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5.1 Rectangle Setup

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XSNiper

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I would like to know if it is better to setup speakers in 8x15 room in a square sitting with the monitor against one of the longest walls with speaker directly behind and front or having the rears at one short end and the fronts at the other with the monitor against the short wall?

[ H ] (square method- rear on top ends of "H" desk on botton facing wall (down))

[: :] ( rectangle method- rear on the left, desk on right facing wall )

it probably is hard to "get" what i'm saying but i don't know how to sumbit a drawing so intelligent ones use your imagination.. :)

this is all for a setup for my new room
 
go ahead and close this..nobody seems to want to think a little..I'll trial and error on my own.
 
Hm sounds like a dorm room ;) If possible, maybe post a few pics of the entire room so we can get a better handle on your space issues. If I'm interpreting your information correctly, the best possible configuration would be the square method, it's similar to what I'm doing right now with my 680's. That seems much closer to the Dolby 5.1 setup specifications than the rectangle solution. For the most part, few people are able to achieve the "perfect" setup in a limited space like yours, but the square method should be damn good.
 
ok no pics though getting new wallpaper as I type :p .. i'll do square method..can't wait for those 680's :rolleyes:
 
for the most part square is bad as it will cause audio reflections. Since you are talking about computer monitors, and they are near field, it may not be as obvious as if you were in a hometheater situation. This is why hometheater guys don't use completely square rooms.
 
Treyshadow said:
for the most part square is bad as it will cause audio reflections. Since you are talking about computer monitors, and they are near field, it may not be as obvious as if you were in a hometheater situation. This is why hometheater guys don't use completely square rooms.
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A square room is bad, but that's not what the original poster is referring to when he says "square". He's talking about the formation of the speakers themselves within a rectangular room.

I'd agree with those above in going with the "square" setup. If you go the other route, you are going to get all sorts of reflections off the walls. At least in the "square" setup for your room dimensions, the speakers will have the walls behind them and the sound will for the most part be projecting into open air. You'll probably still want to do something to dampen the two long walls though.
 
maybe the new wallpaper that I got will help? Its textured like cement..i'm not really sure by what you mean by "dampen" but i'm thinking echo. Carpet too.
 
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