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BoboBob
BoboBob
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November 24, 2025

Surround Placement

I’ll be moving to a new house soon.  In the basement is a rec room where we will install a TV and we would like some decent audio.  I currently have a 5.1 system with towers and a big center, on-wall surrounds, and a receiver but looking to make things easy in the new house, one remote (Apple TV) and a clean install.  Plan is an Arc Ultra on the built-in cabinet, with a Sub 4 on the floor.  The sofa will be right against the back wall so there is no room for surrounds on stands.  I can wall mount or ceiling mount, though I don’t know the best location.  I have ordered Era 300s and hope to use those, but maybe an Amp with some 3-rd party surround speakers might be the better option?  It looks like I have some conduit in the ceiling, though placement is odd about midway between the TV wall and the back wall.  I may be able to run power to the Era 300s via this conduit or speaker wire to the Amp.  

Room will be used for TV, movies, and games.  Music isn’t really a big concern. 

If the recommendation is the 300s, where should I put them?  On the ceiling mid way, upside down and facing the back wall?  On the ceiling but mount them on the back wall facing forward?  On the side wall?

If regular on-wall surrounds are the better option with an Amp I can go that route as well. 

Overall room layout.  Sofa will be against the back wall, cabinet up front is built-in.
Floor plan view, room has an opening on one side and window on the other.  Room entry from the back, open with no door.  

 

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jgatie
jgatie
November 25, 2025

That being said, the copied data you’ve received seems fairly accurate. I do like the final summary ;)

 

The bots have read our criticisms of their crappy Sonos info, and they are apparently trying harder.

    BoboBob
    BoboBobAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    November 25, 2025

    That being said, the copied data you’ve received seems fairly accurate. I do like the final summary ;)

    Believe me, I take everything AI spits out with a grain of salt.  In fact, I’m the one that had to write my company’s AI policy with a strict caveat that nothing AI generates gets published internally or externally without documented review by a subject matter expert on the material.  AI is a useful tool but far from perfect.  

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