One dumb question

Upside
Upside Posts: 5
edited January 2013 in Speakers
I just picked up a pair of Polk fxi a4's to serve as rears in a 5.1 system. They'll be mounted flush on a rear wall about 3' behind our seating area. My question is are they supposed to be mounted with the woofers firing in towards the seating area or out firing towards the side walls?
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited January 2013
    I liked the sound better when the woofers were facing me. Play around with both and see which sounds better.
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  • Upside
    Upside Posts: 5
    edited January 2013
    Thanks Leroy. From a fellow Wisconsinites I might add. Racine for me.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited January 2013
    Welcome to the forum.
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited January 2013
    They are marked on the rear left and right
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  • KellyMic
    KellyMic Posts: 166
    edited January 2013
    I set mine at ear level with the woofers pointed toward the end of each side of the couch. Left side points to left side of couch, right side to right side of couch.
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,470
    edited January 2013
    zane77 wrote: »
    They are marked on the rear left and right

    +1, my FXiA6's are labled L and R.

    I just recently had mine located on the back wall behind the seating area and returned them to the sides. I certainly prefer the acoustics that way.

    IMO, the surrounds seemed to overbearing from the rear and tend to blend more from the sides. Could just be my room.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited January 2013
    One dumb answer.... Where they sound good to you.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited January 2013
    Idealy they are supose to be on the side walls slightly behind you and a few feet above ear level.
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  • Upside
    Upside Posts: 5
    edited January 2013
    jbooker82 wrote: »
    Idealy they are supose to be on the side walls slightly behind you and a few feet above ear level.

    Wouldn't that be if you had them set to dipole? I thought that the rule of thumb was dipole for side mounting and bipole if rear mounted.
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