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Help with QS4 placement
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We've bought a new house, and finally it looks like I'll be able to wall-mount my surrounds. The alcove of the rec room with the couch and surround speakers is 15 ft wide and 10 1/2 ft deep. Our sofa (a U-shaped sectional) will likely be about 1-2 feet in front of the back wall, and is 11 feet wide. Ceilings are 7 1/2 feet high.
Where would be the best place to mount the QS4s? Behind the sofa on the back wall? If so, how far apart would I want them? OR do I mount them on the side walls? If so, how high and how far from the back wall? OR do I mount them in the back corners, and if so, how far off the ground?
Any experience/advice is appreciated, because I really only get one crack at the installation.
Last edited by fhw; 11/01/03 05:03 AM.
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Re: Help with QS4 placement
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My first choice would be on the back wall, 5-6 ft high, and 12 ft or so apart from each other. That's quite similar to what I did in my room -- although my room is a bit bigger than your "alcove," the back of my main listening couch is also about 2 feet from the back wall.
Placing them on the side walls, again 5-6 ft high, right on either side of the listening position would also work well. If you have any doubts, do the experiments using a couple of people or ladders to temporarily hold the QS4s.
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Re: Help with QS4 placement
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FHW, with your sofa being so close to the back wall it probably makes very little difference whether you have the QS4s(about 5 feet up)on the side wall a foot or two from the back with the rear tweeters reflecting off the back wall, or on the back wall a foot or two from the corner with the outside tweeters reflecting off the side walls. As sushi suggested, use some sort of temporary setup to try it both ways.
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