Speaker Placement In Square Room

Speaker placement in a square listening room by george cardas.

Speaker placement in square room.

Since you re not using the room for anything else you want each speaker at ear level or slightly higher when seated. Square room placement the least desirable listening environment is a square room. If it s possible and your room is wide enough i tend to prefer doing the set up on the long wall. The problem with corners is that typically you only have one speaker that s placed there.

The listening position is back against the far wall which gives a measurement of approx. Due to similar ratios of boundary distances larger sound waves in the lower midrange and bass regions will have a loading effect and cause tonal imbalance in sound reproduction. These speaker placement guidelines can give you a renewed sense of realism and detail that may have been hidden in your room. But it can also result in more room filling sound for a smaller seating area.

Placing the speakers on the short wall on the narrow dimension of a rectangular room is going to limit the width and the overall soundstage size to a certain extent. Stay away from corners whenever possible you want to move your speaker s out of a corner. 1 5 times the distance the speakers are apart. This gives you the best surround sound experience.

If you have the misfortune to have a square listening room as in the previous setup diagram f create golden rectangles in the rear corners of the room. 2 think in thirds imagine dividing the length of your room by three. Building a dedicated home theater room. I recommend starting with this and then backing up the speakers to the main wall as needed for adding a little bass reinforcement back into the sound and making room for other furniture if needed.

Your speakers can then be placed along lines extending from the outside rear corners through the inside front corners diagram g. Speaker placement in a dedicated theater room follows the same guidelines as above except for the speaker height.