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Placement of Revel Performa S30 surround speakers

Hi I just bought the Revel S30 surround speakers and am not sure where they should be mounted. The manual only mentions mounting them on the side walls, however, in my room it would be difficult to mount them on the side walls because of a closet door on one side and a window on the other. I was planning on mounting them on the back wall. Is this a bad idea? Why doesn't Revel give this as an option? My dealer said if they are mounted on the back, they should be wired out of phase(+ to -) and (- to +). This doesn't sound right to me. Also, the manual says to mount them at 15 degrees to the listener's ears which would mean the speakers would be hung pretty low. All the surround speakers I have seen mounted in different home theater set ups have the rears about a foot down from the ceiling. Any suggestions? Is anyone familiar with these speakers? I don't want to make a mistake installing them. They are going over very expensive wallpaper. It is hard to hold them up or prop them up on different things to compare.
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I recently purchased a pair of the same speakers. Like you, I plan on installing them on the back wall. My take, after reading the Revel S30 manual, is that you want the speakers 20-30 degrees behind and 15 degrees above the main listening area.

If your listening area is six feet from the back wall, and assuming your ears are about 44" from the floor when you're seated and listening, then the 15 degrees higher would put the speakers at a height of 68" (44" + 24") from the floor.

I don't know that I can help with the recommended separation between speakers. I ended up with about 12 feet between the left and right surrounds.

Hope that helps. If you don't have Revel's manual, you can get it from their web site.
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