Due to the configuration of my listening room I cannot use two back surround speakers. Can I use one of these in the center back as a 6.1 surround?
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It only has one speaker input, but I don't think it would be a problem if you have a receiver that could bridge the connection, or made for 1 surround.
883363
Yes, the SR8080 is beautifully suited for use as a back center channel speaker - it has excellent dispersion characteristics which should make it ideal for that location.
1253767
No. Buy the 7.1 channel version and you will be able to have 5.1 in one room, and a two speaker system in another... but not with this model.
372496
Personally I prefer a different center channel speaker that is designed to play center channel frequency. You could use this as a center just fine though.
1530466
Usually for surround purposes an odd number is used. ie a 5.1 or 7.1 setup. The .1 is for a subwoofer, then you usually have 2 rear speakers, 2 front right and left speakers and 1 center speaker (5.1 setup) You can add a right and left mid speaker for a 7.1 set up. The front center speaker is the "main" speaker that handles the majority of the TV sound. Unfortunately speakers are sold in even lots, leaving you with an extra speaker.
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I tried it when initially setting up my system and it worked. I had the two long front speakers hooked up as the back and the sound was fine. I've since changed it back as I found two older speaker stands for the designated back speakers.
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If your receiver can handle 7.1 its just a simple matter of adding two additional speakers. I would recommend adding to floor speakers to your front channels and using the DefTech speakers as your center, side, and rear surrounds.I hope this helps.-Dex
1435529
You have 5 separate channels on the back of the speaker. You could only connect the center channel but it would be a waste of the other speakers enclosed. There are much better choices if you are only looking for a center channel speaker.
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You can, but if I were you, I'd go ahead and mount them anyway. There may not be a lot of 7.1 out there yet, but it will come. Not long ago, there wasn't a lot of HD content out there, either. Now look at it all. While you are going through the trouble of mounting speakers and routing cable, may as well do them all, even if one pair won't get fully utilized just yet. FWIW, a true 7.1 setup in my room is also not possible... I have the couch pressed against the wall, preventing me from getting the rears truly behind the watching position. Instead, I have the rears as far back as I possibly can (slightly behind seating position) and the other surround pair slightly in front of those, but further away from the seating position. Something like this: [sub] [lt-front] [cnter] [rt-front] [left][couch] [right] [lt-rear] [rt-rear] ---wall-------------------------wall----- So, not ideal, but it gets the job done, and when 7.1 content becomes widely available, I won't have to go through the trouble of running more cable. Hope that helps. I'll watch this thread if you have any more questions.
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Depending on the number speakers you may use, most of us have two, left and right for stereo, you should be able to compensate for the issue mentioned from the audigy control panel. I have three speakers with a bass added and it took some playing with the controls to get the sound I wanted. It gives you an option for speaker/headphone configurations from stereo to 5.1 surround sound and one for headphones. Your mileage will vary. Hope this helps.
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Since I don't know how big this cabinet is, and how much room you have available to install a pair of speakers or any single speaker there, I asume a center speaker installed in one cabinet works. It won't be stereo sound like having two speakers, it will be mono, which will be basically the same effect as having two stereo speakers together, one next to the other, installed in one cabinet; you won't perceive the stereo effect(channel separation) anyway.
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Not sure what u wAnt to do. I had 2 as rear surround and they worked great.
372494
these are designed for front and back channels. Would sound better if you had a center speaker. these make good surround sound speakers
68992
The center speaker of this unit can be used for the center channel but then the remaining speakers would be useless unless they are connected to other channels of your system.
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That's what I did. I use one for two rear speakers, the other is for the other two rear speakers. No wire pulling under the floor over the floor! It works like a champ. Only negative is when I have a power flick, I have to turn the two remote boxes back on individually. I assume your sound system already has 7.1 capability, you just were using 5 speakers.
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Here's the answer. Use SB Assign (surround back speaker assign) to set the surround back speaker connections to 'SPK B' (speaker B). Then be sure to set the speaker selector on the front of the receiver to Speaker A+B.
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Well I don't know if I understood correctly your question, but what I know is that you can have both, you can have -11.2 composition and in the front you can have 6 speakers not considering subwoofers and central speaker. When with 11.2 I think that you cannot have 2nd and 3rd zones.
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Thanks Ben. I don't know too much about speakers so I appreciate your input. I have this TV and I can tell you that there are two separate sets of cables, as you anticipated for the R & L speaker..I guess I should think about 6.1 or just get a separate center speaker. On the other hand, could you let me know if, when reading the manual, you saw anything about setting it up through the on screen menu? Some TVs can simply set the TV speaker output to center speaker..Thanks!