Home Theater Speaker Placement - Is Location Really That Important?

With today's busy and hectic schedules, manyour ears result from direct and reflected mixtures of
consumers do not either know how to OR take thesound.
time to accurately place their speakers for the fullestThe direct sound will travel straight to our ears from
enjoyment and quality - mind you, the speakers theythe 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 ownThese 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 involvedassistance - like contacting the consulting division of the
in the home. One of the best things about a homemanufactures 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 homeOne of the best places for our speakers is a minimum
or room with the highest of qualities. We may be ableof one or two feet away from the side and back
to create such a high quality sound with our homewalls, with the differences between the speakers
theater speakers, so that we may feel like we are in ainfluencing 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, butALL speakers. If needed, physically measure the
sound that is all around us, making us feel as if we aredistances to guarantee accuracy as a 1/4 " difference
in the movie itself. With the proper placement ofwill influence the audio quality.
speakers in the room, we are going to experience theAnother 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 placetweeter 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 arewireless speakers, providing us with the most benefits
placed wherever they "fit" or "look good," not due tobecause they can be moved from place to place as
the best sound they can put out. A room is affectedwe 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 inbenefits of the wireless speakers.