About front height speaker position

[Heyopenit]

I am using Klipsch Quintet IV + Onkyo 607

Since my room is very small , I dun even have enough space to put my front speakers next to my center speakers. The current front speakers are placed in a top shelf which made it looks like front height speakers position but pointing down to me.

As I wanna buy a pair of smaller speakers (even smaller than quintet IV) to try 7.1 feeling, so what I can do is buy a pair of smaller (weaker) speakers which connected to front height plug of the amp but place next to my centre speaker.

What's your opinion on such settings??

I know it sounds weird but that's what I can do at this moment in order to try 7.1. Any opinion or suggestion to me??? thx a lot

[wuzzzer]

If you do what you're describing, its not considered 7.1. 7.1 has three front speakers, two side surrounds and two rear surrounds.

If your room is as small as you're describing I see no benefit from any kind of 7.1 setup.

[Thaddeus Smith]

If you do what you're describing, its not considered 7.1. 7.1 has three front speakers, two side surrounds and two rear surrounds.

If your room is as small as you're describing I see no benefit from any kind of 7.1 setup.

+1

if you can't get close to the recommended guidelines here: http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_entertainment/speaker-setup-guide/index.html then stick with what you've got. I'd love a 7.1 myself, but I'm force to have the main position against the wall in order to have any sort of distance between me and the tv (and to maintain WAF) ..so it's 5.1 for me with no real disappointment or sense of loss.

[Heyopenit]

really thx a lot.

So I stick to my present "high main" 5.1 settings then.