low mounted surrounds ?

[lifevicarious]

I don't think a pull down screen is 'ideal' either but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. And how many theaters do you know of that puts the center and the L and R below and/or off to the sides of the screen? Not any that I have ever seen.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by lifevicarious

I don't think a pull down screen is 'ideal' either but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. And how many theaters do you know of that puts the center and the L and R below and/or off to the sides of the screen? Not any that I have ever seen.

Then you don't know what you are missing . Movie theaters are huge rooms so how can you compare it to A Home Theater , You can't .

[lifevicarious]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Then you don't know what you are missing . Movie theaters are huge rooms so how can you compare it to A Home Theater , You can't .

Personally I don't care where people put their speakers. It was the OP calling people out for putting their surrounds at ear level and in one post stating that you don't see surrounds at ear level in a theater. So if his setup is dictated by what a theater does, I am curious why he has a pull down screen and why his C,L,R speakers aren't behind an AT screen just like they are in a theater.

The point of my post was to call out the hypocrisy in the OP's thinking regarding speaker placement as he even goes as far as claiming Dolby's speaker placement reccomendations is driven by "easy setup" and presumably not by acoustics.

[Scooby Blu]

My speakers where installed by the pros. Furthermore both Audio and Video were calibrated by the pros as well. Spent over 700 bucks and It took them about 4.5 hours to get it done. I simply do not question the placement of my speakers at all!

[TKNice]

I read many guides and advice before installing mine and ended up going with the THX recommendation which is 2ft above the listener. I don't think we can optimize our setups for every type of mix--or that we should do what Dolby or DTS recommends. Ultimately, 98% of all the movies I watch are matrixed out to 7.1 which is exactly what real theaters do, only with many more channels. They are always mounted high.

[Steve]

My surrounds are between 5'-6' off the floor and IMO they provide a fantastic sound field.

Currently THX recommends 2' or higher above ear level. Dolby now suggests "just above ear level". I seem to remember that Dolby also used to recommend 2' or higher above ear level, but they changed that several months ago when they updated their website.

[Hammie]

Most places I have read state that they should be 18-36 inches above ear level. The funny thing is they don't really specify WHAT part of the speaker should be at that height. I always assumed they meant the tweeter. Therefore, mine are mounted with the tweeters about 24" above ear level.

Is mine an ideal setup? I like it and everyone feels it sounds great, so who am I to question right from wrong.

Few people have the room to create a dedicated theater with speakers in a position similar to a professional theater. If I would ever have the room or money to setup a dedicated theater, I would probably go with all B&W/Classe CT series speakers/electronics.