Front/Suround Speaker Height

[Hammie]

This is the rule I have always heard and have tried to follow.

- Fronts -- ear level of sitting position

- Surrounds -- 12-36 inches above sitting position.

Currently, my fronts (Polk Audio RTi4's) are wall mounted with the tweeters at 68 inches off the ground but pointed directly at the sweet spot (I used a laser pointer to get the angle correct). My surrounds (Polk Audio FXi3's) are mounted with the tweeter at 70 inches. My ears while sitting are right around 40 inches.

The most important thing in my opinion is that your speakers are contained in a square area (for a 5.1 setup). Meaning that your surrounds and fronts create the 4 corners of a square. I think it makes it look cleaner since everything is equidistant and uniform from one another. The pre/pro/receiver doesn't have to compensate as much on pushing any one channel a little harder. My thinking could be wrong and very far off. Just thought I would share where my head was/is when setting up my system.