Sanity Check: LSiM 702 f/x installation

Ethancf
Ethancf Posts: 478
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I need a sanity check! If I’m installing LSiM 702 f/x speakers behind my seating area, is it correct to have the L and R installed as normal with the tweeter and midrange pointing toward the wall? This seems wrong. Or do I need to switch L and R so that the tweeter and small mid are pointing at the center listening position and not the wall? In other words, install Left where Right should go, and Right where Left should go.

Thanks,
Jason
THE SYSTEM
Polk Audio LSiM 707 Mains
Polk LSiM 702 f/x Surrounds
Polk Audio LSiM 706 C Center
SVS SB-17 Ultra Subwoofer
Rotel RSP-1582 Pre/Pro
Rotel RMB 1585 Amplifier
Oppo UDP-205 Blu-ray Player
Samsung PN64D550 64" Plasma
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,857
    Swap them
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,957
    Were they labeled wrong? I wouldn't be surprised.
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    Depends what you want. Do you want the highs beaming at you or a reflected sound. Maybe try both
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,109
    I think this depends on if they are being installed on the back wall or side wall, side wall I have mine as normal, on my back wall I swapped them so they point inwards. It made no sense to have them pointed towards the wall.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,757
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I think this depends on if they are being installed on the back wall or side wall, side wall I have mine as normal, on my back wall I swapped them so they point inwards. It made no sense to have them pointed towards the wall.

    That's the right way. The face of the speaker with the tweeter should be pointed towards the listening area not into a wall.

    The switch on each speaker is just a bass adjustment switch to be used if a speaker is closer than 2 ft to a wall boundary.

    The older LSiFX had a bipole/dipole switch because the speakers had tweeters and midrange drivers on both faces and could be configured as more direct bipole speakers or more diffuse dipole speakers. I still those were the best surround speakers Polk ever made.
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  • Ethancf
    Ethancf Posts: 478
    Thanks guys! Great info! I loved my LSis for many years. I will say the LSIms are in another universe to my ears though. The clarity in the high/midrange is amazing. I just sold my LSi F/Xs to my son. With his LSiC and LSi15s, he loves them.

    Jason
    THE SYSTEM
    Polk Audio LSiM 707 Mains
    Polk LSiM 702 f/x Surrounds
    Polk Audio LSiM 706 C Center
    SVS SB-17 Ultra Subwoofer
    Rotel RSP-1582 Pre/Pro
    Rotel RMB 1585 Amplifier
    Oppo UDP-205 Blu-ray Player
    Samsung PN64D550 64" Plasma
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