HT rear speakers.

xjghost
xjghost Posts: 1,101
edited April 2014 in Vintage Speakers
I've been looking around for something to pair with my monitor 10's that are currently my mains in my HT system in my den. Space is an issue. I live in a small house. The only space I can put the rears would be on a wall above and behind the viewing area. They would practically be at the roof. I have ben toying with 7's and 5's. I came across some 5jr's on CL today. $80 seems like a decent price to me. I'll likely have to mount them horizontally because the wall is more of a divider. It only drops about a foot between the den and dining area. Does the horizontal vs vertical orientation matter? I'm new to Ht and this is my first attempt at putting together something. http://charlotte.craigslist.org/ele/4403514614.html
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.

Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's

Additional projects: RTA 12c's
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited April 2014
    I think those will be excellent rears! As for side mounting, try it and see! I am something that is not nearly as picky about surrounds as mains and center, so my guess is you'll be fine. But if not you can resell them or even part them out and you won't lose any money, so I say go for it!
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • gmjungbluth
    gmjungbluth Posts: 232
    edited April 2014
    I think you'll be fine mounting them horizontally. Your rear surrounds are not handling a majority of the sound and are there for ambiance. You've already done the most important thing and found speakers which are timbre-matched to your fronts, and even I'm not sold 100% on the need for that in rear surrounds (we'll see, I'm about to mount paradigms in my system).

    Good luck!
    HT System:
    Marantz NR-1403
    Front: Klipsch CF-4
    Rear: Paradigm Atom V3
    Center: Boston Acoustic VR12
    Sub: Bowers & Wilkins ASW600

    2Ch:
    Restored Fisher 500C
    Yamaha P-500 Turntable

    Living Room:
    Harman Kardon 3380
    Restored Polk Monitor 7B

    Bedroom:
    Harman Kardon VR-3750
    Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble
    Polk PSW10

    In and out of rotation:
    KLH Model 6,
    Polk LSI7
    NAD 7100
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