rear speaker placed behind couch, firing upwards? (1 Viewer)

[DarwinU]

If I were to purchase a 6.1 receiver, how effective would the rear speaker be if I were to place near the floor directly behind my couch, and have the speaker firing upwards toward the ceiling? Right now the couch is against the back wall but I can move it forward about a foot. That's not enough distance to have the speaker on the wall as it would be firing just inches diretly behind my head, so that's why I thought of this alternative placement. I can definitely live with 5.1 but I'd like to get some thought's on this though. Anyone?

 

[Scott Sabin]

Another option is to put the speaker higher up on the wall than normal to buy yourself some "distance".

 

[JustinG]

On the dolby site, one of teh options is to put the surround speakers behind the couch as you describe. THough I believe that they have it on a stand that is below the level of the back of the couch. Should work fine, however.

 

[Tim Fennell]

That is how my rear speakers are set up. It will work
that way if you calibrare properly.

 

[Ted Lee]

another option is to put them beside your couch, firing upwards. i had mine at about seat-height. worked great.

when i had them on the floor i got too much boominess, plus i didn't really get that rear-sound sensation.

did you already check out the dolby.com article?

 

[Neil Joseph]

I am not a fan of having a speaker directly behind one's head while sitting at the listening position. I would mount it high then experiment with angled firing to try to achieve a little dispersement. Ideally, speakers need breathing space which is the reason you would not want to have your front speakers a foot away from the couch but you seem to already understand this.

 

[DarwinU]

thanks for the replies fellas
I took a look at the link as well. I was only concerned about the rear-center surround speaker, as the Left/Right surrounds are on the side walls. If I do in fact opt for a 6.1 setup, I'll be doing some speaker placement/position experimenting for sure.
Maybe all 3 surrounds behind the seating position pointing upwards as Tim has his.