Speaker Placement Guides

By Ian Bell April 2, 2005

An Essential Guide to Home Theater Speaker Placement

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“The goal of all speaker placement for movie soundtrack playback and multichannel music reproduction — even stereo — is a smooth, consistent and unbroken soundstage across the front, coupled with a sense of envelopment in the ambient surround effects. In other words, you’re after a sense of location, whether that is suggested by what’s on-screen, by the recording venue or even the dry, intimate acoustic of many pop/rock studio recordings.”

Stereo Setup Guide: What the Pros Know

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The goal of good, two-channel speaker placement should always be a smooth, consistent, and unbroken soundstage across the front, with a sense of front-to-back depth (when it’s present on the source recording; many dry studio recordings have no depth at all). Ideally, you should get a sense that some instruments extend beyond the left-right physical borders of the speakers.

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Best Sonos deals: Save $360 on speakers, soundbars and more

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Sonos is almost universally considered to be among the best speaker brands. It regularly has models among the best speakers and best soundbars, as it produces high quality audio yet manages to keep its pricing in a range most people can find their way into. This is truly the case right now, as there are a number of Sonos deals going on at various retailers. Bluetooth speakers, soundbars, and subwoofers make up the current crop of best Sonos deals, and we’ve rounded them all up in one place below.
Sonos One SL -- $159, was $200

Smart speakers are a crowded marketplace, with products like the Apple HomePod being a popular option. The Sonos One is another popular option though, and the Sonos One SL model has even more to offer. With this speaker you can easily start or expand a multiroom system and enjoy music, radio, podcasts, audiobooks, and more from all of your favorite streaming services. If you purchase two Sonos One SLs you can use them to create a stereo pair when you place them both in the same room. You can even use them as rear speakers if you have a Sonos home theater setup for immersive surround sound.

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Best wireless speakers for 2024: Sonos, JBL, KEF, and more

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Wireless speakers are everywhere, but not all of them are created equal, making it difficult to sift through the crud. Additionally, what defines a "wireless" speaker can differ from person to person: Does it use Bluetooth or a Wi-Fi network (or both)? Is it portable (with a battery) or more of an at-home, plug-in kind or speaker that's part of a bigger multi-room network music system? Yes, yes, and yes.

For this roundup, we're going to focus more on the plug-in variety with Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth wireless capabilities, because we have a whole other roundup of the portable Bluetooth speaker variety for you to check out if that's your preference.

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Sonos sale: Up to 20% off speakers, soundbars, and subwoofers

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Sonos is almost universally regarded as one of the best speaker brands, and today there’s good news for home theater shoppers looking for some Sonos deals. Best Buy is currently having a sale on Sonos products, with some of its bestselling products seeing hefty discounts. We’re seeing some impressive Sonos Bluetooth speaker deals, soundbar deals, and even surround sound setup deals, so click over to Best Buy to shop this sale while you can. Everything in the sale comes with free shipping included, and some items even have some additional freebies that come with a purchase.

Why you should shop the Sonos sale at Best Buy
Wherever you may be looking to add some audio to your life, Sonos makes a premium option. With premium sound quality often comes premium prices, which is what makes this Sonos sale at Best Buy a great place to turn to for some savings. Bluetooth speakers are some of Sonos’ most sought-after products, and the Sonos Move 2 is in the sale. This makes for a savings of $90, as it regularly costs $449. An even better way to save is by going with the Sonos One SL wireless smart speaker, which is from its regular price of $200.