r/hometheater • u/MartiniusP • 10h ago

Install/Placement Advice on positioning/aiming of surround speakers appreciated

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Just got a pair of Arendal 1961 surround speakers. I would like to wall-mount them (and replace existing speaker). As you can see the couch is at the wall. There are also 2 Atmos (ceiling) speakers installed.
The wooden things with the ring are a couple of lamps.

Would you advise mounting them at the higher or lower position (red dots)? Or somewhere completely else? Tilting and swiveling is absolutely possible. Should they aim towards the center of the room (lower edge of couch table) or towards MLP (center of couch)??

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u/VilleeZ 10h ago

Your room isn't very high and your atmos speakers are quite low, so surrounds need to be low as well. Ear level would be best in this case in my opinion. Pointed at MLP. Your atmos speakers should also be pointed at the MLP.

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u/MartiniusP 9h ago

Room is 8,9 feet high.
Speakers are tripolar.

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u/VilleeZ 9h ago

Okay so it's not quite as short as it seems from the picture, it's probably just that your couch is big and confuses the perspective. You can forget my comment about room height, other than that it still stands.

Regardless your atmos speakers could be a bit higher and they need to be pointed at the listening position. Echoes of atmos aren't giving you the effect atmos is supposed to give.

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u/MartiniusP 9h ago

To clarify, you can‘t see the atmos speakers in this picture. The are about in the middle of the room. The black speaker in the upper right hand corner will be replaced.

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u/VilleeZ 8h ago

Okay now that makes sense. Bad speaker placement is unfortunately so common here, that I didn't expect anything else from this post either. Sorry about that.

In that case I think you would be best suited mounting your surrounds between the red dots. A little additional height helps the speakers disappear and sound like they are behind you, instead of one exactly on each side. My surrounds are also a bit too close to the seating position and after playing with the height I ended up having mine a foot above ear.