Video Asylum

Posted by cfraser (A) on February 14, 2002 at 16:01:28

In Reply to: Question on speakers setup. posted by tourist on February 13, 2002 at 19:49:38:

Certainly no expert, but have started to take my HT more seriously these days after mostly just fooling around with it for a few years.

Start off with the speakers all sounding the same volume level from the main listening position, and adjust to taste later. Making the center louder is common it seems, and I do that. It doesn't need to be louder for most movies, but for some it does, so I just set it a bit louder and left it.

As for height, I just raised my rear surrounds to 5'6" off the ground last weekend. I much prefer this, they're meant to be at least 2' above your ear height when sitting (>66" for me). I found adequate speaker brackets for a reasonable price, and they are far cheaper than most speaker stands too. You might find they will support your floorstanders - they do mine. There's no real bass coming from the rear surrounds anyway.