What speakers to use where?

[darien87]

Hey folks,

I am looking to go 7.1 in the near future. Right now I am using my VRX (dipole speakers) as surrounds. I have a pair of old Boston HD5 bookshelfs and a pair of CR9 (large bookshelfs) to use for the other 2 speakers. The CR9's have an 8" woofer and 1" tweeter.

My question is this: which speakers should I use as the speakers and which ones should be the rears. I was originally thinking of using the VRX's as the sides, and either the HD5's or CR9's as the rears. But I was thinking that maybe it would be better to have the VRX's as the rears with their ability to disperse the sound a little more than the regular direct sound that will come from either of my bookshelfs. Plus the CR9's are rather large, so I'm not sure how conducive they would be to being used as side speakers.

What should I do?

 

[nova]

I'd place the VRX's on the sides, CR9's as the fronts, and the CR5's in the rear.

 

[darien87]

My VR 2's are my fronts. And I don't have CR 5's, I have HD 5's.

 

[j_garcia]

Are you planning on rearranging your room? Right now I don't think you have space to setup 7.1 effectively. Did you get that whole amp thing squared away?

 

[nova]

In that case, if you have the room, I'd go:

VR2 front
VRX sides
CR9 rear

if you don't have the room, then swap out the CR9 with the HD5.

Generally you'll get better sound out of bi/di surrounds when they are on the side wall. Of course each room and each person is different,... best way to find out what will work best for you is to try them out in various positions.

 

[darien87]

Are you planning on rearranging your room? Right now I don't think you have space to setup 7.1 effectively. Did you get that whole amp thing squared away?

I'm not planning on doing it in my current place. But I'm planning on buying a house soon, and I'd like to do it there. I'm just trying to plan for the future, and I'd like to get rid of whatever speakers I'm not going to use.

As for the amp situation, I've got an Emotiva LPA-1 coming. Damn DHL is taking forever to deliver it. It'll be here on Monday. I'll probably end up selling my Acurus amp.