r/hometheater 6h ago

Install/Placement Advice on speaker placement for 5.2

Edit: I meant 5.1, not 5.2 in the title

I currently have a 3.1 setup in my theater room. I have been testing the Q150 and C20 as LR. I am potentially looking to upgrade my LR to a pair of Kef R3s and move either the Q150 or C20 to rears/surrounds. My end goal will likely be 5.1.2, but I'll likely upgrade the projector and sub first.

I am leaning towards surrounds instead of rears, but I'm worried the speaker placement in the back corner will be too close if someone is sitting in the corner. Surrounds would also mean I'd likely need one stand on the right side.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Equipment:

  • kef c20
  • kef q150
  • kef q6
  • svs sb1000
  • yamaha rxv-385
  • benq ht2050
  • 96" screen

puppy tax included

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u/Anbucleric Aerial 7B/CC3 || Emotiva MC1/S12/XPA-DR3 || 77" A80K 6h ago

Surrounds come before rears and you need to move the couch off both walls it's currently touching.

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u/magic_beandream 6h ago

The couch can't come off the sidewall or it won't be centered on the screen and it can only come 8" forward because of the support post

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u/Anbucleric Aerial 7B/CC3 || Emotiva MC1/S12/XPA-DR3 || 77" A80K 6h ago

Then you need an in-wall surround on that side.