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Rear Surround Speaker Placement in a Weird Living Room

post #1 of 5
3/4/13 at 7:44pm
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Hi I have a Denon 1613 with polk 65t floorstanders, and 35b for surrounds. The theater setup is in a living room with an entry way and a hallway in the back. I was wondering should I get floorstanding speakers for rears, but it will be very close to the primary listening position to not block the entryway. OR should I wall mount them? and should I keep the rear speakers away from direct corners? Please look at the diagram I have sketched on paint. Thanks a bunch.
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3/5/13 at 6:09am
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post #3 of 5
3/5/13 at 8:48am
One thing I notice is you are calling them rear speakers BUT do not show side surrounds. Rear speakers only exist in a 7.1 setup. In a 5.1 setup the surrounds are sides. They should be placed on the side walls 90 to 110 degrees to the listener. So either right beside or slightly behind but on the side. I would wall mount the speakers 2 to 3 feet above seated ear level.
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3/5/13 at 9:02am
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Originally Posted by flickhtguru View Post

One thing I notice is you are calling them rear speakers BUT do not show side surrounds. Rear speakers only exist in a 7.1 setup. In a 5.1 setup the surrounds are sides. They should be placed on the side walls 90 to 110 degrees to the listener. So either right beside or slightly behind but on the side. I would wall mount the speakers 2 to 3 feet above seated ear level.

thank you for clarifying that. I misconceived 5.1 setup to have it behind you all the way.

Another question would be then in my situation, can the distance between the side surrounds be larger than the distance between front speakers?
I can't put the side speakers any closer because of the hallway and the entry way as shown.
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post #5 of 5
3/5/13 at 11:33am
Yes they can be farther apart. If you use the Audyssey setup room correction feature in your AVR it will do all the adjustments it needs to make automatically.
If you have more questions on layouts look up dolby, dts, or thx websites.
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