Speaker Placement

Before connecting the speakers, it is very important to

Surround back speakers

place them properly to create the optimum sound space for your listening pleasure. During placement and connection, be sure to refer to the manuals and instructions that came with the speakers. Furthermore, be aware that for surround playback, the conﬁguration and placement of your speakers are both very important. Ideal speaker placement varies depending on the size of your room and the wall coverings. Here, only typical examples of speaker placement and recommendations are shown.

In order to create the optimum conditions for the best sound quality, be sure to place all the speakers so that the

•Place these speakers so that their height is 3 feet (1 meter) higher than that of the listener’s ears.

•When using surround back left and right speakers, place them behind the listener so that the angles between the lines from each speaker to the listener and a line straight back from the listener are about 30 degrees.

greatest difference between the distances of each speaker to the listening position is less than 20 feet (6 meters).

Important Points Regarding Speaker Placement

Front left and right speakers and center speaker

•Place these three speakers all at the same height.

•Place each speaker so that it is aimed at the location of the listener’s ears when at the listening position.

•Place the right and left peakers at equal distances on either side of the listening point.

Surround left and right speakers

•Place these speakers so that their height is 3 feet (1 meter) higher than that of the listener’s ears.

Subwoofer

When bass sound is reproduced, its volume and quality greatly depend on subwoofer placement. Those characteristics also depend on the shape of your listening room as well as your listening point. Generally, good bass sound is obtained when the subwoofer is placed in the corner of the room or at a point 1/3 the length of the room.

Corner

Layout with dipolar			Layout with monopolar
speakers			speakers

		2			2
	1	2		1	2

6	7	6	7
10			10

		8	9			8	9
1	TV or screen			8	Surround back left
2	Subwoofer				speaker
3	Front left speaker			9	Surround back right
4	Center speaker				speaker
5	Front right speaker			10	Listening position

6Surround left speaker

7Surround right speaker

Most dipoles are marked with an arrow to indicate how they should be oriented in the room. For correct acoustical phasing in the room, dipolar surround speakers should be placed so that their arrows point forward toward the screen; and dipolar surround back speakers should be placed so that their arrows point toward each other.

Facilities and Connections

1/3 room length

To optimize the subwoofer placement, we recommend:

•Playing a movie or music source containing good quality bass sound,

•Experimenting while changing subwoofer’s position in the room, and

•Repositioning the subwoofer until you obtain the most out of the bass sound while ﬁxing the listening point.