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Place your front-center speaker either directly above or directly below the display. If you
have a large display and the front-center speaker must be placed above head height, better
results may be achieved if it is mounted upside down (high-frequency transducer towards
the floor) and slanted slightly downwards toward the listener. Next in order of preference
would be to place the center speaker on its side in either location. If both of these locations
are impractical, and especially if the left-front and right-front speakers are located far from
the display, the front-center speaker can be located directly to one side of the display (this
location isn’t optimal, but may work reasonably well in some situations).
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If your location permits it, the ideal arrangement is to place your left-front and right-front
speakers on stands away from both the front and side walls. They should be placed such
that the left-front, center-front, and right-front speakers form an arc equally distant from the
central listening position.
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Side surrounds are typically mounted above head height and approximately even with the
center of the listening position.
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Rear surrounds are located, as you might guess, at the rear of the listening position, and are
typically mounted on brackets on the rear wall above the listening position.
Listener
Center
Left Side
Surround
Right Front
Display
Right Side
Surround
Left Rear
Surround
Right Rear
Surround
Sub-woofer
Left Front
Listener
One example of placement for surround-sound
speakers
