| Anyone that owns a home theater system can tell | | | | your main listening position as possible. Once, you have |
| you that no matter how much money you spend on a | | | | the distance down; point them to your set listening |
| stereo system or home-entertainment center, the | | | | spot. |
| sound will never get any better than the speakers you | | | | - Next, you'll want to set up the speakers in a way |
| have connected to it. If you bought cheaply made | | | | that the distance between all of them is no greater |
| speakers because the price was cheap, don't expect | | | | than the distance between the speakers and the main |
| great sound quality either. However, even the most | | | | listening position. Be sure to situate them symmetrically |
| expensive speakers don't put out the best sound. This | | | | so that each has an equal and matching relationship to |
| can be fixed through moving your speakers around. | | | | the surrounding walls. |
| It's an overlooked fact that the placement and | | | | - Once you have all the previous tasks completed, it is |
| positioning of your speakers plays a large role in your | | | | time to place the subwoofer in the correct position. |
| system's sound quality and performance. Ask any | | | | Most people usually set it up on the floor in a location |
| expert or guru and they'll tell you that speaker | | | | that isn't the same distance from the different walls. |
| placement is especially critical because it affects the | | | | This is because walls emphasize certain bass |
| tonal accuracy, staging and imaging, and realistic sound | | | | frequencies more than other ones and the last thing |
| reproduction. | | | | you want is multiple walls emphasizing the same |
| While every system and room is different, here are | | | | frequency. You'll notice the poor sound right away. |
| some general guidelines that should help you set up | | | | - This step is all on you. How good are your ears to |
| your stereo speakers for their best sounding | | | | picking up the difference in sound quality? You'll be |
| performance. | | | | using some adept listening to make a final decision |
| - You're going to be basing all of your listening | | | | about whether or not all the speakers sound good. |
| decisions from the spot you will be spending most of | | | | Pick out a certain piece of music that you know pretty |
| your time and set everything up from there. For | | | | well and use it to evaluate the effectiveness of your |
| example, if you like to watch movies lying down on the | | | | speakers' positioning. Experiment with the sound by |
| couch, you need to move your couch to an optimal | | | | making a few slight changes in speaker positioning until |
| listening distance. If you don't do this, all your hard work | | | | you're completely satisfied with the most natural sound. |
| will be for not. Decide where in the room you will do | | | | - Last but not least, you'll need to do something about |
| most of your listening and set it halfway between the | | | | speaker wires. You really don't need audiophile cables |
| speakers and the back wall. | | | | for your speakers but they are definitely a good |
| - If you own two speakers or just a set of | | | | investment. You can also use a heavier-gauge wire. |
| high-frequency tweeters, it is important to position each | | | | They have less resistance than regular speaker wire, |
| one around ear level and near the same distance from | | | | plus a purer signal. |