Speakers positioning

[MADNOD]

Dear all,

finally i am going to install my gears in my living room, it is a rectangular shaped 5.5m X 8.5m X 2.9m room . i have 1 large door (1.7m wide) centered in the rear wall (the 5.5 m one) and that's it. the speakers are 2X RTI A9, 1 CSI A6, 2 FXI A4 for side and 2 RTI A1 for rear and a DSW pro 600 Sub. the TV stand will be around 3m wide once i build it and will be placed on the other 5.5m wall behind the seat will be a dinning table and some other low height stuff, my main seating position will be around 4 m away from the TV (52A650). the AVR is RX-V665, i'll be building external amplifiers later on to power the speakers but that will be a second project.

anyway i am looking for some recommendations on the speakers position both height and distances within the room, and what do u recommend for the side speakers, bipole or dipole?,behind or side of the seating position, i am also planning to place the sub in the rear and not the front (i can have it then placed around 1 foot away from the corner) i'll be building a 1 foot riser for it as well so it's better to place it the back, my wife almost killed me for the speakers size, the last thing i want is to have such a big sub at the front. i don't beleive that this will harm the BASS (am i right?)

any recommendations? i know the basics about speakers positioning and i am planning to have the DTS 7.1 standard layout implemented. the surrounds and side channels will be wall mounted i will not be using stands (1 yr old daughter with a second baby coming in another 6 months).

as for neighbors i am only sharing the floor, above me is the roof and i am not sharing any side walls with side neighbors.

thanks in advance about all your feedback,

[Big Daddy]

Forgive us Americans. We still live in the dark ages and use the British Imperial system instead of the metric system.

1 meter = 3.28 ft = 39.37 inches
1 ft = 0.305 meter = 30.48 cm = 12 inches
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 cm = 0.3937 inches


For front speakers, put the speakers at least 2 to 3 feet away from the rear wall. The tweeters of the front speakers should be approximately on the same level as your ears when you are sitting down.

The surround speakers should be slightly above your head. If you use bipolar surround speakers, install them slightly behind you on the side walls and above your head. If you use dipole surround speakers, install them on the side walls at same line as your listening position and higher than your head. For regular (monopole) surround speakers, install them behind and above your head.

• The distance between the two front speakers should be between 6 to 10 feet.
• The distance between your main listening chair and the distance between the two speakers should be approximately the same. They should form approximately an equilateral triangle.

Speaker Setup (5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 Setup)
Depending on the number of speakers you plan to use in your home theater, the setup should follow one of the diagrams below:

The best place for a subwoofer is normally in the front corner about one foot away from the walls. Alternatively, you can use the crawl technique to find the best spot for your subwoofer. Read A Guide to Bass Management.

[DonRSD]

the all knowing oracle has spoken

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

the all knowing oracle has spoken

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[ZedsDead]

Big Daddy almost always gets people advice first, it's quite amazing.

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by ZedsDead

Big Daddy almost always gets people advice first, it's quite amazing.

Thats why the man is called Big Daddy

[richteer]

Originally Posted by Moefiz

Thats why the man is called Big Daddy

Yeah, "Small Mumma" just wouldn't do him any justice! :-)

[MADNOD]

thank u very much BIG DADDY, i'll follow your advises on this,

as for the metric thing i got lazzy to do the conversion as i wrote the thread around midnight my time.

thanks again for your feedback.