Here I sit at work with my first cup of coffee on a monday morning and I've a problem with what to do about my rear speakers.

I should expand a little: I'm running a Yamaha RXV3800, coupled to all the usual AV stuff, BD player, PS3, Xbox Elite, upscaling DVD, SkyHD, assorted mains cables, conditioners etc.

Speakers Monitor Audio. Fronts - GS10s, Centre - GSLCR, Sub - GSW12. Rears - R90s. Fronts are biamped (as in via the amp) using Chord Odyssey 4, the centre is biwired using the same.

The problem then is thus - it's not a vast cavenous room. The sofa runs along the back wall of the room and to the left the doorway in / out. So presently, and I know not ideal, are a pair of R90s very high up (one above the doorway on the left, the other equally high on the right. cabled with QED XT silver annivers'. They just sound a little out of of place. Hollow, a little lacking maybe... I hear the speaker rather than the sound if you will. Now I considered getting a pair of GSFXs for the rear, but these are huge and I don't think the positioning options open to me warrent the £1k price tag.

So dear forum member with a wealth of knowledge - give me some ideas, as I can't see the wood for the trees at the moment..

thanks

Hi Lee,

Your rear speakers ? these are too high up, and are probably reverberating around room, possible improvement would be stands either side of sofa and toe in - and reset sound levels in amp, another possible solution would be in ceiling speakers above your sofa, although this would entail extra Diy ? 

Or you could start from scratch and reorganise your room to get your speakers at the same listening hight !   Cheers - hope this is of help to you.   .......Carl.

Lee...for a Thread Title...I think you could have phrased this differently ...

All the best mate...

Bill.

well spotted Bill,

I must have been sleeping ? lol ?

Cheers Carl, good spot Bill.. .Certainly the height's an issue, but short of moving the door I had little option. I'm just not keen on the little speakers on stands look... guess I've not many options.

I am looking at ceiling mounts (a chap needs a project afterall, and digging  lunking great holes out of the ceiling falls squarely into this category).

Hi Lee,

I had same problem as you but my door to the right, my soution was light silver eltax slim speakers, mounted each side of sofa, and rear centre speaker mid way between the two on wall just above head hight, let us know how you get on all the best .....Carl.

Carl Kirby wrote (see)

Hi Lee,

Your rear speakers ? these are too high up, and are probably reverberating around room, possible improvement would be stands either side of sofa and toe in - and reset sound levels in amp, another possible solution would be in ceiling speakers above your sofa, although this would entail extra Diy ? 

Or you could start from scratch and reorganise your room to get your speakers at the same listening hight !   Cheers - hope this is of help to you.   .......Carl.

Thats sort of true and not Carl. If listening to multichannel surround sound 'music' then they should be at ear height.

However, when listening to movies (Which is the only time I use my rears) then they should be approx 1 meter above your head

that's good to know. the link's pretty useful - thanks Rik.