TheHighFlyingBirds
Distinguished Member
Hi all,
I currently have a 5.1 setup, using Q3050 as front L&R, Q3090C and Q3020 for rears, however, these are placed on my 3050s and my amp is setup for front virtual surround. As usual, the wife has final say as I did buy brackets last year to install them at the rear but SWMBO put a stop to that. However, since thinking about it more I wonder if I would be best getting rid of the 3020s and replacing them with some more shallow speakers (maybe bipole/dipoles) as the location that I can install the 3020s doesn't feel right as they would need to be in the corners, with one close to the sofa and the other one further away (and behind a door during the day).
I have done a mock-up of locations, the red indicates where I would have to install my 3020s, and the blue indicates where I could potentially install some slimmer speakers (they need to be slim so not sticking out so far as there is a radiator behind the sofa which gets clothes put on it to dry).
I am correct in thinking that suitable speakers in the blue location is far better than the 3020s in the red locations? If so, can anyone recommend some suitable speakers for behind the sofa. Quite fancy the new MA bronze FXs (especially in plain black and not black oak); are these suitable for the location and will these sound ok with the Q acoustics? Are there others which I should look at? I will hopefully be looking at getting atmos upfirers in the future when I upgrade my amp, so ideally whatever rears I look at , they will have matching upfirers so I don't have three different brands.
TIA
I currently have a 5.1 setup, using Q3050 as front L&R, Q3090C and Q3020 for rears, however, these are placed on my 3050s and my amp is setup for front virtual surround. As usual, the wife has final say as I did buy brackets last year to install them at the rear but SWMBO put a stop to that. However, since thinking about it more I wonder if I would be best getting rid of the 3020s and replacing them with some more shallow speakers (maybe bipole/dipoles) as the location that I can install the 3020s doesn't feel right as they would need to be in the corners, with one close to the sofa and the other one further away (and behind a door during the day).
I have done a mock-up of locations, the red indicates where I would have to install my 3020s, and the blue indicates where I could potentially install some slimmer speakers (they need to be slim so not sticking out so far as there is a radiator behind the sofa which gets clothes put on it to dry).
I am correct in thinking that suitable speakers in the blue location is far better than the 3020s in the red locations? If so, can anyone recommend some suitable speakers for behind the sofa. Quite fancy the new MA bronze FXs (especially in plain black and not black oak); are these suitable for the location and will these sound ok with the Q acoustics? Are there others which I should look at? I will hopefully be looking at getting atmos upfirers in the future when I upgrade my amp, so ideally whatever rears I look at , they will have matching upfirers so I don't have three different brands.
TIA