Help/guidance with bedroom speaker positioning (google sketchup pic included)

BiGT- · 13 May 2011 at 18:35

Hi, I just purchased a new speaker system and before I start creating some holes in the walls I wanted to see if my positioning of my speakers are any good or are they too high....

The desk/chair and bed will probably be moved/re-arranged so I will be sitting against the wall where the monitors are.

also if anyone knows, on the wall there is no sockets so I have to have an extension cable/adapter from the opposite wall to the TV and equipment, does anyone know of anyway to hide the extension adapter/plug, the ones that connect 4 plugs?

Thank you

lucid · 13 May 2011 at 20:22

High up in the corners is a bad place for speakers. Lots of people do it, but that doesn't make it right.

Your front speakers should be close to the height of the centre speaker - or at least no higher than the top of the TV. Also move them away from the side walls.

The rear surround speakers should also be away from the corners and lower... about 30cm (1ft) higher than ear level when you are sat down.

Hiding cables: look at curved surface trunking. Link

BiGT- · 13 May 2011 at 22:55

Hi, perfect answer for the first question thanks very much, but the second question I was asking about hiding the actual plugs/extension not the wires, I already have some conduit/trunking, its just the plugs are so ugly and out of place :/

But thanks very much for answering

lucid · 14 May 2011 at 01:22

Mains cables - If our gear has detachable mains cables then it's possible to make longer versions of those leads. The longer cable can be trucked down the wall to a multiway block.

For gear with captive mains heads then a male/female socket combo on the end of a long extension tail solves the problem. I carry the bits to do both the above in stock. All you'll need is some suitable mains flex and some 3 pin mains plugs and a little time.

The alternative involves new sockets at the height of the gear. That's going to be a job for an electrician though to comply with building regs.

BiGT- · 14 May 2011 at 02:51

hmm I never thought of a "male/female socket combo" :/ strange, thanks very much for that, I will probably go along with that! Cheers

lucid · 14 May 2011 at 11:24

BiGT- said:
hmm I never thought of a "male/female socket combo" :/ strange, thanks very much for that, I will probably go along with that! Cheers

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dodgem · 17 May 2011 at 00:21

lucid said:
The alternative involves new sockets at the height of the gear. That's going to be a job for an electrician though to comply with building regs.

Good advice and ideas from Lucid as usual

but that piece right there is a little off... Unless you know what you are doing then it's a job for an electrician sure, but it has nothing to do with building regs - anybody is allowed to extend/modify a ring main as long as the work is not in a bathroom, kitchen, or outside. Clearly though, you wouldn't attempt it if you were not competent...