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5 channel - Surround or Surround Back

techsamurai

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Hi,

I have a 5 channel with the speakers placed behind my sofa (one has a weird placement where it's almost on the side). I've always set them to surround back but I'm getting the impression looking at Sony's and Marantz's new setup that I should set them to surrounds even if they are behind me.

Is this the right to do it if your speakers are behind you? Have I been missing on sound? I felt in the old days there was much more sound from my rear speakers when there were 5 channel setups.

Do I need to change my speakers to surround to get optimal sound?

Thanks!
 
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techsamurai

techsamurai

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Oops. we're good - just bad recollection. I have them as surrounds :) Please delete the thread.
 
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