Moderators Youthman Posted February 16, 2015 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2015 Just saw this and am scratching my head on their suggested speaker location for the back surrounds. I have no idea why they would recommend placing them directly in the corners. THX, Dolby, Yamaha etc all recommend along the back wall away from the corners. http://www.klipsch.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-7-1-system/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javelin Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Howly cow...that looks messed up. I think someone took my design when I first started this hobby some many moons ago... ; ) Edited February 16, 2015 by javelin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxr dad Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wouldnt that room be more of a candidate of 5.1 (or 2)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) That post should say two possible locations for the surrounds. The configuration would then be 5.x. If this is someones room well, I guess they can put them where they want? Edited February 16, 2015 by derrickdj1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 The description does not match the picture. Left and right rear surround speakers (shown as “B”) should also be about three feet above (and behind) the seated listeners’ heads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I agree, that placement does not look like it matches other 7.1 setups I've seen. I thought the Klipsch "suggestion" that "some toe-in might be desirable." was a little wishy-washy. With horn loaded speakers I thought they should always be toed in. Dolby places the subs inboard of the mains, not corner loaded. With two subs that would not be an issue, but with one sub the bass will be biased towards that outside placement. http://www.dolby.com/us/en/guide/surround-sound-speaker-setup/7-1-setup.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxr dad Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hey, someone stole the center speaker!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 18, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2015 That post should say two possible locations for the surrounds. The configuration would then be 5.x. I don't think that would be correct either. Even in a 5.1 setup, why would you want to place the side surrounds behind you and directly in the corner? The rear surround speakers add more depth to the surround sound experience by spreading the sound across four speakers (the left and right surrounds and rears), rather than two, resulting in more directed, immersive sound. The two additional speakers also help to fill larger rooms more completely. Plus, more and more films are being released or home viewing in 7.1 format, adding to its appeal. Based on these two sentences, they meant for that to be a 7.1 setup. Just cannot understand their logic on placement of the rear surrounds. I emailed Alex and posted on their Facebook page but haven't received a response yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 What a poorly written article. Their whole attitude like "stop buying crap audio" and all their other adds doesn't seemed back very well by a article like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBPK402 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 That post should say two possible locations for the surrounds. The configuration would then be 5.x. I don't think that would be correct either. Even in a 5.1 setup, why would you want to place the side surrounds behind you and directly in the corner? The rear surround speakers add more depth to the surround sound experience by spreading the sound across four speakers (the left and right surrounds and rears), rather than two, resulting in more directed, immersive sound. The two additional speakers also help to fill larger rooms more completely. Plus, more and more films are being released or home viewing in 7.1 format, adding to its appeal. Based on these two sentences, they meant for that to be a 7.1 setup. Just cannot understand their logic on placement of the rear surrounds. I emailed Alex and posted on their Facebook page but haven't received a response yet. I have often wondered about things like this with products... Who is proof reading this before it is released? Why do so many manufacturers have manuals that don't make any sense? Is it a language barrier or just that they don't know their product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 18, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'm not sure which is why I reached out to Alex at Klipsch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Not sure why there has to be multiple versions of the same thing especially if it's not as informative. Any changes from the original will just cause confusion. Seems like everybody should just say go read Dolby's write-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 18, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2015 I agree. I would think that Dolby and THX would be the primary resource for things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I agree. I would think that Dolby and THX would be the primary resource for things like that. Then you'd have to pay royalties for using their literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 18, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2015 No royalties needed to link to their website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzydog Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Good thing we have room correction in our AVR's so we don't have to pull our L&R out into the room so they're exactly equidistant to the LP as the center speaker... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 WRONG, I'd always tell people calling tech support to Google THX SPEAKER PLACEMENT. There are some alternate methods that work interestingly well, like firing rear surrounds up and off the ceiling, or placing side surrounds next to seating firing off the side walls. But never in the rear corners... geesh c'mon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 20, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2015 I didn't hear back from Alex so I just sent Chad a PM to ask if he would take a look and provide some insight regarding this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Chad Posted February 20, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 20, 2015 The images are being tweaked as I type this. The appearance of those rear surrounds being in the corner in the diagrams was an error. Sorry for the confusion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 20, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2015 Thanks Chad. Can you let us know when the new images are online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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