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HELP Which wall of new room to put system on?

I'm probably moving my system into a new room. The room is about 15' wide x 20' long. I will put the system on one of the 15' walls. The room height is 8' except that one wall only goes to 5'4" and begins a gradual slant up to 8'. I would like to get everyone's advice about whether I should put the main system / front speakers on the wall with the slant or on the wall that goes straight up to 8' tall. I'm hoping that, in some way, this will be a sonic advantage. I'm just not sure if the slant should be behind the main front speakers or on the other end of the room from them. By the way, the main front speakers will probably sit about 5' off the wall.
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newbee
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Good question. I've seen folks advocate having the speakers on the wall with the high ceiling, and that may be so, but I would be concerned that your seat under the sloping walls would put you in a position to pick up early reflections off the sloping part of the ceiling. I suppose much will depend on where you put your chair. If the ceiling just in front of it is 8' it probably wouldn't make much difference.

In my last home, which had a sloping ceiling as you describe, in a slightly smaller room, and with the speakers closer to the wall under the sloping ceiling, I could never get a great sound. I remedied this by putting the speakers on the long wall firing accross the sloping ceiling and it worked fine.

Best to keep an open mind on the possibilities and try all four walls.
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