![]() ![]() So, for the front speakers they should, according to Dolby, live 22 to 30 degrees from your seated position. When you see the labeled angles of the speakers, those aren’t the angles the speakers can be aimed, they are where the speakers should be positioned in the room. The graphic below from Dolby is a pretty accurate representation of how a 7.1.4 Atmos configuration should be set up (again, ignore the angling of the speakers). Your front, surround back, and Atmos speakers should all be in a line. That’s not what we will be discussing here.Īgain, you’ll need to know the location of your front speakers to know where you place your Atmos speakers. ![]() Depending on the layout of your room and the height of your ceiling, you may opt for one layout over another. There are a couple of overhead options you can choose from with dolby giving you some placement options based on angles. Atmos was designed with in-ceiling speakers in mind. Positioning Your Atmos SpeakersĪtmos speakers usually go on your ceiling. Again, don’t worry about aiming them at your seat. If you have high-backed chairs, that could position your surround back speakers fairly high. This means they need to be high enough to clear the top of the couch. Like the side surrounds, the surround backs should be high enough to “see” every listener’s head. Throw them on the back wall and just make sure they are pointed into the room. Aiming the speakers toward you, or trying to get perfect imaging, just isn’t effective for sounds coming behind you. Your ears just aren’t that sensitive to sounds that are coming from behind you. There are a lot of reasons for this not the least of which is that you aren’t facing those speakers. Like the side surrounds, the surround back speakers should be positioned so that they are firing directly into the room (toward the front wall). The below image, from a Denon receiver manual, is pretty accurate if you ignore how the surround speakers are pointed directly at the listener. The front right and the surround back right speaker should be in line. So, the front left and surround back left should be looking at each other. Once you know that, the surround back speakers should be placed on the back wall, directly across from the corresponding front speaker. Before you place these speakers, you need to know the location of your front left and right speakers. Your surround back speakers are a little different than your surround speakers. ![]() The surround effects are supposed to be slightly more diffuse. They should NOT be angled toward the center of the couch. The speakers should be placed so that they are firing straight forward. So the left surround speaker should be able to “see” the right ear of the person sitting all the way on the other side of the couch. They should be high enough so that the tweeter on the speaker has a direct line-of-sight to every ear on the couch. The surround left and right speakers should be positioned directly to the left and right of your couch (or main row of seats) in line with your head when you are seated (don’t forget to factor in any recline). I mean, the side surrounds look like they are in front of the couch. Instead, they are created to best display the individual channels, not where they should actually live in your room. You should not take these as some sort of example of where to put your speakers. When walking through the setup on your AV receiver, you may see a graphic like the one above. ![]()
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