How high the rears?


What's the current thinking about mounting rear speakers? Near the ceiling, above ear level, at ear level. Our media room is 14' X 19'. The LR speakers are about 8' apart and 4' from the wall behind them. We sit pretty much at the apex of the equalateral triangle. I'm thinking the rears might be spaced about 6-7' apart.

My wife likes the looks of the ultra thin KEF T301s and I find their sound clean and open, so that's what we're getting. The tweeter will not match the T33 tweeters of the five KEF Reference speakers, but I assume matched voicing is not as important for the rear speakers.

db
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Visit ASC(acoustic science corp) website.Speakers are placed 20% of height of ceiling to center of midrange driver and also a lower placement possible but forget the dimension.This is for dipoles I believe.I agree with Chadnliz you want ambient not direct.Search Paradigm speaker website article Dipole Confusion for more information also.
High near the ceiling seems to work well as most sounds from the rear are ambient. You can put them lower on stands but frankly it clutters the room.
DB
I meant no disrespect... just thought to illuminate some way of acquiring a taste of differing locations, which might be useful.

Chairs and books... Plant stands... etc. Whatever allows one to elevate the height of the rears so one can ascertain for themselves better, what will be best for them and their room.

natually, my thoughts on the process were temporal... just to see.... See?

it's better than dreaming, or speculating.