Is good or bad area use floor or front tower speaker for sorround?

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by H9k_

Usualy bad unless you have huge room and really know what you are doing.

CrazyBLUE may disagree with your thoughts.

In reality, there are two schools of thought with towers as surround.

Some feel that all 5/7 speakers being the same will truly give you a uniform sound with the tweeters all the same height and all the same timbre. These are usually also the crowd who prefers multi-channel music versus movies.

Others, like you, feel that since the surround usually doesn't have the boom, you don't need the tower, but a bookshelf or bipole/dipole speakers. These are usually the crowd who enjoys movies more than multi-channel music.

In the end, it depends on your preference. The towers may produce a fuller midrange, but that may not be what you are looking for.

If you can do an in-house demo, I would try both and keep the setup you like best.