| Your home theater audio setup will depend
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| | If the seating is meant for more than one
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| on the space available to you, what kind
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| | person, all three of the front speakers
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| of signal your receiver can carry, and
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| | should be placed in a straight line.
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| the number of speakers you have. With
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| | Surround speakers should be placed
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| proper setup, it doesn't matter if you
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| | slightly to the rear of and alongside the
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| have a simple stereo audio setup or a
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| | seating, a few feet above head level when
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| complex multi-speaker setup. Proper home
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| | sitting. If the surround speakers must be
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| theater audio setup will give you the
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| | placed behind the seating, experiment
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| most enjoyable experience.
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| | with pointing the speakers at an angle so
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| The first step to proper home theater
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| | that the sound coming from them seems to
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| audio setup is if you have a tile,
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| | 'surround' the viewer. If you have a
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| hardwood, or any other non-carpeted
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| | subwoofer, place it wherever is most
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| floor, to put down an area rug. Hard
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| | convenient, as it's placement is not
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| floors may look nice but they affect
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| | critical to sound reproduction.
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| acoustics poorly.
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| | When you are using Dolby Digital 5.1 or
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| The second step in home theater audio
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| | Surround EX, it is necessary to continue
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| setup is to place your speakers. For a
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| | your home theater audio setup by
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| stereo setup, placement is simple - one
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| | configuring your receiver. Unless you
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| on either side of the viewing area. For
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| | have tower speakers, all main speakers
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| Dolby Digital 5.1 or Surround EX,
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| | should be set to 'small'. Low frequency
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| however, you must take extra
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| | effects and bass should be set to
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| considerations into mind. Your center
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| | subwoofer if you have one. DSP modes
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| speaker should either be on top or below
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| | should be turned off. Read the user
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| your display and facing your primary
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| | manual to find out how to change these
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| viewing position. The left and right
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| | settings and to double check any special
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| front speakers should be on either side
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| | requirements you receiver might have.
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| of the screen, preferably at ear level,
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| | With proper home theater audio setup, you
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| at about a 45 degree angle from the
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| | can have a truly enveloping aural
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| center of the viewing position.
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| | experience.
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