Aperion Audio SW8-APR Home Theater Placement, Optimizing A Theater Set-UpFor Surround Sound

5.1 Home Theater Placement

Optimizing A Theater Set-Up For Surround Sound

Home theater and multi-channel music has introduced a new speaker configuration to home audio. Instead of the large floor mounted stereo speakers of the ‘70’s and 80’s, your Aperion Audio sound system is comprised of 5 smaller satellite or bookshelf speakers designed to carry mid-range and upper tones, with a separately powered subwoofer to handle the lower bass frequencies. These speakers are arranged around the listener in an array with 3 speakers in the front and 2 in the rear.

There are no ideal positions for home theater and stereo components that will work for every room. The acoustic properties of any room, unless it was specifically designed to be a home theater, are not perfect, and each room is unique. Start with the following guidelines for setting up your speakers, but don’t be afraid to experiment. Often a small difference in placement can yield a big improvement in sound.

·Be aware that many bare surfaces in a room can add harshness to the sound or muddy the dialogue. Sound absorbing surfaces like carpeting and drapes will help.

·Perfectly square rooms, or rooms where one dimension is exactly twice another can cause unwanted resonance that color the sound.

·If possible, the seating area should be centered between the sidewalls.

·For the best bass, try not to place your seating area so that it is against a wall, or at a position that is 1/2 or 1/4 the room's width or length.

·A speaker’s bass output grows stronger the closer a speaker is placed to the corners. If a speaker is placed too close to a corner it can sound unbalanced.

·Aperion Audio speakers will work together better and create a more precise soundstage (a system’s ability to recreate the original recording room and placement of the instruments in space) if the left, right and center speakers are not placed directly against a wall.

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