Positioning of bipolar surround speakers rear or side walls?

[Weevy]

Hi wonder if anybody could suggest idela placement of these surround speakers, Eltax Bipolar HT2's.

I currently have them at 'ear height' on speaker stands situated slightly behinfd the listening position. However, the speakers themselves are not the same distance from the listener due to room restrictions.

I'd like to wall mount them either on the rear wall or side walls. Just wondering if anybody could suggest ideal height off the floor and whether side wall or rear wall positioning is best. Attached is a rough drawing of seating position and where the current surround speakers are.

I've had a suggestion to side wall mount them at 5 to 6 feet from the floor, what do others think?

Really appreciate any advice on this.

Weevy

 

[markw]

I've found that mounting surrounds higher up the wall to be beneficial.

Bi/dipolar speakers agre generally recommended for matrixed DPL soundtracks where they were used more for ambiance as opposed to pinpoint sound effects.

Discrete digital soundtracks (DD,DTS) allow pinpoint locations where direct radiating speakers tend to be preferred.

Since these are bipolar, I think they could be closer to the seating as opposed to well behind.

Is there any reason they are not mounted across from each other?

 

[bpape]

Agreed. Generally about 6' high or a bit more works well unless you have a very low ceiling. Also, those types of speakers are technically designed to be directly beside the listening position so you're sitting in the null. However, with 2 rows of seating, this is a compromise for the 2nd row.

With 2 rows, they're generally mounted up high and between the rows so they're slightly behind the first row and not too far in front of the 2nd row.

This all assumes a 7.1 setup.

Bryan

 

[Weevy]

Bipolar speakers

Mark thanks for your feedback.

Only reason I hadn't side wall mounted them was because I didn't realise at the time that this was how these speakers worked, I though they were more or less like ordinary rears

I can side wall mount them at or just behind the listening position. Would I be better off then using conventional speakers to handle the rear effects?

Cheers Steve

 

[Weevy]

Agreed. Generally about 6' high or a bit more works well unless you have a very low ceiling. Also, those types of speakers are technically designed to be directly beside the listening position so you're sitting in the null. However, with 2 rows of seating, this is a compromise for the 2nd row.

With 2 rows, they're generally mounted up high and between the rows so they're slightly behind the first row and not too far in front of the 2nd row.

This all assumes a 7.1 setup.

Bryan

Many thanks Bryan for your feedback, greatly appreciated. My system is only 5.1, would I be better off with normal back speakers or by mounting these bipolars on side walls? Will I still achieve surround effects satisfactorily in this way?

 

[Weevy]

I've found that mounting surrounds higher up the wall to be beneficial.

Bi/dipolar speakers agre generally recommended for matrixed DPL soundtracks where they were used more for ambiance as opposed to pinpoint sound effects.

Discrete digital soundtracks (DD,DTS) allow pinpoint locations where direct radiating speakers tend to be preferred.

Since these are bipolar, I think they could be closer to the seating as opposed to well behind.

Is there any reason they are not mounted across from each other?

thanks for your feedback.

Only reason I hadn't side wall mounted them was because I didn't realise at the time that this was how these speakers worked, I though they were more or less like ordinary rears

I can side wall mount them at or just behind the listening position. Would I be better off then using conventional speakers to handle the rear effects?

Cheers