| With today's busy and hectic schedules, many | | | | result from direct and reflected mixtures of |
| consumers do not either know how to OR take | | | | sound. |
| the time to accurately place their speakers | | | | |
| for the fullest enjoyment and quality - mind | | | | The direct sound will travel straight to our |
| you, the speakers they have just paid a small | | | | ears from the speaker diaphragms. The |
| fortune for. But truth be known, there are no | | | | reflected sounds are several, bouncing off |
| "perfect or accurate" places to put them! | | | | many of the hard surfaces in the room, |
| There are many variables involved, such as | | | | reaching our ears AFTER the direct sound |
| our own personal preferences. | | | | does. These elements will come into play no |
| | | | matter what type of speaker system we get for |
| But additionally, there is the room layout, | | | | our home theater. Luckily, though, there are |
| furniture, aesthetics, children, pets, and | | | | many different areas of assistance - like |
| the opinions of all involved in the home. | | | | contacting the consulting division of the |
| One of the best things about a home theater | | | | manufactures of the home theater system that |
| is that we can create a very organized, | | | | we have purchased. |
| well-planned system that provides sound to | | | | |
| our home or room with the highest of | | | | One of the best places for our speakers is a |
| qualities. We may be able to create such a | | | | minimum of one or two feet away from the side |
| high quality sound with our home theater | | | | and back walls, with the differences between |
| speakers, so that we may feel like we are in | | | | the speakers influencing their listening |
| a huge movie theater. | | | | abilities. The most important placement is to |
| | | | have equal listening positions between ALL |
| We are not just talking about sound that is | | | | speakers. If needed, physically measure the |
| loud, but sound that is all around us, making | | | | distances to guarantee accuracy as a 1/4 " |
| us feel as if we are in the movie itself. | | | | difference will influence the audio quality. |
| With the proper placement of speakers in the | | | | |
| room, we are going to experience the highest | | | | Another note is that every listener's ear |
| level of surround sound. | | | | should be on a direct line with a point that |
| | | | is midway between the tweeter and woofer |
| The problem that most people have is where to | | | | (2-way) or tweeter and midrange (3-way). |
| place their speakers accurately, due to a | | | | Another very important point is to purchase |
| lack of knowledge in regard to sound and | | | | wireless speakers, providing us with the most |
| acoustics. The speakers are placed wherever | | | | benefits because they can be moved from place |
| they "fit" or "look good," not due to the | | | | to place as we want or need them to be. No |
| best sound they can put out. A room is | | | | wires spreading throughout the room, having |
| affected by the sound of the speakers and | | | | to place speakers within a limited area due |
| their reflections; these frequencies have two | | | | to the wires or cables - these are all |
| characters of sound - reinforced and | | | | benefits of the wireless speakers. |
| suppressed. What we actually hear in our ears | | | | |