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Contributor I
June 27, 2026

Help with in ceiling placement

Moving to a new place and planning my TV surround setup. I already have the Arc Ultra, but I'm looking to add at least two rear speakers. Space is pretty tight in the new layout. Does the layout in my attached drawing look reasonable for good sound?

 

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106rallye
June 27, 2026

What’s your seating position? A couch next to “672ft2”? The speakers would be to your right then. Not good. This would be better. Wall mounted speakers or speakers on stands at ear height would be best for sound.

 

george61Author
Contributor I
June 27, 2026

Thanks for the quick reply! The TV is wall-mounted on the  bottom wall, and our seating area is right next to it. Since I really want to stick with ceiling speakers, would it help to use angled ceiling speakers that point directly toward the TV/seating area instead of straight down?

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
June 27, 2026

Use the Sonos / Sonance speakers that have a directionably adjustable tweeter. Having the ability to run a full Trueplay session will likely help the final sound.

Centered on the couch and a bit behind it will likely sound the most even, and give the best surround image.

106rallye
June 27, 2026

Can you position your couch in the drawing you posted?

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
June 27, 2026

There was a picture in the now blank post.

 

106rallye
June 28, 2026

Luckily the picture isn’t blank on my iPad, but I interpreted the rectangle drawn above “53.5m2 / 672ft2” as a kitchen table, not a couch.

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
June 28, 2026

That is the first post and it is the kitchen counter.

The couch was shown in the following post that now is blank.

https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-229129/help-with-in-ceiling-placement-6934251?postid=16892303#post16892303

I was hoping the autnor would repost it.

The couch was in front of the Arc location and a few feet from the rear wall. The blue dots are in about the right speaker position, need shifted in from the side wall a bit.

george61Author
Contributor I
June 28, 2026

Hi, posting the image again to clarify the setup. The TV and Arc at the bottom. Thanks.

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
June 28, 2026

As above:

Centered on the couch and a bit behind it will likely sound the most even, and give the best surround image.

 

Basically what you show for position, but shifted in to be centered on the couch.

Directional speakers wouldn't be my choice, flat mounted ones with directionally adjustable tweeters would be.

george61Author
Contributor I
June 28, 2026

Thanks, I'm going to go with this setup.