Hello there,
I hope all is well.
Long time reader, first time poster.
My setup: paradigm monitor 11 v6 LR
Paradigm cc290v6 center
Adp390v6 rears (or sides). These are dipoles with a twist, they have dedicated bass woofers on the front.
Yamaha rxv1900 as prepro
Emotiva mono block for each front L/R
Dsp3200.
Panny vt60
Room size 21x23x9. Floating floor(lam)
I have a suspended ceiling making for easy install of the rears. I have the fronts 8 inches away from the wall center 5 inches. My fronts are 75 inches appart, 35 inches from either side wall. My rears are at my sides fairly up high at 7.5 feetish per my paradigm install guide.
I have dipoles that somehow came across my lap without my wife knowing (if you don't hear back from me its because I'm a goner). I want to add them to complete a 7.1 setup. I just finished my fury road steelbook and I must say I am flustered even with Dolby truhd encapsulated in the atmos track.
Should I put my better dipoles at the back or the sides? Historically, are sides or rears used more than another, or is this purely hazardous to the source material? Please note as I sit forward in my room, 100 inches from my TV, the rears would be over 100 inches away in the rear, I estimate 150 inches away.
Thank you for your time.
Assuming you are going to stay with dipoles, put the best ones at the sides, and slightly behind the main seating position, out of the dipole null. Dipole purists will disagree with me, but even ex-THX Tony Grimani has told me if dipoles are used, he prefers them slightly behind the listing position.
I notice your room is wide. If you start over with your surround speakers, consider bipoles, direct-radiating surrounds, or even Dolby Atmos. As stated in the article, the farther the seating is from the listeners; as in a wide room; the worse dipoles work. I prefer direct-radiating rear surrounds in almost any room, other than a small room where seating is near the rear wall.
And remember; no surround surround technology is inherently "better." As stated in the article, it depends upon room acoustics, listening habits, number of seats, proximity to speakers, yaddy-yaddy-yaddy.
I had a dipole come across my lap once. It was very painful and I had to see a urologist.