various speaker setup for DTS blu-ray movies...

[Tarheel_]

I found various suggestions for speaker placement on the dts website. I'm guessing the new audio formats require new speaker placement to achieve the best sound possible. I'm trying to find the best 7.1 placement for blu-ray, but it more confusing than ever.
As a side note, DD seems to keep the same legacy setup.

Take a look...
DTS:
http://www.dts.com/Consumer_Electronics/Home_Theater/Speaker_Layout_and_Configurations.aspx

Side note, at least dts is doing an online video to get the average user to enjoy the experience. Now, where is my drink?

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

This is the only placement you need, and what we use at Disney for our home theater mixes

http://www.dts.com/Consumer_Electronics/Home_Theater/~/media/E339FF665AD1400E8FC33E581EB6F952.ashx

I use this one in one of my setups

http://www.dts.com/Consumer_Electronics/Home_Theater/~/media/DA0423A6F64445469C869D9C212A0BDA.ashx

The rest of those speaker placements are just suggestions. Some of these suggestions will result in very weird spatial placement of effects.

These placements were to be apart of the Dts decoder which would have allowed virtual adjustments of the speakers for systems that had speaker setups in non optimal placements.

[recoveryone]

Good find Heel, its always good to have a source of reference, I just wish I had a room that match the specs so I could use my full 7.1 capability

[pixelthis]

I found various suggestions for speaker placement on the dts website. I'm guessing the new audio formats require new speaker placement to achieve the best sound possible. I'm trying to find the best 7.1 placement for blu-ray, but it more confusing than ever.
As a side note, DD seems to keep the same legacy setup.

Take a look...
DTS:
http://www.dts.com/Consumer_Electronics/Home_Theater/Speaker_Layout_and_Configurations.aspx

Side note, at least dts is doing an online video to get the average user to enjoy the experience. Now, where is my drink?

WHY SHOULD they require "new" placement? If your old speaker setup was optimal,
then it should work fine for the new formats, just sound better.
SIMPLE THINGS, like using a sound level meter, or one of the new computerized
adjustment systems, like Audyssey, will do more for your system than anything else,
weather a "new" format or not.
I DIDNT THINK there was much room for improvement with the new formats, but after
running Audyssey my jaw dropeth. THE SOUND is dynamic, full bodied, and amazing, really.:1:

[Tarheel_]

WHY SHOULD they require "new" placement? If your old speaker setup was optimal,
then it should work fine for the new formats, just sound better.
SIMPLE THINGS, like using a sound level meter, or one of the new computerized
adjustment systems, like Audyssey, will do more for your system than anything else,
weather a "new" format or not.
I DIDNT THINK there was much room for improvement with the new formats, but after
running Audyssey my jaw dropeth. THE SOUND is dynamic, full bodied, and amazing, really.:1:
I use a spl meter and moving speakers 2 feet here or there may make a big difference.(i think)..hence the question.
Some of the suggested setups has the rear surrounds angled and that is NEW. I may just experiment....

[pixelthis]

I use a spl meter and moving speakers 2 feet here or there may make a big difference.(i think)..hence the question.
Some of the suggested setups has the rear surrounds angled and that is NEW. I may just experiment....

Can't hurt. Much. If your current setup sounds pretty good I would place tape or something to
help remember your old setup. Constant tweaking and obsessive concern with perfection
is what separates the men from the boys in this hobby.:1: