My living room is pretty shallow (but quite wide), and our couch is right up against the back wall. To make it worse, that back wall is actually our staircase, so one end of the couch has that wall all the way to the ceiling, and the other end of the couch is at the base of the staircase, so it's wide open behind. I've been here 15 years and never wound up installing my surround speakers, but now that needs to change.
Every setup I've had in the past had my couch against the back wall too, and I mounted my speakers on the wall, facing down toward the couch. This gave the surround channels a "headphone" effect and I never liked it anywhere except right in the sweet spot between them, so this time I want a more diffused sound, but I'm not sure what the best way is to get that. I have a couple ideas that I wanted to bounce off the experts:
1. Speakers mounted just below the ceiling facing straight up
2. Same thing, but the speakers angled slightly toward each other, directing the ceiling reflection more toward the seated area
3. Speakers mounted directly to the ceiling, facing straight down
4. Speakers mounted directly to the ceiling, but angled more toward the listening position
5. Something else entirely?
Most of the commercial designs I see utilize multiple baffles with multiple woofers to diffuse the sound, but those seem like they're still designed to be mounted behind or further away from listeners. If I were to install this style of speaker, I'd still have 1 driver shouting directly at me, or broadcasting out over my head, so it doesn't seem like much of an improvement.
When I get home I'll take a picture of my seated position to make my description more clear. Either way, the plan would be to design & build a set of surrounds that can compliment my mains as well as possible, but also provide a diffused sound. I just don't know what approach to take, so hopefully some folks here can help.
Every setup I've had in the past had my couch against the back wall too, and I mounted my speakers on the wall, facing down toward the couch. This gave the surround channels a "headphone" effect and I never liked it anywhere except right in the sweet spot between them, so this time I want a more diffused sound, but I'm not sure what the best way is to get that. I have a couple ideas that I wanted to bounce off the experts:
1. Speakers mounted just below the ceiling facing straight up
2. Same thing, but the speakers angled slightly toward each other, directing the ceiling reflection more toward the seated area
3. Speakers mounted directly to the ceiling, facing straight down
4. Speakers mounted directly to the ceiling, but angled more toward the listening position
5. Something else entirely?
Most of the commercial designs I see utilize multiple baffles with multiple woofers to diffuse the sound, but those seem like they're still designed to be mounted behind or further away from listeners. If I were to install this style of speaker, I'd still have 1 driver shouting directly at me, or broadcasting out over my head, so it doesn't seem like much of an improvement.
When I get home I'll take a picture of my seated position to make my description more clear. Either way, the plan would be to design & build a set of surrounds that can compliment my mains as well as possible, but also provide a diffused sound. I just don't know what approach to take, so hopefully some folks here can help.
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