Positioning Wall Mounted Speakers

Choosing and installing in wall and in ceiling speakers.

Positioning wall mounted speakers.

Firstly place your speakers right up against the wall flat out not toed in and the appropriate distance apart. Setting up a music listening room. The best imaging will be obtained when the tweeters are close to ear height when seated. You can put the surround speakers at an angle of 90 degree in this case.

For 7 1 systems the four surround speakers should be placed at equal distances in a slight arc behind the listening position. The main speakers should be placed 25 30 degrees off axis relative to the primary seating position. There should still be the same distance between the two outside rear speakers as there is between the two front speakers. Front left right mains speakers.

Try to place your left and right speakers the same distance from each other as they are from your prime listening seat. A simple solution to this untidiness is to roll the extra cord in a circle and clamp it with an adhesive or any other tape. Doing so will prevent the speakers from creating standing waves and exciting room resonances the peak and valley null nodes when reflected frequency responses are in or out of phase with each other. In wall speakers positioned at ear level recreate the live sound experience.

If your couch seating point is near the wall then adjust the speakers accordingly. Most tower speakers accomplish this naturally and a bookshelf monitor will require stands. If your room is a rectangle the speakers will ideally face the length of the room so place your desk. 5 1 7 1 and other surround sound setups front left and right speakers.

Imagine dividing the length of your room by three. Surround sound system is all about math. Now move each speaker out from the wall by an inch or so and. Place your center channel right above or below your tv and line it up with the midpoint.

And oh look that just happens to be the minimum distance to the wall recommended by genelec for their back ported speakers. Your speakers will sit within the first third of. If the soundbar is wall mounted whether above or below the tv then these cords can sometimes look untidy. With the speakers in this position listen to a relatively detailed familiar 30 second part of a track the more.

Ideal angle for the front left and right speakers is 22 30. You want your front left and right speakers to focus their sound field at your listening. Position the speakers so that the distance between the front wall is 1 3 to 1 5 the length of the room. How to position your speakers perfectly 1.