southflorida Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Hi guys, I am going to a 7.1 DD HD and DTS HD MA setup in a shallow depth room with the sofa 12" from the rear wall. I would love to use a third pair of rf-5's but I think it would look awkward having the sofa pulled out in the middle of the room. I have seen a few posts that have mentioned the use bipole/dipole for the rear surrounds, however it seems that RS7 or RS3 would be best visually if they were mounted to the wall. I am currently running an RC-7 (maple center) RF-5 (maple front) and RF-5 (maple rears) I just looked up THX recommendations at http://www.thx.com/home/setup/speakers/dolby.html and it states to use direct radiating speakers for the rear surrounds, but my room is not that big. What would you guys suggest keeping in mind the room is not deep. Also, is it true about the dipoles/bipoles as rear surrounds RF-5, RB-5, RB-3, RS-7 or RS-3 If I go with RF or RB I would stick with maple. I would love to see some of your setups for rear surrounds! Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS65711 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 My fronts and center are the same as yours (RF5's and RC7). I use RB75's at the sides and rear. The RB75's are mounted on Sanus Steel Foundations stands which are very stable. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 if your room isn't that deep then you don't need the 7.1.....however.....if you want a 7.1 set up i would go with the rs speakers as your SIDES and a rb as your REARS. i have a 16x16 room and have a rc-7 center, rf-7 front, rs-42 sides, and rb-61 rears. just keep in mind your rear speakers get very little info so they really don't matter what kind you are use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 My speakers have changed over the last 5 years as I have evolved but the RS-7s have served well as the sides always (Academy in front). Mostly because they were fitted there when I built the basement and there they remain. I have had Chorus IIs as mains with Quartets as rears and now have the Belles as LR mains, RS-7 sides and Chorus IIs as rears. I am able to program what speakers are in use with each de-coding logic in use. Not done toying yet but the sides and matrixed rears are in use in movies and when I have the desire with SACD I let the rears play without the sides. I can set levels in the side/reasr as A or B or A+B. Hopefully in my quest for a 5 Belle setup the RS/Quartets/Chorus/Hersey is and Academy will all lend a hand as barter. In my 18 x 26 room, with my setup, I really don't think 6 or 7.1 really makes a difference and that 5.1 or 5.2 is the way for me. Bottom line if I had to choose it would be RS for movie as they sound just fine with my Heritage and would go with RB/RF for music if I had the room. Lack of room I would think RS would be just fine, just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamahaSHO Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I was trying to match my surrounds with my rears, so I have RB-51's for both. My fronts are RF-62's and RC-62 (and 2 RW-12d's). I have thought about trying RS-52's for the surrounds, but I don't know if it is really worth it at time time for me to switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southflorida Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Thank you for your input. It looks like RS is the concensus for my set up. I will pick up a pair of RS-7s Hearing about your set-ups really helps. I know this topic has been beaten to death, but what are you guys using for speaker wire to run to the rears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Late to the party. I use RS on the sides and RB's in the back. I used 14ga wire rated for in wall use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 don't give yourself a headache and your wallet a beating about speaker wire. get some good 12awg wire, run it to all your speakers and your good. i suggest monoprice.com for all cable/wire needs. good quality stuff and a great price. i purchased 300' of it to do my HT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southflorida Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Thanks Inventor, I was thinking the same about the speaker wire. Heard god things about them and blue jean cable. I sold the monster biwire and Rotel 1066 amp that I had. I am actually upgrading to the sr805 as well. Do you ever find that the rc-7 sounds muffled at times? Maybe because the drivers are so large? I was wondering if a biwire for the center (with a network like mit or transparent)would help bypass the internal RC7's crossover, or if the only solution is having deang go to town on it (any idea what he charges) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo123 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Southflorida - I've used BlueJean cable and the Beldon 5000UE in particular. Bought 200 feet unterminated, it is in-wall rated, probably 12 AWG as I remember. Twisted pairs, outer jacket, nice cable and a year or so ago it was comparable to buying 12 AWG lamp cord at Home Depot. NIce folks at Blue Jeans cable, recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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