I have a new TV and receiver on the way, just moved to a new place with a 11X17 foot room to set up. I'll have an 82" Mits DLP and plan to seat 10' from the screen(reclining couch and TV longways in the room). My main issue is trying to figure out speaker placement for a 7.1 system.
Fronts no prob, but not sure about the side and rear surround placement. Should the side surrounds be a few feet above my ears? I wonder because I've read everything from a few feet to very high to ear level. One side is going to have the edge of a window about where the right surround would go..A problem if it should be at ear level. Putting it right above the window would put it at almost 3 1/2 feet above ear level(main seating position I'll be 5 1/2 feet from each side wall).
As for rear, I've seen nothing in set up guides or diagrams saying how HIGH they should be. My head will be slightly more than 4 feet from the back wall. That wall is almost all windows, so they'll either need to be above at the same height (almost 3 1/2') as the side surrounds if they were also up high, or on speaker stands. I think that's enough info. Let me know what else you need!
Fronts no prob, but not sure about the side and rear surround placement. Should the side surrounds be a few feet above my ears? I wonder because I've read everything from a few feet to very high to ear level. One side is going to have the edge of a window about where the right surround would go..A problem if it should be at ear level. Putting it right above the window would put it at almost 3 1/2 feet above ear level(main seating position I'll be 5 1/2 feet from each side wall).
As for rear, I've seen nothing in set up guides or diagrams saying how HIGH they should be. My head will be slightly more than 4 feet from the back wall. That wall is almost all windows, so they'll either need to be above at the same height (almost 3 1/2') as the side surrounds if they were also up high, or on speaker stands. I think that's enough info. Let me know what else you need!