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Optimum speaker height for home theater.

While I was at the theater this weekend to see "Ratatouille", all of the side and rear speakers were overhead.

In home theaters that I've seen here on the 'Gon, most of the speakers were at ear level. Most of the diagrams that I've seen for home theaters were for the speakers to be set at ear level are just above.

Does elevating the side and rear speakers ten feet off the floor (as in a movie theater) give an advantage over it being at ear level.

I have really high ceilings, and I have the possibility to elevate my side and rear speakers to movie theater height.

Any sonic advantages to elevating side and rear speakers?
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I plan to go to a 9.1 setup. All of the surround speakers will be full-range Infinity Kappa 9. The surrounds will not be used for music at all....only for home theater.

The Kappa 9 are 5ft tall. I was considering mounting them at 10ft off the floor (my ceiling is 22ft high).

I consulted the manual of my processor. From looking at the speaker placement diagram, it was designed for conventional sized residential rooms. My room is far from conventional at 22ft wide and 70ft long with a 22ft ceiling height. I don't think Sunfire had my room in mind when they printed the speaker placement diagram.
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