Placing The Speakers; Some Tips For Improving Sound Quality - Pioneer VSX-919AH-S Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting your equipment

Placing the speakers

To achieve the best possible surround sound,
install your speakers as shown below.
5.1 channel surround system:
Center
Front left
Subwoofer
120°
Surround
left
6.1 channel surround system:
Center
Front left
Subwoofer
120°
Surround
left
Surround Back
7.1 channel surround system:
Center
Front left
Subwoofer
90°
Surround
left
Surround back
left
Front right
120°
Surround
right
Front right
120°
Surround
right
Front right
90°
Surround
right
60°
Surround back
right

Some tips for improving sound quality

Where you put your speakers in the room has a
big effect on the quality of the sound. The
following guidelines should help you to get the
best sound from your system.
• The subwoofer can be placed on the floor.
Ideally, the other speakers should be at
about ear-level when you're listening to
them. Putting the speakers on the floor
(except the subwoofer), or mounting them
very high on a wall is not recommended.
• For the best stereo effect, place the front
speakers 2 m to 3 m apart, at equal
distance from the TV.
• If you're using a center speaker, place the
front speakers at a wider angle. If not, place
them at a narrower angle.
• Place the center speaker above or below
the TV so that the sound of the center
channel is localized at the TV screen. Also,
make sure the center speaker does not
cross the line formed by the leading edge
of the front left and right speakers.
• It is best to angle the speakers towards the
listening position. The angle depends on
the size of the room. Use less of an angle
for bigger rooms.
• Surround and surround back speakers
should be positioned 60 cm to 90 cm higher
than your ears and tilted slight downward.
Make sure the speakers don't face each
other. For DVD-Audio, the speakers should
be more directly behind the listener than for
home theater playback.
• If the surround speakers cannot be set
directly to the side of the listening position
with a 7.1-channel system, the surround
effect can be enhanced by turning off the
Up Mix function (see Setting the Up Mix
function on page 56).
• Try not to place the surround speakers
farther away from the listening position
than the front and center speakers. Doing
so can weaken the surround sound effect.
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