Help for surrounds speakers 7.2 multi row!
saki
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Hi, question about replacing my surrounds. First my setup below.
- Yamaha RXV1800 (130 watts per channel)
- 2 Polk PSW505 subwoofers
- Fronts RTIA7 Polk Audio
- Polk center CSIA6
- 4 surrounds are Polk OWM3's
2 rows of seating with wall 4 ft behind second row and 9t from front row
Obviously want to upgrade my 4 surrounds but cannot decide what to buy. I like the direct firing speakers but not sure if I should switch to dipole for sides and bipole for rear surrounds? Was thinking fxia4's.
Problem is I think the bipole speakers will reflect directly to front row and be only good for back row, also I think that maybe the null area on the side surrounds will only be good for the front row as they are placed just behind front row right now and will reflect to second row rendering the dipole useless for the second row? Hope that theory makes sense.
I need an experts opinion, is the null area very big enough for two rows? Is bipole effect good up to the front row which is 9ft away?
- Yamaha RXV1800 (130 watts per channel)
- 2 Polk PSW505 subwoofers
- Fronts RTIA7 Polk Audio
- Polk center CSIA6
- 4 surrounds are Polk OWM3's
2 rows of seating with wall 4 ft behind second row and 9t from front row
Obviously want to upgrade my 4 surrounds but cannot decide what to buy. I like the direct firing speakers but not sure if I should switch to dipole for sides and bipole for rear surrounds? Was thinking fxia4's.
Problem is I think the bipole speakers will reflect directly to front row and be only good for back row, also I think that maybe the null area on the side surrounds will only be good for the front row as they are placed just behind front row right now and will reflect to second row rendering the dipole useless for the second row? Hope that theory makes sense.
I need an experts opinion, is the null area very big enough for two rows? Is bipole effect good up to the front row which is 9ft away?
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I would run FXI series for surrounds, and RTI A3 for rears. You may be able to get away with A1's, for rear duty, but I would play it safe and go A3's. As far as FXI A4 as surrounds, I would probably go with the A6 over the A6, room permitting. If you like front firing speaker sound at that position, try bi-pole mode first. Surrounds is more for ambient sound, and if dialogue is present, is usually some off screen character.
Without seeing a room diagram, I would try to place the surrounds equidistant from seating position of the 2 rows of couches. You may also consider ceiling mounts if for some reason you have no other place to mount them.
