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I am prewiring my family room (19 X 24). Because of the room setup, the video monitor will be in the corner, and a round viewing couch will be placed (center to video monitor) approx. 10 feet from the monitor. I thought it made sense to place the surround speaker (direct radiating) slightly to the right and left of center (assuming the primary viewer (being me) would sit in the center of the couch) and to the rear. However, the Dolby website suggests otherwise, but for a more square room. Any suggestions/thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
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You don't want the surround speakers close together behind you... you would lose 90% of the coolness of surround sound with them in that location. You want them 1-2 feet above your head when you are seated and you want them either directly to the left and right of the listeners or up to 3 feet behind the listeners, but still to the far left and right (still 1-2 feet above the listener's heads). Dolby Digital places different sounds in the left rear and right rear. When they put the SAME sounds in the left and right rear, if you have the speakers placed properly it sounds like the source of the sound is behind you. And with properly setup surround speakers you can still have specific sounds coming from the left rear and right rear. If you put the speakers close together behind you, all the far left and far right sounds will seem like they are behind you instead of far left or far right.With the setup firing out of a corner, you may have to put the surround speakers on stands to get them in the right place and aimed appropriately. Some speakers are supposed to be aimed at the listeners and some speakers are supposed to be aimed slightly away from the listeners... look at the Owner's Manual for the speakers to see if there is an instruction about this. If there isn't, you'll have to try both ways and see which one sounds more realistic.
If you have to mount these speakers on the wall, they are going to be aimed all wrong for home theater if you are on a diagonal and it doesn't matter whether they are ahead of you firing towards the space behind you or behind you and firing forward at a 45 degree angle... I don't know of any speakers where you should be that far off center.
Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, the room is rather large and there is at least 10 feet behind the seating area (in addition to the corner firing setup). I know my wife will not go for speakers on stands between the rear wall and sitting area. I think my best bet will be to have the surrounds facing each other on the diagonal but hitting the main "sweet spot" (3 feet above sitting level of course). Are you sure this won't be adequate (not a top $$$ system) given this is my first introduction to home theater? Again, thanks for the input!
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