mrreeftank

Apologies, I typed dipole by accident but they are in fact bipoles.

Hi Everyone, I've just picked up my speaker set-up and being the OCD person I am, I'm struggling to decide on the best position for my surround speakers. A little background info. It's a dedicated home theatre room, planning for 5.1.2, room size is 3.5m x 4.0m and aiming to achieve the basic dolby atmos set-up. I will be using it 80-90% of the time for movies.Speaker set-up; 2x RP-260F, 1x RP-440C, 2x RP-240S and 2x CDT-3650-C II. (Sub woofer TBC) My limitations are a listening position of 340 mm from the back wall when reclined (will be reclined for most movies) and 420 mm from the back wall when sitting up-right. According to all the documentation I have read, the surround speakers for a 5.1 system need to be between 90-110 degrees from the listening position and mounted on the side walls. Here are my questions; 1. For the bipole RP-240S', is the centre of the whole speaker considered the measurement point for the 90 degrees? Or does the front facing speaker need to be at or behind the listening position? 2. If I need to keep the front facing speaker behind my lowest listening position, I will only have a gap of about 80 mm between the rear wall and the speaker. Will this cause any issues with the sound coming off the back facing speaker? 3. Am I better off mounting these speakers in the back corner of each wall? I know the side walls are recommended but based on the dimensions of the speaker this would be the most aesthetic position in the room (minus the need for a shelf). Thanks in advance for any help. I've attached a screen grab of the rough room layout as well as a photo of the seating position (two centre recliners will be the optimal and most used).