Speaker Placing

[Coachbob]

Can any of you fellow members help, I know it is not really an issue for this forum.

I am setting up a 7.1 system.

I have the speakers for the surrounds a pair of floor standers and some inferior surrounds, my question is which do I place to the side and which to the rear. I suppose what I am asking is which of the channels is the most important

Thanks Bob

[Peter Nielsen]

The surrounds are more important than the rears. The recommended height for the surrounds is above ear level, as soundtracks are likely to be optimized for that location.

Here's how to place the speakers: http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_e...oomlayout.html

Click on the "Dolby Pro Logic IIx" button for a 7.1 setup

Then the question is of course which of your speakers will actually work best as surround. Dipoles are ideal surround speakers, so if one of your pairs are dipoles and the other is not, then that's the pair that should be used for the surrounds...

FWIW, my setup is as follows:
Fronts: Magnepan 20.1
Center: Magnepan CC3
Surrounds: Magnepan CC3
Rears: Magnepan MC1

Peter