Wrong Speaker Socket Location

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Hi chaps.

So during the build of the games room i laid all the speaker sockets and cables.
With the sofa in it became clear the 2 rears are in the wrong location

I spoke to the wife about moving them and her face wasnt a happy one.... Shes also not convinced there is any difference in the current speaker location to what it should be...

We are looking at the Cambridge Audio Minx22s for the rears as they are small and mount them to the wall on a bracket. So the stand wont work.

Room layout is here


Should i move them??

so a bit of filling. I hope i can make good of the wall. its a 1 gang box and small plasterboard channel for the cable..

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Some Gump said:

I'd not bother. Rears aren't rears anyway, they're surrounds.

http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entertainment/hom...



"rears" only became rears for domestic approval.

Thanks Some Gump....

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karma mechanic said:

With a narrow room and that layout I'd be worried that anyone who isn't in the exact centre of the room will be getting the left surround speaker right next to their head, giving it a completely disproportionate effect for anyone on that side. The arrangement in the diagram above is dependent on the speakers being well away from the seating.

Personally I'd try to get the surround speakers further back and much higher, anything to even out the distances to the seated people. Getting some space between the people and the speakers may be more important than the relative direction of the speakers to the people.

Thanks for the reply and makes sense..

Thanks!

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karma mechanic said:

One possibility would be to mount the speakers under the 'shelf' area at the back but point them out and down towards the walls. That way there is a more diffuse area of more indirect sound around that end of the room but still a left and right side to it. The people get a mixture of direct and reflected sound.

Ohh thats a good idea.
That would also give me my 7.1 would it not?

So are you suggesting leaving my speaker locations and include some ceiling speakers?

Thanks
N

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VEX said:

As soon as I saw the equipment shelf and the amp up on it I though rear at the back, just underneath the shelf.

Equally nothing wrong with in ceiling speakers as rears, I use them quite often in compromised rooms like yours where it is as much about the look as it is the performance.

Monitor Audio FX in ceilings work really well and defuse the sound nicely.

V.

So we changed the feet of the sofa and its bumped the height up. So the speakers HAVE TO MOVE







This is a job for the weekend. So where should i move them to?
Under the shelf in the corners facing down?

Or on the wall but higher and back further. Under the shelf would be a lot easier...

Thanks
N

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Thanks Vex
That's an easy move. I can run them down further down that wall to the ceiling below the shelf. Would that make an improvement?

Or shall I tuck them away in the shelf corners to the wall?

Thanks again

Nicm