[Shadowed]

My surround speakers will not be equal unfortunately,

Where would you place the most capable pair ?

Sides or rears ?

 

[KanosWRX]

I think the side would make most sense. Most movies/content utilizes the fronts the most then the surrounds the second most, then finally the rears.

 

[Shadowed]

Thanks. I was thinking I had it ass-backwards. I used to think sides were just fill-ins between front and back but started to question this from other comments I've seen.

 

[bpassman]

My surround speakers will not be equal unfortunately,

Where would you place the most capable pair ?

Sides or rears ?

Kinda depends on what surround format are you shooting for - 5.1 = sides over rear, 7.1 = both
And what type of speakers you have. normal vs bi/dipole.

 

[Robbiey60]

Side surrounds are the 4 and 5 in 5.1. These should be the better speakers. Native 7.1 content does exist but is limited and the 4 and 5 are still the same. Any 5.1 content matrixed into 7.1 uses the 4 and 5 to extract the 6 and 7.

 

[Shadowed]

Kinda depends on what surround format are you shooting for - 5.1 = sides over rear, 7.1 = both
And what type of speakers you have. normal vs bi/dipole.

I have a set of towers that are getting relegated to surround duty.
I was also going to build some volt8 kits for 7 channel surrounds and 4 volt6 for ceiling/atmos duty.

I will end up with 7.2.4 or maybe try 5.2.4 first and see how it sounds from there.