Turn the speakers on the side and... they upfire. Or are you referring to the soundbar- which does have some upfiring drivers.
On the rears/sides
I was under the impression (this is telephone naka support... yes i got an answer once) that they may even reccomend changing speaker orientation to upfire (on a stand or a mount), OR it should be fine at ear level too. I wouldnt know because its Feb 15 still Q1 for a month and a half and I have 7.2. Gladly I would test that, as the person on the phone at the time seemed like they may not have really had an answer but just mumbled a... something that sounded like an answer. (Lesson: Always send email to nakamichi). I havent got into it because there are two extra speakers on the 9.2 to create "the dome of sound", on the 7.2 depending on processing maybe fire them up, maybe better at ear level, and for those who fired up some or all of the 9.2 surround, whether its great or not, do a search or maybe someone will respond, but on 7.2 take away two speakers and we might get different recommendations from nakamichi and from here than 9.2. That said, I have seen people upfire all 4 speakers, 2 and none. You really have to search on this
In the end its what sounds best to you.
I would be more helpful if I even had an alpha relese of 7.2 but i think something isnt working out with 9.2 and they are enjoying pure frustration as the clock ticks. They cant sell their new wares until they make the bomb firmware. Clearly they wanted to have the 9.2 2019 out like on 1/2, 7.2 2019, 1/31-today, then deal with problems, and 7.1 being the cheapest, deal with that in late march for early April.
I am a coder and have been there, and more pressure truly leads to less productivity, breaking things by accident or on purpose with a prayer it will fix issues, but when whatever "breakthrough" happens... that all goes away and i hope and i think nakamichi hopes they are close. Because it really blows to be so close with intrrnal deadlines so they can jack up their 2019 price and you just arent there. So close. Man its miserable.
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