How to Install a Home Theater : Speaker Positioning for Home Theater System Setup

[barbosa071596]

did he say sofer

[RanDomeProductions1]

2007...

[1BlubeTube]

I'd rather have the bass box behind the sofa.

[hometheatercre8]

Thanks for the info, very helpful.

[cassman1979]

In my experience of setting these up its best if (for example) if your sitting 8 feet away then have your fronts 8 feet apart pointing at the listener, backs i just direct 45 degrees into centre of room. In most cases if you hear the sound but cant tell wee exactly the speakers are placed then its most likely set to optimal sound quality.

[dlzonwlz]

lol sofer

[MagnusRulerHardt]

Expertvillage sucks.

[Yitzyable]

thanks for making a video on 7.1 speakers

[JBoogeyman]

well how I have mine, are, the two back speackers are behind us, the side speakers, on the side of us, the front speark is mounted above the screen.... in front of us, and the sub-wolfer is below the screen, in front of us.... its 2 back, 2 side, 2 front.... it shakes the room.......

[mortalwinggk7]

what if your tv is in a corner?

[americaneagle791]

Just rotate this diagram.

[Andrydoodie]

@mortalwinggk7 I have the same situation

[Jerrime2009]

Set-up C placement for a subwoofer and home theater speakers is the best set-up.

[kawaiifreak860]

@Jerrime2009 actually it's the worst if your using a 6.1 or 7.1 system as both of those systems are bullshit.

[boominrick]

It does not matter where you put the sub. You cannot tell where bass/low freq come from.

Our ears can only tell the direction of high freq.

[Jerrime2009]

Are you a sciolist? It does matter where you put a subwoofer. Put it in the middle of a room and you won't have any deep bass. Also, some areas of the room where you put a subwoofer will cause the same problem.

[STREETRACEN4U]

rofl 0:36 he said: sofer instead of sofa!!

[GreenArrow1616]

When he said sofer he meant Subwoofer for short, not sofa, your hecka retarded, he even said sofer many times.

[STREETRACEN4U]

@GreenArrow1616

wow your dumb, how do you get sofer short for subwoofer?? evry1 knows that the short version of that word is sub and when theres more then one subs.. you know absolutly nothing about sound. he was also talking about the sofa couch when he messed up and said sofer.... wow your so stupid.

[qamj]

jajhajhajhahja

[asatruviking]

He is almost right on all except for the surround speakers. They should always be placed on the side walls 6 feet off the ground or 3 feet above the listener and three feet in front of the listener. Your ears aren't on the back of your head, right? So why should your speakers.

[EumlOriginal]

Akustik Note 6 / F

[diazdeleon2009]

thanks a lot, it`s just what i was looking for!!!

[dontrucha]

I don't think it really does matter where to put the subwoofer,if you want to put it right or left must to be the same, if you want to get a nice and deep bass, just spent some bucks buying a good sub

[twochaudio]

Ya,,put the rear speakers at a 45/ so the sound goes right past your nose and runs into the FT. speakers screwing everything up on more stereo another nice job expert

[war1231]

lol

[twochaudio]

Every time I run onto an Ex.pert video I wonder who are these people..Dude go to a Concert once a year you will see something and understand about a subwoffer and where to place it

[smkrew]

this is common sense...

[jlvsoundengineering]

probably the best position for the subwoofer is where the center channel is i got a ported subwoofer box in the middle and sounds very good. better than the corner.

[omaraty009]

Agreed...

[JoeNostalgiaReturns]

wtf is wrong with the Sub on the left?

[twochaudio]

..i think you should have the sub, on the left reason is concert,s that I go to all,all big drum kits ore on the left of stage. but with 5.1,,7.1...4.1,,Who cares at all where you put anything I just love to hear an trumpet or and sax player coming from the back left speaker ,When did you go to a concert and hear people playing in back of you,,,,,

[ch0c0TURTLE]

rear speakers should be at ear level WHILE STANDING. and front speakers should be at ear level WHILE SITTING. also front speakers should be at an angle as well and center speaker is the only speaker that should be placed facing directly straight. this video was ALMOST right. so yes rear surrounds should be higher for best effect.

[kmpelkey0010]

You said my soffer. :)

[joby92]

k thnx for your help

[joby92]

hey guys is it true that the rear satellites should be higher than the front speakers? and should i position them as A, B, or C setups (in correspondence with how expertvillage refers them to)? (btw i have the Logitech G51 speakers, in case it matters)

[TigerSupercatE1]

dont quote me on this but i dont think it matters wether your rear speakers are higher then the front ones. In my setup i have the rear speakers higher then the front ones soley so they clear the back of my sofa. i would go for setup b (thats how mine are positioned) however i would move them nearer the corners.for the best room acoustics you should have the sofa placed 38% of the total room length from the back wall (thats only if you are setting up your speakers at each corner of the room)

[richardrhcp]

0:42 "Subwoofer placement doesnt as matter as much...." haha

[jasoncampagna83]

no kidding, for me it's the most important!

[panchogordo1]

Listen to that part, he says "as" matter "as".

[TheUnbeen]

7.1 mother fockas

[DANATRINGWOOD]

im gunna put my front speakers on a 45 degree angle and the rear speakers poiting my ears oh and all sholder hight

is this still a good set up?

[iBkickinit]

Actually, your front speakers should be 30 degrees of axis from center... but what do I know, Im just a silly audio engineer...

[redtail5]

the sub woofer goes in a fucking corner, everyone knows that!

[wax333]

no actually it shouldnt go in the corner as it makes the sub sound more boomier

[redtail5]

thats the point, realy just go to a paradyme , thele tell you, i have a martin logan, paradigm, and definitive setup and my paradigm sub woofer sounds like shit anyware but the corner.

[wax333]

do you mean sound like shit as in you cant hear it very loudly or does it just generally sound like shit ? i mean i have a polk psw1000

it sounds great no matter where i have it

[redtail5]

shit like, it just don't give tahn nice cinematic sound, what size is your sub?

[wax333]

dual 10 inch drivers 400watts rms 825 peak

did you set your cross overs right ?

what size is your sub ?

[redtail5]

i belive it is a 12

[wax333]

it should drop lower then a 10 it should sound good set all settings at half way see what that sounds like and for the cinema effect usually its better setting the bass quite low volume well until it all blends in as one

[skatepunk2242]

expert village has beyond the worst info videos ive ever seen. They always give false info and flood it into youtube in 8 1min segments. Its rediculas.

[mtpinnc7]

so true I hate the stupid short clips why dont they put them all in one. One time I was trying to figure out how to install a motorcycle exhaust and it took them a good 4+ videos to do so. I purposely try to look for non-expert village videos but like you said they have just flooded youtube. I have also found that their "experts" arent always the expert on their topics giving false info.

[skatepunk2242]

Exactly.

[joby92]

they split them up so that their channel is more prevalent <,< grrr at the cost of our convenience, we are able to find more expertvillage vids on our search results for w/e it is we're looking for. it's just a way for them to get the channel more views than other instructional vids

[macacoraivoso]

Thanks for trying to help out, but these tips aren't correct. You should study quite a bit more about HT setup before trying to teach others.

Peace.

[Chronicize03]

i think its the basic setup!!!!

[Site4Animation]

Ok... I got about a minute into this video, and it's all wrong. Where did you get this info from? The front speaker should be at a 45 degree angle as well... All speakers need to be pointed at one specific "sweet spot", usually the center seating position (based on THX standards, which pretty much means the best way to set it up). This is a horrible video.

[alxcsb]

@Site4Animation I completely agree. So are the rest of the videos in this series. Useless and idiotic.