5 1 Surround Placement. For home theater 5 1 dolby and thx suggest placing your ls and rs speakers 90 to 110 degrees from center. You want your front left and right speakers to focus their sound field at your listening.
If you step into most people s homes and look at their 5 1 audio setup you re going to notice some things which are common to just about all of them bad things stemming from bad speaker placement. Speaker placement for 5 1 and 7 1 surround sound systems front left right mains speakers the main speakers should be placed 25 30 degrees off axis relative to the primary seating position. 5 1 surround sound system in this system place your speakers in the left and right position of your tv directly facing towards your seating place.
The other two speakers are on the left and right rear position of the room as i have told you in first speaker placement system.
Per dolby and dts standards your surround speakers should be 90 110 degrees off center directly to the side or just a little but behind your seating position. Also as opposed to our front speakers the tweeter of the surround speakers should be 2 3 feet above ear level when seated as this makes it them harder to localize. The position of the front left and right speakers is exactly same as in the 2 1 channel setup. Speaker placement for 5 1 and 7 1 surround sound systems front left right mains speakers the main speakers should be placed 25 30 degrees off axis relative to the primary seating position.