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[DCROSS]

Has Anyone Have The Problem Of Small Room Rear Surround Placement , My Rear Surrounds Are Placed Almost Right Were I Sit On With My Couch On The Back Wall May About One Foot In Front Of Me Speaker Are Definitive Radiant That Reflect Off The Back I Was Thinking If Rear Surround Back Speaker Right Behind The Couch
In Wall Would Maybe Give More Rear Effect Anyone Have A Solution



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B&w Fpm5 Left Front
B&w Fpm5 Right Front
Def 6.5 Rear Surrounds

 

[markw]

YMMV, but I wouldn't bother.

The rear center is supposed to be behind you, at least a few feet. There's no law saying you can't mount it where you suggest, but the effect won't be what you are expecting.

FWIW, I'm stuck in a 5.1 mode for exactly the same reason you mention.

 

[Johnd]

I have a similar problem and I am playing with the location of the rears. Right now they are 1.5' behind, 2' up and 3' to the sides. I am trying them 1.5' behind, 0' up and 1.5' to the sides using Gladiator, U-571 and Master and Commander battle scenes and the Star Wars pod race as the test sounds. I want more separation out of the rears, and want the sound behind me as it is supposed to be, but because of furniture placement, cannot be so placed. Bottom line, get some test scenes and by trial and error, find the best placement for your seating arrangement and room acoustics. Bearing in mind that the "best" position would be directly behind, forcing you to relocate the seating position forward a couple of feet. A near second best is slightly off center and toed-in. Let us know what works best for your situation.

 

[Sheep]

I just set up my rear center a couple days ago.

You want the rear center to be the same height as the surrounds, and you want the surrounds a couple feet MAX above you(but never below).

Heres a pic. The seat on the right of the couch is the centered seat. Thats how it should be setup.

SheepStar
EDIT: DCROSS, as a suggestion, only cap letters that need to be capped and use periods. Its really hard to read what you typed.