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How bad is it to place 5.1 rears from behind rather than on the sides?

I’m building a new setup and planned placing my 5.1 rears in-wall directly on the sides and perhaps pushing the sofa forward a bit while watching a movie. I especially wanted inwalls to avoid my youngsters messing with them and bought the Morel xbw600 two days ago for that. But renovating now, I see the only option to make them in-wall is behind me in 90 degrees (separated up to 3 meters apart).

So I’m facing a dilemma: do I place them behind or do I return them and get satellites instead that I’ll place on the sides (1.5 meters from me in each direction)? What do you smart people advise?

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thenoob1

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thenoob1 OP
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@auxinput You raised a very good point. After your comment I now watched a couple of YouTube videos and became aware of the dipole idea. Looks like dipoles on the sides can actually be good for two reasons: the ears of those setting on one of the sides of the sofa will be in its “null” area. Second, the sounds effect will be more immersive. What do you think?

Also, I realized that my rear in-walls pose a problem on their own so I’ll return them anyway.
thenoob1 OP
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Thank you all for sharing your valuable experience. It sounds to me that weighing out the different circumstances of my house, monopole sides will work best for me. Though before mounting them on the wall, I’ll first give them a try both on the sides as well as on the back.  
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