Location of surround speakers for music

For HT it's often recommended the side speakers be above the listening position, perhaps 18" or more. What about for multichannel music, and is there a good compromise if they are best at ear level?

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dbphd11-02-2010 8:33pm

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dbphd OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,633 posts 11-03-2010 at 11:35am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for the advice; I'll look at the booklets with my multi-channel SACDs. I just bought two pairs of 70's KEF Reference 102s with tweeters similar to those of my KEF Reference 104.2s to replace newer 200C and 102.2s with Uni-Q tweeters. I may need to lower the side speakers. Currently, I have only 5.1, the .1 being a Velodyne HGS-15 with SMS-1 DRC. Multi-channel music is limited to Blu-ray, because my Proceed PAV/PDSD pre/pro lacks HDMI. I've been looking at the Cary Cinema 11a as a replacement for the PAV/PDSD, so I can enjoy surround SACDs played on my Sony SCD-XA5400ES. db
dbphd OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,633 posts 11-03-2010 at 09:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The revelation into multi-channel for me was an Arts SACD of Corelli violin sonatas processed by a Cary Cinema 11a. The sense of presence was greater than I've ever experienced with stereo. db

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