Hook up LR surr. or LR back?

monk2672
monk2672 Posts: 2
edited May 2009 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Two questions. I have a 7 channel receiver but only have room for a 5.1 set-up. The 2 Surr/Back speakers will have to be as far back from the listening area as the front and center speakers. When I connect the Surr./Back speakers should I connect them to the LR Surr. or the LR Back channel? I currently have TSi300's in front cs10 for center and PSW111 subwoofer. Anyone have an opinion on whether I should use TSi100's or OWM3's for my surround speakers?
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited May 2009
    Welcome. For 5.1 use L/R surround. What AVR are you using?


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  • monk2672
    monk2672 Posts: 2
    edited May 2009
    Thanks Pauly,
    I'm using the Yamaha RX-V565. Any opinion on the speakers?
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited May 2009
    id use the 100's in the back since they are matched with the 300's. You COULD use the OWM3's for surround backs if you want to go 7.1 in the future.

    Good luck

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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited May 2009
    Hi and welcome to the forum. I believe that if you put the speakers in the back, you would use the L/R Back connections vs the L/R Surrounds. Typically in a 5.1 situation, the surrounds go on the side. It might make a diference as to how they sound since the amp may process the signal differently based on where it is being projected from.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    No, you'd just use the regular surround outputs. The AVR's calibration will compensate for the placement of the speakers.

    If you're running a 5.1 setup, there is no difference in how the surround channels are decoded, there's only one pair of surrounds, and only one way for them to be decoded.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited May 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    Hi and welcome to the forum. I believe that if you put the speakers in the back, you would use the L/R Back connections vs the L/R Surrounds. Typically in a 5.1 situation, the surrounds go on the side. It might make a diference as to how they sound since the amp may process the signal differently based on where it is being projected from.

    What are you smoking? I want some

    Monk. See attached. Use Surrounds as prev stated.

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