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Where are you going to locate your speakers and volume controls?
There is flexibility in speaker placement. Factors governing speaker
placement include:
Listening position(s)
Wall/ceiling construction
Aesthetic considerations:
Location of furniture and objects located on walls and ceilings
Architectural concerns
Where your speakers and volume controls are placed may depend on
whether your house is "new construction", with walls and ceilings that
have yet to be drywalled, or "existing construction". Obviously new
construction makes it much easier, BUT existing construction is very
"do-able".
Determine a location for your stereo equipment center, (amplifier-
receiver, CD player, etc.) In many households this equipment is located
together with the video equipment in the room where your Home
Theater - Surround Sound system is. It is from this point that all the
wires driving your speakers will head-out to their respective locations.
Determine the range of activities which will occur in each room. This,
together with room layout considerations, will help determine the best
location to mount your speakers.
Keep in mind that walls are frequently used to hang items – pictures, art
objects, mirrors, etc. Also, consider where window treatments will hang
when placing in-wall speakers close to windows.
Ceiling speakers have to fight for space with far fewer constituents,
primarily light fixtures and HVAC registers.
Your speakers should be located in either the ceiling or walls in such a
manner that the individual left and right speakers are at relatively equal
distances from the listener(s). Ideally, they should be approximately the
same distance from each other as they are from the listener(s).
It is very simple. The gist is – place the speakers so an even sound
dispersion is experienced by the listener(s) and so that the volume
controls are located within easy reach.
The Home Office offers great examples of the process of choosing
between in-wall or ceiling speakers. An office environment can be
anywhere from very open, airy and uncluttered to just the opposite.
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