Need help with surrond sound. Speaker/Tech gurus in here please.

[jkim05]

Bose speakers are ok, but they're designed to sound good despite their small size. When it comes to sound, at a certain point the size of the box matters because the frequencies need to resonate. While Bose stuff does sound decent, when you compare the price with what you get there are better options out there. Those avsforum guys are as ahead we are with cigars, and I'd say Bose is like their macanudo. It's nice until you hear better.

If you don't care too much about sound I'm sure there are setups out there for what your looking for, but your speaker placement does not sound ideal. In 5.1 surround, the two "surround" speakers should be next to the listening area not behind. Also the two front channels are in stereo, but the majority of talking and stuff on TV comes from the center channel, which is terribly undersized in most HTIB sets.

I have Definitive technology speakers, the two front ones have built in active powered 12" subs and my front center channel is one of their smaller front speakers so I could get more sound. I have this running on a pioneer elite receiver.