination comes in and there is |
| is deciding the place for the center | | | | no limit to how you should have an ideal |
| channel speaker and of the television, | | | | home theater speaker placement, besides |
| because the center speaker is the major | | | | the fact that the surround speakers |
| transmitter of the dialogue and sounds | | | | should obviously surround your |
| that occur during the movie, and behaves | | | | perimeter. For more info see on Home |
| like an anchor of your TV set. | | | | Theater Wiring. |
| Consequently, it must be placed on the | | | | However, these speakers should be lined |
| top of the television or below it, and | | | | up with your seating area or slightly |
| in case you are mounting it on the wall, | | | | behind it, as high or as low that they |
| it should be lined with the TV below, | | | | do not play directly at your ears, |
| with its front edge to be more exact. | | | | during your viewing a movie, but still, |
| This way you get the minimum of | | | | maintain them at ear level, measured up |
| distortion of sound that is caused by | | | | when you are standing, to be optimal |
| sound reflecting and diffracting | | | | when you are seated: try them out and |
| phenomena. | | | | see how you can get the best possible |
| The second thing you need to consider | | | | sound. |