My first home theater, need advice for rear surround speakers/sub.

[BrianM42]

Well as dan said, hotspotting will prove more of a distraction than an immersion. I used 5.x for a long time, and even with just surround speakers, I had plenty of of occasions where it sounded like things were behind me.

Now that you describe hotspotting like that. I remember that I've actually heard that a long time ago when I was younger and experimenting with a cheap surround sound. I really disliked it and therefor never bought a surround sound because of it(Since I was young and thought that's how it was suppose to sound).

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a set of Klipsch(2 8000F's, 504C, and 2 600M's). I will buy the sub/subs in a couple months(Most likely going with the Rhythmik 's).

I know need to read about optimal speaker placement, mainly for the rear's. Any other advice for speaker set up/placement would be appreciated.

I'm now having second thoughts about the rear speakers since it's a small space, would it be better to go with the RP-502S instead of the 600M? There is about 7 feet from the center of the couch where I would be sitting to the wall, I'm assuming the 600M will take up 1 foot so there would be about 6 feet of space between me and the rears.


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[lovinthehd]

I'm confused, you're talking about rear surrounds in a 5ch setup? Rear surrounds only come into play in a 7ch setup. Try the 5.1 speaker placement guide from Dolby (or their various others for other speaker layouts) https://www.dolby.com/us/en/guide/surround-sound-speaker-setup/5-1-setup.html

 

[BrianM42]

I'm confused, you're talking about rear surrounds in a 5ch setup? Rear surrounds only come into play in a 7ch setup. Try the 5.1 speaker placement guide from Dolby (or their various others for other speaker layouts) https://www.dolby.com/us/en/guide/surround-sound-speaker-setup/5-1-setup.html

Thank you that helps. I was talking about the side surround speakers(The two on the side or slightly behind me). Everything I read says those should be about 2 feet above ear height. Does anyone have any stand recommendations for those to put them at that level? I can seem to find any bigger than 24". Or is it just better to wall mount those on the wall behind me and place them angled off to the side?

Thanks!