Hi, I'm looking for some advice around 5.1 speaker placement, before I start chiseling away at the walls to hide speaker cables.
My TV will be in the corner of the room, appreciate that this is not optimal, and my resulting speaker placement will compromised. but I need to maximise sofa seating and I don't want stadium seating!
My TV is going to placed on a closed off chimney breast which is at an angle in the corner of the room. Beneath it, I'll put the center speaker (at roughly ear height when sitting), and then I'll have the front Left and Right speakers on each side of the tv positioned a ~foot higher than the center and slightly forward of the TV,( I've read they should be slightly higher so as to not obscure the center speaker).
When it comes to the surround speakers ( in 5.1 setups we're not supposed to call them 'rears' right?) i'm not sure where to place them, I have 2 very similar ideas which are below. I can't think of a way to get the speakers more in line with the ears of the listener (which is optimal position i'm led to believe)
Also, should I consider Ceiling speakers above the listener instead?
Thank-you
My TV will be in the corner of the room, appreciate that this is not optimal, and my resulting speaker placement will compromised. but I need to maximise sofa seating and I don't want stadium seating!
My TV is going to placed on a closed off chimney breast which is at an angle in the corner of the room. Beneath it, I'll put the center speaker (at roughly ear height when sitting), and then I'll have the front Left and Right speakers on each side of the tv positioned a ~foot higher than the center and slightly forward of the TV,( I've read they should be slightly higher so as to not obscure the center speaker).
When it comes to the surround speakers ( in 5.1 setups we're not supposed to call them 'rears' right?) i'm not sure where to place them, I have 2 very similar ideas which are below. I can't think of a way to get the speakers more in line with the ears of the listener (which is optimal position i'm led to believe)
Also, should I consider Ceiling speakers above the listener instead?
Thank-you