Localization issues with Atmos

[srinivas1015]

The thing is, even though I can hear the sounds coming from the height speakers, it's often times hard to make out that it's coming from above.

This is how my speakers are oriented:




I know that it's not the ideal setup, but I'm wondering whether to assign them as 'Rear Heights' or 'Top Middle Left/Right'. With the Top Middle position, they would be assigned to the current position, but the receiver would think they're oriented downwards. Whereas with the Rear Height orientation, the position would be incorrect (they're actually above the side speakers) but their orientation would be incorrect-- they're facing each other, not downwards.



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Does the receiver do anything different in both orientations? Ideally, I'd love to set them as Side Height Left/Right, but this option doesn't seem to exist in the Marantz: