In this guide to speaker placement, nosotros explicate the basic rules for setting up a stereo or abode cinema system, with focus on the ideal distances and heights. We also requite tips on different types of speakers such as middle, dipoles and straight radiators.

Try every bit all-time as y'all can to comply with the recommendations for speaker placement. AV receivers offer a wide range of options that compensate for whatsoever compromises that you lot may need to have in terms of installation. In general, this rule always applies anyway: yous can always utilise the recommendations as a guideline just can of grade experiment to find what works best in your room acoustically. Let your ears decide!

Y'all tin can observe our more than well-nigh room acoustics, which accept a large influence on the sound of your dwelling house movie house organisation, in this commodity.

Speaker set up-up for stereo systems

The rules for stereo speakers are basically applicative to all multi-channel configurations with front speakers. The two speakers and the listening area should ideally form the and then-called stereo triangle. This means that the distance between the two speakers is equally big as the distance between the listener and the two loudspeakers (which would result in an isosceles triangle if yous imagine connecting lines).

The front speakers should exist placed at an bending of 60 degrees to the listening area. The conversion factor of 0.87 tin can be used to calculate the ideal distance between the sitting position and the eye between the speakers – where the TV should exist. The tip of the stereo triangle is often referred to as a sweet spot.

Example adding: four m (speaker distance) x 0,87 = three,48 chiliad

Represenation of the stereo triangle
Represenation of the stereo triangle

2.1: calculation a subwoofer to your stereo system

The rules for positioning a subwoofer utilise regardless of the specific speaker configuration in which it is placed. In full general, the position of the subwoofer in the room is non quite so important anyway, considering it is hard for our ears to locate an accurate source of bass frequencies. It is substantially a matter of ensuring that the bass  can spread out into the room in the right fashion.

The subwoofer should be able to emit the sound waves freely into the room and should non be obstructed by big objects or items of furniture. Y'all also want to try and limit audio-visual distortion caused byroom modes, which occur particularly when the subwoofer is placed in the corner of the room. A wall mounted installation can also take a negative outcome. Therefore, the frequently recommended position "centered or slightly offset betwixt the front speakers" is usually a good decision.

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Loudspeaker installation in five.ane systems

The setup of classic home picture palace systems consists of a total of six speakers. Speech, music and the main audio effects are produced by 2 front speakers and the centre speaker. The bass comes from the subwoofer, and the ii outcome speakers produce surroundings sound.

v.i abode cinema systems with rear dipoles

Representation of a 5.1 home cinema with 2 dipoles
Representation of a 5.ane home cinema with 2 dipoles

In a 5.one setup, the front speakers are placed in the traditional stereo triangle (as mentioned above: distance to the listener = distance between the left and right speakers) next to the TV. The use of feet automatically guarantees an optimal height of the front speakers.Forwall-mounted or bookshelf speakers, the installation superlative should be between 40 cm and one.twenty m. If the height is outwith this range, information technology should exist angled slightly up or down towards the listener. It is important to annotation that the centre and front speakers are placed approximately in a straight line, possibly also on a slightly curved arc that is slightly curved towards the Television set/screen. A staggered speaker front can pb to differences in the running times of (audio waves) which could bear on the symmetry of the sound epitome. Since the centre speaker reproduces speech, information technology must be positioned as centrally every bit possible underneath or above the screen. Just then will the sound be perfectly synchronised with the movie on screen.

The dipoles should be mounted on the side of the listening position at a height of i.40 to 2.ten metres. Many Teufel dipoles already have an integrated wall mount. The dipole speakers then radiate sound forwards (in the direction of the Tv screen) and backwards (towards the back wall), so that no direct sound can be heard at the listening position. The distance from the rear wall should exist at least 10 cm.

Alternatively, you tin can too mount the dipoles behind the sitting position on the rear wall with a wall bracket at a height of one.40 to two.10 metres. Almost all Teufel dipoles have an integrated M6 plug screw for mounting on wall brackets, which you tin become as an optional extra. The dipole speakers can then be rotated at an bending of 45 degrees with one side emitting sound to the rear wall and the other to the side wall. The resulting sound reflections create the desired diffusion for audio effects.

v.1 home cinema sets with rear direct emitters

home cinema speaker installation 5.1 sound system
Representation of a 5.one. home cinema with ii directly emitters

In the instance of a concert set with directly radiators, the rear speakers must be fitted to the left and right of the seating position. The distance between the rear speakers and the listening position should be at to the lowest degree one metre. At a altitude of more than ane metre from the listening position, the rear speakers are ideally positioned in line with the front speakers – preferably on a stand or mounted on the wall at a tiptop of upward to 2.ten metres. If the speakers have to be placed much higher or lower, it may brand sense to reconsider the listening position. Read more about how to wall mount your speakers, and run into our webshop for a range of speaker accessories, includingwall mounts.

Speaker installation for 7.ane systems

With a seven.ane system, the surround sound is expanded fifty-fifty more. Sound reaches the listener from all 4 sides. The speaker setup of a 7.i system includes ii boosted satellites behind the listening area – the rear middle speakers.

7.1 – Home movie theater systems with rear dipoles

7.1 home cinema surround sound system with rear dipoles
Representation of a 7.1 dwelling house movie theatre organisation with rear dipoles

If the distance between the listening position and the rear centre speaker pair (vii.i) is less than i metre, e. one thousand. because the sofa stands on the rear wall, we recommend using dipoles instead of straight radiators.

In a 7.ane system, the consequence speakers are ideally mounted on the side wall next to the listening position, while the rear eye speakers are mounted on the rear wall – each at a peak of 1.40 to 2.ten metres.

You should try to ensure that the distances between the four outcome speakers are the same. In addition, the speakers should be at to the lowest degree 1 metre autonomously. If the distances are unlike or the iv rear speakers for some reason accept to be positioned at different heights, this asymmetry can be compensated for in the AV receiver's speaker management. To practice this, you will have to specify the actual distances of the individual speakers, and the receiver software will automatically compensate for the resulting delay time differences when the audio waves are emitted.

As mentioned in a higher place, the position of the subwoofer can be chosen freely and does non impact the other speakers. Ideally, it should be placed on the straight line betwixt the two front end speakers.

7.1 home cinema set with 2 direct emitters and 2 rear dipoles

7.1 home cinema system with dipoles and direct emitters
Representation of a 7.1 arrangement with dipoles and direct emitters

7.1 habitation movie theatre systems with 4 rear direct emitters

A speaker installation with four direct emitters to the rear is also possible. All effect speakers should be further than i metre away from the listener's position. If yous are unable to maintain the minimum altitude, try to make certain that the speakers do non emit directly towards the listener's position. The rear speakers should ever be placed between the range of 1.40 and two.10 metres.

Option: high front speakers

High forepart speakers intensify film sound and create a more spatial surroundings. For this, the AV receiver must be equipped with forepart loftier or "Presence" speaker terminals. The front high speakers should be located directly to a higher place the screen or above the Tv, with a slight focus on the listening position. Front end high speakers can be installed as additions to a 5.1 or vii.one set.

Speaker installation for a Dolby Atmos set

Dolby Atmos home cinema system with 2 additional speakers
Representation of a Dolby Atmos home cinema arrangement with ii additional speakers

Unlike other surround sound standards, Dolby Atmos is not aqueduct-related, but works with and so-called sound objects. With the 5.1 or 7.one systems described and so far, the audio is mixed beforehand in such a way that it later works with exactly these half-dozen or eight channels. Dolby Atmos, on the other manus, can control the channels flexibly.

The minimum number of speakers for Atmos sound is eight (five.ane.2). Theoretically, upwardly to 32 (as 31.1 or 24.2.6) speakers can exist operated. When sound engineers now produce in Dolby Atmos, they tin display sound objects spatially without having to commit themselves to a detail channel. An explosion on the left side of the screen is at present but defined equally a sound from a certain position on the left, with the corresponding level and time. A like process has been used in gaming engines for years.

The immersive sound effect is created past deliberately applied audio reflections. With the LT 5 (Licensed past Dolby Atmos), these are integrated straight into the front and rear speakers.

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