Speaker Set-Up Help

[Kalyana Kumar]

Hi,

I recently bought a Sony MHC-GZR888DA mini hifi component system. It has 2 front and 2 satellite speakers.

MHC-GZR888DA : Mini Hi-Fi System : Hi-Fi System : Sony India

I need to set up the speakers on the wall but im not sure about the height (from the floor) and the placement directions (straight / diagonal ) and the shape it should form after the placement (square / triangle / rectangle / trapezium). My living is 18x10 and my system is placed at the head of the living. Distance between my seating and the system is about 16 feet. My seating and my system are at opposite ends, almost touching the respective walls. I am generally moving around in the living at the centre when music plays. My music play is mostly audio. However i am hoping my re-arrangement of the speakers will also aid good movie sound effect when we are seated.

Can anyone please throw more light on this so i can work to set up the same? How do i place the speakers to derive maximum sound effect?

Each of the front speakers is 3 way bass reflex magnetically shielded, where Woofer is 180mm cone type, tweeter is 50 mm horn type and super tweeter is 40 mm horn type with Rated impedence of 8 ohms. Each satellite speaker, its a full range bass reflex 80 mm cone type, rated impedence is 24 ohms.

Please let me know if any further information is required.

Thanks.

 

[afj]

speakers should ideally be placed at the same height you would be listening to them at. ie. if you're sitting then approx the same height as your ears would be. they should be pointing approximately towards the listening area. as for distance between them it depends on the room and the speakers. if they are rear ported, keep them some distance away from the wall

 

[sdurani]

For smoother bass, I would place the front speakers about 5 feet apart. Place them at ear height, as afj metioned, so that you can hear the tweeter as clearly as possible.

The satellite surrounds can go in the back corners of the room, mounted at least a couple of feet above ear level, pointed inwards (towards the listening area).

 

[Tanoj]

http://www.hifivision.com/speakers/47399-speaker-positioning.html

This topic has already been spoken on this forum, you may follow the above thread

You will find a calculator tool in the thread , use it to get more accurate result as per room size and room acoustics

Regards

Tanoj