In ceiling rear speaker positioning?

[Tony Starks]

Due to space and things like pelmets and doors I'm looking at using In-ceiling speakers for my 5.1 rears.

I know they need to be a certain distance from the walls, but because of my small lounge (4.2m x 4.9m) the sofa is up against the wall so the rears would probably be slightly in-front of where I sit.

Or would they be ok set to the side of the sofa?

1 = is the sub, 2 = the fronts, tv = tv & centre and the red circles are where I'm thinking of putting the speakers.

Also I'm in New Zealand so speaker choice is limited.

[hughjayteens]

Most systems have a degree of compromise in them and whilst what you've drawn is a compromise, it's one that will work fine and is very similar to my home setup. Try and choose some in ceiling speakers which are bi/di-pole as they generally have a wide dispersion so will make the most of the position they're in for a surround effect.

Something like these would work well

http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/ci-series/2...

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

My setup is similar to yours.
My speakers are up at ceiling height as I find they 'fill' the room better.