I have a Sony TV (new) & a Sony DVD recorder. I would like to get one of the Sony home cinema set-ups to take advantage of their self-calibrating facilities & other compatibility's. The arrangement of the furniture in my room means that having rear speakers is very inconvenient. Is it essential for the rear speakers to be behind the listener? Can they be placed to the front, will this cause poor sound or does it just add to a plain stereo effect? A good 2.1 result would be quite acceptable. I would hope that the self-calibration process would make the necessary adjustments. Any comments welcome, this is my first attempt at any sound other than plain stereo. -- Regards, Roger "Time Flies at Old Warden" - http://www.shuttleworth.org The British Columbia Aviation Museum - http://www.bcam.net/index.htm The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - http://www.airmuseum.ca/contents.html
"Roger" wrote in message news:lemdnfFs3JIMPXLbnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d@bt.com... > I have a Sony TV (new) & a Sony DVD recorder. I would like to get one of the > Sony home cinema set-ups to take advantage of their self-calibrating > facilities & other compatibility's. > The arrangement of the furniture in my room means that having rear speakers > is very inconvenient. > Is it essential for the rear speakers to be behind the listener? > Can they be placed to the front, will this cause poor sound or does it just > add to a plain stereo effect? A good 2.1 result would be quite acceptable. > I would hope that the self-calibration process would make the necessary > adjustments. > Any comments welcome, this is my first attempt at any sound other than plain > stereo. > > > -- > Regards, Roger > > "Time Flies at Old Warden" - http://www.shuttleworth.org > The British Columbia Aviation Museum - http://www.bcam.net/index.htm > The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - > http://www.airmuseum.ca/contents.html > > I don't have a 5.1 system and you might have already decided on how to site the speakers but here is my experience of using rear speakers. My sofa is hard against one wall of my lounge with a Dolby Pro-Logic TV and front extension (stereo pair) speakers either side of it away in another corner of the room. There is no room to have rear speakers behind the sofa (my viewing position) so I have them on stands either side of the sofa at head height. I have the speakers FACING the rear wall with a gap of about 6 inches between the speaker grill and the wall. This arrangement is intended to make the rear channel seem less directional with sound bouncing back off the wall - I've only ever seen one website mention this arrangement but it seems to work for me. HTH
