Surround?

[Placebo005]

Ok set up the speakers and all, 30 inches away from the tv and stuff, ok, som, its it better for the back speakers t obe in surround or surround back? whats the diff?

 

[corysmith01]

I may be wrong, but it depends on how many speakers you're running...meaning, are you doing a 5.1 set up or a 7.1. In 5.1, you'll only have "surround" (meaning speakers connected to the surround terminals on your reciever/preamp) for all surround information. However, if you have 7 speakers and a 7.1 set up, you'll hook up speakers to both the surround inputs and the surround rear for 7 channels of output...your receiver/preamp will decode and send information to the 7 separate channels as opposed to only 5. If you only have 5, you'll want your speakers connect to the "surround" terminals and not the "surround rear."

 

[zumbo]

And Carl said, "Umm Huh".

 

[Placebo005]

oh speaking of 5.1 and what not
my amp is good for 6.1 but it has outputs for up to 7.1
so if i hook up 7 speakers, does that mean that all channels will reciieve 110 watts? or will the 7th speaker recieve less? or will they all jus level out themselves to make it even?

 

[Nomo]

Are you talking about speaker connections or pre-outs?
What reciever are you using?

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

I'm pretty sure this is his receiver:

www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_4153_209695983_tab=B,00.html?compName=PNA_ProductDetailComponent

Power
Power Amplifier Design Thermal Compensation Transistor Design
Surround Power 660 Watts Total System Power - 110 watts x 6 (1 kHz 1.0% THD @ 8 Ohms)
Stereo Power 220 Watts Total System Power - 110 watts x 2 (20 Hz - 20kHz .2 % THD @ 8 Ohm)

There's only six channels, so a 7.1 speaker setup would need to be run off the one rear center channel.

Surround speakers go to the side, they are your 4th and 5th channel; surround back are the rear centers, or your 6th and 7th channel if you had a 7th channel amp.

 

[Placebo005]

ok much cleaer now
thanks everyone!