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I'm building a new house and trying to determine where I should get the prewires run for my 5.1 L/R surrounds. I see basically 3 options that I have marked in the image. The back wall is an open wall making it difficult to place speakers.
In the image, the red arrows would be a prewire run down below to the short wall and the speakers on stands. I prefer this, but its also going to be difficult to keep the speaker stands from getting into the way and being bumped into by others. A second option is the orange arrows, would would be to mount them on the vertical wall above pointing down towards the couch. The ceilings are 9 foot, so about 9.5 to 10 feet above the ground is where they would be mounted. The last option and probably least likely, is to mount them on the side walls.
The floor plan below is what the room looks like, with the circled area being the open wall.
Any suggestions? Im leaning towards option 1 (stands) or 2 (wall mount up high), but I wasn't sure if the height and placement would be an issue. Ultimately this isn't meant to be a hardcore home theater, but I wanted to at least get the surrounds placed in there. I will plan to play video games and watch movies from the room, but don't expect it to be perfect quality sound. Also, any suggestions on decently priced surrounds?
In the image, the red arrows would be a prewire run down below to the short wall and the speakers on stands. I prefer this, but its also going to be difficult to keep the speaker stands from getting into the way and being bumped into by others. A second option is the orange arrows, would would be to mount them on the vertical wall above pointing down towards the couch. The ceilings are 9 foot, so about 9.5 to 10 feet above the ground is where they would be mounted. The last option and probably least likely, is to mount them on the side walls.
The floor plan below is what the room looks like, with the circled area being the open wall.
Any suggestions? Im leaning towards option 1 (stands) or 2 (wall mount up high), but I wasn't sure if the height and placement would be an issue. Ultimately this isn't meant to be a hardcore home theater, but I wanted to at least get the surrounds placed in there. I will plan to play video games and watch movies from the room, but don't expect it to be perfect quality sound. Also, any suggestions on decently priced surrounds?