Surround sound setup OK?

[GoNz0]

has to be better than 55cm

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OK, so that's sorted.

Now I just have the problem of the rear speakers.

Now, I can do as I did in the diagram at the begining of the thread using stands, but, although this is what I have seen as the most common, I have started to see examples like this:

(Just click 5.1) http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_e...omlayout2.html

These show that the 'rear' speakers are in fact at about 90-110 degrees. Much less than what I thought it would be, I always thought that these speakers were actually well behind the user, at about 160-170 degrees.

EDIT: Also, if you look at the back of any DVD film cases, you can see the 5.1 layout as being advised to be the same as I thought before.

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Anyone?

[GoNz0]

i cant comment from that angle as mine are sat behind me on the window ledge, before that i had them both mounted on the back of my chair, so i have always used the rears at 180 degrees,

but if i could i would set it up like you see on that flash pic, it wont make that much difference with them being close together in our case though.

[Syd]

Don't get too hung up on the angle for your rear speakers, it's not realy gonna make a massive difference, esp in a room your size.

Cinemas use a bank of speakers at the back and on the sides so in your situation to best emulate that sound I would put them at ear level or above in the opposite rear corners at an angle that would roughly point at your seated position.