6
Placement of the Rear Channel
Speakers (HD•LRS) Left Right
Surround In-Wall Loudspeaker
In a home theater, the goal is to reproduce
the experience of a great movie theater in
our homes. The biggest difference between
your home and the theater is the surround
speaker array. In a commercial theater, it is
not uncommon to see twenty or thirty
speakers around the audience. This huge
array of speakers assures that you will feel
completely surrounded by the ambient
soundtrack of the movie. Film makers try to
use the “surround” soundtrack to envelope
you in the environment on screen. They
will place background music, rain sounds,
traffic noise, etc. on the “surround” sound-
track. In a home with a single pair of speak-
ers it is easy for the jungle sounds to sound
like they are “in the middle of your head”
just like headphones!
A single pair of HD•LRS Loudspeakers,
properly placed, can create a very con-
vincing simulation of an array of speakers.
If you place them near a hard reflecting
surface you can make one pair of speakers
sound like several. Create as many reflec-
tions as possible by mounting the speaker
up high in the wall so that the ceiling will
act as a powerful reflector.
(See Figures
5 and 6)
. If you mount the speakers as far
away as you can from the listening area,
more reflections will occur. However, all
Speak
er Placemen
t
HD•LRS
HD•LRS
Perforated Screen
HD•CTR
BX
Figure 4
Figure 5
If the primary listening position is towards the back of the room as depicted in figure 5, place the rear
speakers high up on the side wall or in the ceiling as pictured.
