Improvised surround placement - Small room

[Faustblix]

Hey guys,

Thought this'd be the fairest place to ask, and I'm sure everyone may have tried to set up a 5.1 in an uncommon area before. The uncommon area I've had my setup moved to, is... the room I rent.

I have an HK and low end (imo) small polk bookshelf set. The setup I have now is a wall mounted Bravia. Fronts, receiver, and source just below it on a dresser. No problem with them. The problem is the 2 surround.

There's no way to sugar coat it. The setup is real ghetto compared to having a proper living room setup. With a queen bed that has a tall leather-bound headboard, flush against a wall in the corner of the room (hence, no night stand or table on both sides, just on one side), was wanting to know if its feasible, or effective at all, for me to purchase shallow in wall speakers, and install them into the headboard? Or any other ingenious methods of overcoming such an obstacle?

Uses: Home theater (HDMI) and explosive gaming rig running optical out to HK.

 

[mpompey]

You're right that most of us have had to deal with less than desirable room layouts at one point or another.

Is it possible to put your surrounds on the side walls above the head board? Its not too bad if your surrounds are higher than your front. If you can get the 2 ft above and a foot behind your position, you may like the diffuse sound better. Look for some small dipoles if you can find them.

Is the bed your primary listening position? Your receiver should allow you to adjust the distance of the speakers to compensate if one is closer than the other.