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