Planning Speaker Placement

Now that you’ve taken stock of the rooms in your home and have had some time to think through which rooms you’ll use primarily for Media Center features, it’s time to plan the speaker placement. Depending upon the classification you’ve assigned to Media Center rooms, there could be a different ideal speaker placement for each.

Speaker Placement in Intensive Listening Rooms

In these types of rooms, there is one "best seat in the room"—the one right between speakers. Now, if you’ve classified the family room as an intensive listening room, you will want to have at least two seats in this spot so that when games are played or movies are watched, more people have a shot at a great listening experience. You might even want ...

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