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Ravica3
Chromatic Producer I
April 1, 2019
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Surround Speaker Placement with Couch Against the Wall

I expect to have a new Sonos 5.1 system (Beam with Ones) in just a couple days and just planning speaker placement. After browsing these forums for about a week I realize my small livingroom is not the ideal room for surround sound.
So I'm here asking for opinions and advice.
My livingroom is on the smaller side and my sofa (main listening position) is against the rear wall. So there is not an option to place the Ones behind the couch and to make things worse I am not able to sides either (wall or stand). Well maybe one wall as the couch is in a corner.
Seems my only option is mounting on the rear wall.
With that in mind how should i go about mounting them. Higher up than normal? Facing toward seating area? Angle down? Up? Facing forward?
I tried researching this earlier and frankly there doesn't seem to be A CORRECT answer. I found many different solutions some which completely contradicted each other.
Still relatively new here and have already received good advice here so I'm back for more.

Thank you in advance.
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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1Answer
    April 1, 2019
    Hi Ravica3

    My comments assume there is no way for you to use stands. Therefore, based upon your post I suggest getting the wall mounts featured in the link. I'd position them at 6 to 7 feet above the floor over your sofa or ideally split the difference. You'll want to use a stud finder to make sure the are solidly anchored to the wall. Don't worry if the are not exactly symmetrical (left/right) to your sofa. You can use an iOS device to engage TruePlay via the Sonos app to balance the sound for the entire HT setup.

    https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/flexson-wall-mount-pair-one.html

    Cheers!
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    Ravica3Author
    Chromatic Producer I
    August 7, 2019
    I also have a sofa against the wall situation and MAY have room for the floor stands.

    Does to the L and Right of the sofa facing 'inwards' work ok?

    I have floor stands and I've tried both ways. Either is ok, You'll have to try both ways to see which you like better.
    Currently I have the facing forward. Now that I've had them for awhile have used to the way the sound, I'm going to face inward again to see the difference.
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