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Locating speakers behind where you sit versus positioning them on the side?

I was in a smaller room before I relocated my system to a larger room and the rear speakers were placed on the sides of room because they couldn’t go behind me.

Now they are behind me and I thought this might be better.

When they were on my side they were literally sending soundwaves directly to my ear and I think that may have been better.

If you had your choice which position would you use for these speakers. Not really feasible to do both rear and side

 

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I have both.  that is what Dolby expects.  I use 3 sets of floorstanders.    But if you have one or the other then you should be able to program your AVR to use one or the other.  

I guess you just tell it you have only rear speakers when you put them on the side or do you tell it you have side speakers and no rear?  I would experiment and see how Dolby adjusts for the missing speakers.

We all have to make compromises.

Jerry

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