Rear Satellite speaker position - couch against wall (Pics)

[verismo]

Hi, i bought the vizio 5.1 sound bar and i need help positioning my rear speakers, its kind of tricky because the couch is up against the wall.

Thank you!

 

[mtrycrafts]

Welcome is in order

Another option is to mount the speakers on the side walls pointing down. The one on the right, as we look at the picture, above the opening.

 

[herbu]

Another option is to mount the speakers on the side walls pointing down.

If possible, that would be my first choice too. In my experience, the "rear" speakers in a 5.1 system are not really for the rear... they're for the sides. The sounds sent to them in a show/movie are sounds that are supposed to be happening to the side of the listener. For sounds that are supposed to be happening behind the listener, you can go to a 7.1 system. But honestly, the rears in my 7.2 see very little use. Most stuff is only in 5.1, and stuff that is in 7.1 has very little happening behind you.