Still, there are some good rules to go by. The diagram below shows the ideal placement for speakers in a 7. Notice how the speakers are perfectly set up for one seating location, the elusive "sweet spot". Because most people are not hermits watching movies in solitude, you will probably have a variety of seating locations. When placing your speakers, you will need to decide if you want to optimize your system for one location or, as we prefer, place speakers so that individuals in a variety of positions can experience good quality surround sound.
Choosing to setup your system for multiple seating locations may also affect your decision to go with a 5. Center Channel Speaker : The center speaker should be located directly above or below the display. The majority of the dialogue in a movie comes through the center speaker, so it is important to think carefully about the placement.
Try to place the center speaker as close to the television as possible being careful to angle the speaker towards your ears. Placing these too close together will create a small sound stage, and you will lose out on separation between the front 3 speakers center, front left, front right.
If they are too far apart, you will have a gap in the sound stage between the front 3 speakers. Again, place these speakers as close to ear level as possible, paying particular attention to getting the tweeters as close to ear level as possible.
Finally, please do yourself a favor, and do not mount these in the corners of your room. Surround Speakers: The placement of surround speakers is typically where people go wrong. The most common mistake is putting them behind you. Surround speakers, as seen in the diagram above, are supposed to go directly to your left and right.
Unlike the front 3 speakers, surround speakers should be placed anywhere from a couple inches above ear level to 2 feet above ear level, when seated. Surround Back 7. However, it will depend a lot on your room size and where you have your seating. For example, surround back speakers are particularly helpful when there are multiple rows of seating, where it isn't possible for everyone to fully experience surround effects in a 5.
Before you get caught up in assigning money and resources to a 7. Subwoofer s : In a 5. So, if you had two subwoofers, you would have a 5. In my experience, many salespeople underplay the importance of a subwoofer. A cheap, inadequate, or poorly placed sub has the ability to ruin an otherwise great system. Many people may advise you to just place the subwoofer in the corner, which makes many industry professionals cringe.
There is no "best" place for a subwoofer; the best thing to do is experiment with different places around the room. More on this topic, and information on what a crossover X-over is, will be discussed later in this article. Below are links to additional articles on speaker and subwoofer setup:. Loudspeaker Placement Guide. Once you have put your speakers in place, it is time to plug them into the receiver. This should be simple enough, but I have seen many good installers make careless mistakes here, which will have a major impact on sound quality.
The black and red labeling is simply for convenience, the wires are the same. You simply need to make sure that whatever wire you attach to the positive terminal on the speaker; you attach the same wire to the positive terminal on the receiver.
The same goes with the negative wire. You will need something the strip the wire back, typically a wire stripper, dykes, or utility knife will work. Be careful first to not cut yourself, and second to not cut off the copper strands inside the wire jacket. You only need to strip back enough so the bare wire can go into the back of the receiver and speakers.
If you want a really clean look, or think you will be moving your speakers or equipment anytime soon, installing banana plugs or spade plugs on the ends of your speaker wire is extremely helpful.
They make connecting and disconnecting equipment easier, quicker, and reduce the chance of wires touching and shorting out. Your subwoofer will hook up with a single RCA cable. You will see some RCA cables marketed as "subwoofer" cables. If you purchased one that is fine, but if you have a high quality RCA cable lying around, you could use that too, and it's likely that there's little difference.
There is a plug on the back of every modern AV receiver labeled, "sub out" or "sub preout. If your subwoofer doesn't have that label, connect the RCA to the left input or use a Y-splitter to send signal to both inputs. Some subwoofers will also have speaker connections on the back, however these should only be used if you have an older receiver that doesn't have an RCA subwoofer output. The typical manual doesn't do much more than confuse the average consumer.
I cannot tell you how many clients I have talked to who have spent hours pouring over manuals only to end up more confused than when they started. This section of the article should make sense of all of the inputs, outputs, knobs, and wires that create our home theater systems.
First I will explain some basic concepts, then go through a common scenario of hooking up equipment. This article does not discuss hooking up equipment with receivers that don't support HDMI; however, the principles in this article will also help connect older equipment. First, we need to look at the types of connections you will encounter. How to Get 5. If all of your equipment supports HDMI, connection should be a breeze. In some cases your equipment won't have an HDMI output.
Maybe you are hooking up a Wii which only supports composite video a yellow RCA cable , or component video red, green, blue.
In that case, you will have to run either composite or component cable s for your video signal, and a separate cable for sound. With a Wii, your only option for sound is stereo audio. Because there are so many different types of connections, it would be impossible to cover how to hook up each type of device, so I have chosen to use a few popular devices to use as examples. Below is a picture of the receiver, and a diagram of how everything should be hooked up.
Editor's Note: If you have an older HDMI receiver, or one that doesn't provide HDMI upconversion, be sure to connect composite and component video outputs to your television as well if you utilized those inputs. Realize this when you consider buying the entry-level model, so you're aware of the extra steps involved. Too many people purchase great home theater equipment, and take the time to plug it in properly, only to forget a couple settings that can make or break their entire experience.
For most audiophiles, this is the fun part. Spending some time testing your system can make the difference between a good system and a great system. Below is a list of common devices and what settings you should make sure to check on each one. TV: The first thing to understand about TVs is that the Color or Picture Mode settings out of the box which affect brightness, tint, hue, saturation, etc… are not set to give you the most accurate picture.
There are many articles about calibrating TVs, so I will just give some basic suggestions. While this setting can be made by ear, using a decibel meter will get you more precise results. You can find decibel meters online or at most electronics stores for a pretty reasonable price. There are also several decibel meter apps available for both Android and iOS devices , of course. As you move through the speakers, you will be able to move the output level up or down as needed.
If performing this process by ear, do your best to make sure that each speaker sounds as loud as the one before it. You can bounce back and forth often to make a comparison. Do not point the meter at each speaker. You may choose any level you wish to calibrate the speakers to: 70, 75 and 80 dB are popular levels to use.
There are conversion charts online that will guide you in using a decibel meter with a subwoofer, but you can achieve good results by setting the sub by ear. Then, proceed with the test tone and adjust the subwoofer level output such that the sub just begins to shake the room.
To test your subwoofer settings, we recommend using a piece of music or a movie that you are familiar with. If while listening to the music or movie of your choice you find you desire less or more bass, go back into the speaker level portion of your menu and adjust accordingly. Grab some popcorn and kick back with a great movie. First, take a look at the simple speaker location graphic below: Note that the center channel should be placed directly below or above your television.
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Best Apple iMac deals for January When it came time to set up the speakers he had purchased to go with the TV he simply plugged them in and set them all on the shelf under his new TV. The only way for that setup to be less optimal would be if the speakers were inside a nearby closet.
There is an enormous amount of energy invested in giving you a great home theater and listening experience. Everyone from speaker designers to audio engineers to foley grips—the people who add sound effects into movies—have all contributed to recreating realistic and enjoyable sound in your home. In order to take advantage of all that energy invested in producing awesome soundtracks and movie scores, however, you have to invest a little energy of your own.
Simply follow along as we explain what each speaker does and where you want to place it. Stereo audio is simply two channels of audio, one for the left speaker and one for the right speaker. In surround sound notation, this simple two channel setup is referred to as a 2.
Adding in a subwoofer changed the notation to 2. More complex audio systems build on the 2. Unlike simple 2 channel systems that are usually driven by hardware on the main device such as the portable music player or television set , multi-channel surround sound systems generally require a separate component known as an receiver to amplify and distribute the audio signals from the source like the Blu-ray player or cable box to the speakers.
Current consumer audio receivers support anywhere between 5. The vast majority of receivers currently support 5. If you are curious what happened to 6. We will begin with a simple 2. The tips and tricks for each setup section will build on the advice from the previous one so we strongly suggest reading straight through.
The only caution to observe in placing the subwoofer is to avoid placing it directly into a corner or inside any sort of recessed cabinetry or architectural detail. Placing the subwoofer very close to walls and in semi-enclosed spaces changes the speaker from an omnidirectional one to a more directional one and usually results in the subwoofer sounding overpoweringly loud and boomy compared to its companion speakers.
Placing the 2 channels: In a 2. All the sound effects, music, and dialogue from the speakers will be broadcast into the room towards you from the front. The two primary channel speakers, left and right, should be placed roughly feet off the center of the viewing screen feel free to shrink these offsets if you have a particularly large screen to contend with and at roughly ear height with the listener. Keep in mind that ear height for the listener is dependent on their height when seated—around 3.
In addition to positioning the speakers off to the sides of the screen and at listening height to the viewer, you want to angle the speakers inwards towards the listener known as toe-in, as opposed to facing them toe-out or straight ahead. The ideal angle for your toe-in speakers is between degrees.
Place your speakers accordingly to create this cone-of-sound directed towards the center of the listening area e. Just moving your speakers to the proper position and recommended arc off the viewer will radically increase the quality of your experience. The 5. In order to configure a 5. Placing the center channel: In the 2. In the 5. Since the actors are generally in frame and roughly around the center of the screen the new center channel is perfect for delivering their dialog so that the speaking sounds as if it is coming directly from the actor on screen.
The center channel should be placed dead center to the main viewing seat and should be toe-out no angle to either the left or right. The center channel should be as close to ear height as your setup allows and can be placed either above or below the screen. Placing the left and right surround sound channels: Just like the addition of the center channel offloads some of the work from the original left and right channels of the 2.
The surround sound channels are responsible for environmental and ambient sounds. In order to place the left and right surround sound channels for maximum impact, you want them positioned at roughly degrees relative to your listening position—in other words, right beside each of your ears or slightly behind them by degrees.
In addition you want to place them slightly above the head of the viewer.
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