If the L820s are set up to the sides of my couch as surround speakers, should the tweeter/midrange array be in the front or back?
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In my system, each of the channels goes to an L820. As long as the connectors are3 in place it will fully adapt to all signals sent to it. If you split the front channels to be bi-amped (I have and Onkyo TX-NR820) then you can't use side speakers. Barring that, let your A/V amplifier handle all of the audio.
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Not sure what you mean by front or back, but depending on whether the tweeters are on the outside vs. the inside when mounted can cause the sound field to be narrow or wider. Personally I run mine on the outside for a wider sound field. JBL states about the L820, " A wider stereo image is presented with the tweeter/midrange array outboard and a tighter image is presented with the array inboard." See the comments to this answer, the individual is using them as rear surrounds for a 5.1 system.
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In the front. If you have a 7.1 or greater system If I were you I would put the speakers as surround back instead of surround side, most of the pictures or concerts uses more surround back
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All out the front. Except woofer out the bottom for base. I think it would be fine. R
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The main thing is that your front 3 speakers match up closely , driver wise , just pick surrounds that fit your desired set up , and decor , JBL might even have their own .
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These speakers are not designed for your two main (front) speakers on your sound system, or home theater system (unless in a very small room, such as a dorm room, etc). These speakers are best used for your rear or side speakers in a surround sound setup. If you opt to use them as your main speakers, you could add a subwoofer directly to the receiver to give added bass output to the system. However, again, unless the room is small, these would not be the best choice for your 2 main speakers.
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The horizontal dispersion of these is incredibly wide, but the vertical dispersion is much narrower - assuming 6' listening distance and the speakers sitting flat, you would start losing top end about 4' above the tweeters. This could be solved with some mopads or similar with an upward tilt though. As for filling a 10' x 10' room with sound, it will, but with nowhere near the bass impact they have in near-field. I use a pair of these for outdoor listening at low-moderate levels, and add 12dB of EQ below 110Hz, with a 30Hz 24dB/octave high pass filter, and they sound like much bigger speakers than they really are, but with the level of EQ applied obviously can't be pushed hard. In a room with careful placement to optimize bottom end, you could probably get away with 3-6dB of boost in the bottom end to get them filling the room. That said, adding the LSR310S would be the best solution for room filling sound with these monitors...
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I personally would keep the same in front and back.and I will say the 4way speakers are the best way to go for all around sound especially if you are looking for high and mid range sound quality.
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None what so ever, I have mine in the basement under the kitchen in a joist cavity and no issues. You can always place a layer of bat insulation in the cavity to prevent further. There is not much bass generation mostly directional surround of mid's and tweets.
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I have a 6.1 system and use them for the 5.1 portion with my previous JBL surround for the center rear (6). Your 6-7 are the same as my 4-5 so you should be fine. I'm assuming that your 4-5 are the side surround and not the rear? I would use them in rear since the side surrounds aren't really critical for the overall surround effect. (IMHO)
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If you are wanting a two way system with a single 8" and tweeter, it should work fine. I'd stay away from any kind of venting unless you have reliable Thiel-Small parameters, but I would definitely recommend stuffing the box with AcoustiStuff or similar. I don't recall if Micca published T-S numbers for the woofer, but since it's made to go in a wall, I presume it's designed for a fairly forgiving infinite baffle alignment. Good luck!
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Generally they always tell you to try to move these types of speakers into a corner. However, given that it wasn't practical to do that in the room that I have the Sonos Sub. I have it in the middle of the room and believe me it is pretty powerful and I don't have any bass loss. I am not pushing it at all. They supply a way to configure it pretty easily. I have from time to time adjusted it depending if I am switching from rock to classical which I might push it up a bit more. I don't think you will have to worry about the placement at all. That being said when it comes to music and sound everyone has different tastes. i don't think you will be disappointed with the performance wherever you locate it
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I'd say that wouldn't be a problem. I put mine by the couch on the other side of the room. I like it better there because it gives you some surround sound because there is quite a bit of midrange that comes through the sub because the speakers in the soundbar are so small which isn't a bad thing. Because it all evens out and sounds good
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I believe this device needs to be positioned as close to the listeners seating level as possible to be appreciated. The front speakers should roughly be in the same plane as the listener's ears. Don't think you are likely to be satisfied with a floor location. Check the return policy. If you don't like it you may be able to return within 30 days for refund, but you also may have to pay return shipping.
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The rear speakers plug into the subwoofer and then the subwoofer connects to the soundbar via bluetooth. So there are speaker wires that go right to left in the rear (which is easy enough to hide under a couch), but prevents front to back wiring.
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The woofer should face a solid surface or the ground. I mounted mine horizontally about 8 feet off the ground. The mid and tweeter face directly toward the sitting area.
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I am curious about this system. I have a very small room with only the ability to set up the the front (L+R), center, sub, and rear (L+R). The room does not allow for the set up of what Onkyo refers to as "surround L + R" which are supposed to be set up on the sides of the listening position. Will the receiver provide a decent decoding if I am using the speakers in a straight 5.1 type setup? I am guessing this is what the first post was asking but I just wanted to clarify that rear speakers will still be used and only the side "surround" speakers omitted.
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I use the Infinity Primus series. I have the c351 center speaker, the p163 floor standing for fronts, the p153 for book shelves. I have a 7.1 system, I still use my onkyo speakers for surround, and the onkyo for base. I will soon be purchasing the Infinity base, and the p143 for surround. The Infinity series are by far the best, I have tried Polk,and Klipsch,they don
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Depends on what you're using as a floor speaker. I use Klipsch LaScalas as my corner speakers and Heresys for the center channel. The RS42s do a good job as rear channels but theres no comparison between the Scalas and Heresys when used as main speakers.