Spare speakers

[antighsiothail]

After a house move I find I have 2 small satellite speakers spare. Have a 5.1 setup in the living room and thinking of putting these spares into the system. Amp supports front presence speakers and surround back. Not sure which to put them in as, where would be the best use, thoughts?

 

[CaptainJames]

After a house move I find I have 2 small satellite speakers spare. Have a 5.1 setup in the living room and thinking of putting these spares into the system. Amp supports front presence speakers and surround back. Not sure which to put them in as, where would be the best use, thoughts?

Depends on the room layout to an extent, but surround back channels are a discrete output on 7.1 sources, so would benefit from that, whereas front presence are not. Most of the time though you would be relying on DD Surround /DTS neural to upmix to the additional speakers.

My guess is that again you would gain more benefit from surround backs using upmixing, but you will not know for certain until you wire them up and try.

 

[antighsiothail]

Thank you for your reply. I was leaning towards using them at the back, wasn't too keen on mounting them on the wall in front, unless it would be really beneficial. Will give them a go at the back when we re-arrange after Christmas.