F/XiA4 Position Question

bgsmith

I have a 5.1 setup with RTiA5 fronts, CSiA6 center, and FXiA4 rears. I have the FXiA4 speakers mounted on the wall behind the main seating area at the recommended height. I am thinking of moving these speakers to a position behind and to each side of the main seating area. Given how the walls are configured the speakers would have to be position at 9-10 ft above the floor.

My question is, which position is likely to deliver better imaging and acoustics? The current position to the rear and 6 ft off the floor on the wall. Or to each side and slightly behind the main seating area but at 9-10 ft? Or would the differences be negligible?

thank you

Brad

quicksilvergts

Might sound silly but get you some 30+ Lbs Hercules hooks from wal-mart. head home and mount them wherever you want, the hooks are no joke and leave a small hole works great getting the right imaging because you can test and tune very quickly and painless. then when you are set on exactly where you decide to permanently mount them, get some anchors and mount.

9'-10' high seems high but I suppose if you can get a angle might be okay.
in my scenario exactly ear level when standing worked perfect. I think the FXI are suppose to only be within 2' higher than actual listening height for optimum results.

cheers!!

rpf65

I think you will probably be better off leaving them where they are. It may work mounting bookies 10 feet off the ground, but I think the FXI's would have performance issues that high up.

Could be wrong though.

bgsmith

Thanks for the replies and the ideas and thoughts.

Brad

kevhed72

Back wall about 2 to 3 feet above ear level on back wall. Side walls only work well in larger rooms in either a 7.1 setup or 5.1 with them some distance back from the main seating position.