What Hi-Fi?

HOW TO SET UP AND POSITION YOUR SPEAKERS

There are few things more galling than seeing a pair of stereo speakers huddled together on a bookshelf, surrounded by trinkets and electronics, looking under appreciated and having their talents go to waste.

While we’d hope that nobody reading this feature is quite in that situation, it isn’t always obvious what you should do in order to get the best possible sound from your speakers – no matter whether they’re brand new or you’ve had them for a while.

It’s a lot to do with experimentation, and all speaker manufacturers will have suggestions to guide you with their own designs. But

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