Dolby 5.1.2 Speaker Placement
5.1.2 Dolby Atmos-enabled speaker setup. How to set up your system To create an optimal sound system enabled with Dolby Atmos®, first familiarize yourself with the role and position of each speaker. Then choose a central seating point and angle your speakers at it, keeping them at your ear height when you are seated, unless noted otherwise. Image Credit: Dolby. There are 2.1.2, 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 7.1.2, 7.14, 9.14 setup, what are these numbers all about? To make it straight forward and simple, a 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos setup consist of 5 speakers, one subwoofer and a pair of Atmos speakers. For speakers, we will elaborate more in details after the speaker’s section below.
A 5.1.2 system uses 2 ceiling speakers in additional to a basic 5.1 system. For the requirement of 5.1.2 ceiling speakers, they are not easy to fit for apartment but better for house.
For the 5.1.2 system, it consists of:
According to the placement recommended by Dolby’s official website, the position of 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos overhead speakers is recommended to be aligned with the front speakers in the left and right directions, and the front and rear directions are between 65-100° from the horizontal. Hello everyone, I decided to add 2 KEF Ci50r speakers to my 5.1 set up (Denon AVR-2300W & Jamo A102 speakers) but I'm having trouble finding a definitive answer about the placement for them. Do they go in line with the Surround L&R speakers and slightly in front of the main listening position.
NOTES: for items 2-4, they are totally 5 normal speakers as 5 with the subwoofer as the “.1” and final “.2” refers to 2 additional speakers in-ceiling.
Let’s take a look on the floor-plan of the 5.1.2 theater.
The installation suggestion is based on the information available from the Dolby Lab. With our experience, it should be fine-tuned for every listening room. The key is the positioning as the angle of the speaker position and the physical height of the speakers.
To take an example, a room with wooden wall should be sounded very well. Further adjustment will be necessary for a brick wall. In order to build the best-fit system, you need to set your height and position of each speaker with the help of the AV system. Then, you have to compare the effects when sitting down at your seat by playing the same track until the most comfortable one.
Also, the 3-D plan is being shown below:
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