Another speaker placement thread. Help the newbie.

[Jimmy319]

I've attached a diagram of the room and speakers. The speakers are Polk R30's and Polk R15's.

My couch is flush to the wall. This doesn't allow me to put my surrounds a few feet behind me. Is this okay for the sound? The two setups I had in mind are shown in the diagram.

1. The first surround speakers setup (red dots) would sit flush against the wall.

2. The alternative (blue dots) would be angled in and maybe down?

The thing is I prefer to do setup one if the sound quality isn't much more negatively different over setup two if any. The Polk R15s have a hole in the back for hanging up. I would prefer to use that over buying brackets to use for setup two. If you have better suggestions, please tell me.

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A little off topic here. I haven't set up the speakers yet (my first ever) and I'm still looking for a receiver (probably HK avr235). As you may have noticed, I don't have a center speaker. What I wanted to ask was, would I lose sound information without a center? Or, would the center channel info just be split between the two mains?

 

[Audioholics]

Ditch the back surrounds and use only the wider side-rear surrounds. You will gain nothing from doing both on the back wall like that. You can ghost a center channel if you absolutely cannot place a center channel over your TV. There are some options however, like a B-Tech TV stands that wall mount behind your TV and can support a center channel.

 

[markw]

Agree with the blue scenario.

It's too bad you couldn't rotate the setup about 90 degrees clockwise, perhaps with the loveseat facing the TV instead of the couch. That would open up more advantageous (sp?) placement options and more of a viewing area overall.

 

[Jimmy319]

I don't actually have four speakers in the back. It's actually 1 pair in two different configurations. I have a wall unit and there's no place to stick the center. So I guess the blue dot setup is best.

And to the other reply, I can't rotate the setup for other reasons.

 

[saurabh]

Blue for me

I vote for blue spk setup, if changes cannot be made.