Placement of Arc

How tall are your ceilings?

8’ 

I'd post a picture of the setup but I seemed to not be able to.

Since your viewing distance is 9 ft from the TV, if you want to get the most from your upward firing speakers from Dolby Atmos content, I would put the Arc on your console or get the taller TV stand. Depending on the depth of your console, this would allow you to get your Arc a little closer to your viewing location, and the taller TV stand would get the Arc a little closer to the ceiling. Of course you would have to find a way to hide your cables.

I have 8 ft ceilings and my Arc is on my console 2 ft from the floor. The height effects from the upward firing speakers on my Arc are most noticeable about 7 ft away from the Arc.

Thanks for your detailed advice!  I’m already planning to hide wires for the TV, cable box, and new Apple TV.  I currently have one of those “outside the wall” speaker channels that is not visually pleasing, in general, plus is off-centered.  It’s just odd looking.  If I decide to sit the Arc on the console (old or new), I’ll just tuck that HDMI cable into the in-wall system I’m having installed.  I’ll just have to worry about the cable from the back of the Arc across the console (I’m not sure if it’s possible to hide those). 

On another note, my new TV is 57.2” wide.  Will that look OK with a 60” console under it (current one).  The ones I’m looking at are 63.5” wide, but I wondered if I should go with 70”.  I’m a bit worried that would overpower the wall it’s on (it’s a short wall).  

I prefer the look of a wider console, but the TV above a 60” console should look fine too. If the TV was wider than the console, I think that would look bad. How wide is the wall?

Agreed that a wider console than television is best.  Would look really odd to have a TV wider than console.  

The usable wall space I have is 8’3”, with a hallway leading away from the living area at the left edge of the wall.  The wall basically stops at the hallway.  At the right edge of the usable wall space is a closet.  

I think the 60”, 63.5”, and 70” would all look good with your wall. Even with a 70” wide console, that still gives you 14.5” on either side. But if you plan on putting your Sub on one side with the long side of the Sub facing forward, you should stick with the 60” console.

Thank you!  I just started online shopping for 70” stands :)  Sub placement-good point.  The in-home consultation guy from Best Buy suggested I put the sub in a rear corner, but kind of figured I would try different locations to see what is best.  When I had Klipsch reference speakers (in a much bigger stand-alone house), I had the sub in the left corner, out of necessity, and it seemed to work.  I haven’t looked yet to see what is recommended for the Sonos sub.

Perhaps this will help you decide:

Wow!  Thanks for sketch!  Very helpful!  I definitely like both the 63.5 and 70 better than my current one. I’m leaning toward the 70, I think.  Actually, if space permitted, I’d like even longer, but that is not possible.  Which one is your preference of these 3?  

The 70 is also 7” higher than my current one, so that means the TV might need to go up a bit to create some space between the TV and sound bar.  With the 63.5, it’s only 4 inches higher than my current one.  If I got the 70, I would either need to put the sub vertically against the front wall or in the corner beside the sofa.  Lots of choices/decisions!