5-speaker set-up quick question!?

Question

Hey... I just graduated and due to my unemployed days I've become a tech-junkie. I was first obsessed with enhancing the picture but now the sound is my next target. I've spent a lot of time positioning my speakers on the room, having it to go through the roofs and such and have finally placed it all correctly. (The standard wherein the center speaker is right in front of you, the righ and left speakers either side of the center speaker and right and left speakers on either side of the couch) Needless to say I've been enjoying it for two days until I went to test tone and found out that the main left and right speakers were the ones I've positioned on my side and the supposedly other speakers are on the sides of my center. Does it matter if I wrongly positioned my speakers? I've listened to the sound they project and so far it has been the same though but I may be missing a thing since I'm a rookie on this. Its confusing because the label says "FRONT LEFT SPEAKER".

Answer 1

What the label on the speaker says means nothing. It only matters where you hook it up. ie   if the label says center but plug it into the front right jack it is your front right speaker. You will hear sounds differently than how the movie makers intended.  Ie if they want you to hear a sound from the right but you have the right speaker in the center.  make sure that that the wire you have in the plug that says center goes to the center speaker the plug that says left goes to the left etc etc etc.

Answer 2

Depending on the setting, (Dolby 5.1, surround, etc) some programs are able to add depth to the sound. For example, if you were watching Top Gun and the jets flew over you, the speakers would simulate the Doppler effect. If they are positioned wrong, the jet would fly over you from behind, but sound like they were coming from the side.

This is only if they are plugged into the corresponding ports. The speakers themselves, if they are digital, should make no difference.

Answer 3

hi here  is one sugg.. from (as i am using in my home)

put 1-left and 1-right spks  with usual connection. and take another 2-spks.. and place it in the rear  and join the -ve of both spks and connect the other two +ve  to the coresponding output from your amplifier . it is really nice.

only the base sound will hear for the front spks, and the background musics on the  rear and very pleasent to hear the sound effect and u can feel a 3d effect.

Answer 4

Generally speaking, the front side and rear speakers reproduce the same sound range, but the front speakers get more work and volume, so they're often a bit bigger than the rear ones.  

However, if your front side and rear speakers are the same size, they are interchangeable.