Vertical pitch of rear surround

[jopela]

I have read all of the guides for placement of the rear surrounds in a 5.1 and have found a suitable location based on the shape of my room, but what I have not seen is what the vertical pitch of the speaker should be.

Since the rear surrounds are above the listening location should they be pitched down towards the listener, or should they be parallel to the floor so they are aiming above the listener? Also, does this change for a bipole/dipole setup?

Thanks

 

[TLS Guy]

I have read all of the guides for placement of the rear surrounds in a 5.1 and have found a suitable location based on the shape of my room, but what I have not seen is what the vertical pitch of the speaker should be.

Since the rear surrounds are above the listening location should they be pitched down towards the listener, or should they be parallel to the floor so they are aiming above the listener? Also, does this change for a bipole setup (which is what I have)?

Thanks

Those speakers are not supposed to be bi poles. You will have to experiment, but probably angling them down to the listening area will be best.