What if you used 5x bookshelf speakers in a 5.1 setup? (Feat. Edifier P12)

In today's video, I test out using 5 bookshelf speakers in a 5 channel setup (including the centre!)... I also cover the speaker in a mini Edifier P12 review.
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[@mdrlz]

hey dude! no idea why YT suggested me this vid but i'm glad i'm here. what you are describing here is exactly what I've thought about creating movie/surround system. you have some things off here - best center speaker is ALWAYS the one you use for L & R. anyways, I had idea of doing full 5.1 with KEF LS50 Meta. no need for dedicated cinema system right now tho. I bet a proper bookshelf speaker setup will blow anything far bigger and more expensive out of the water (with a good sub integration). great vid, thanks!

[@acosysliceofbrie]

I've heard that it's apparently ideal to have identical L/C/R speakers for when sounds mixed to move from one side to the other wouldn't sound different as it moves from speaker to speaker. You've made a good review though, I've currently got the P12 for the L/R and it's fun to know what it's like to have all 5 of the same!

[@joseyneighbors5230]

I have a pair and they are decent for me to start out with

[@soundwave6643]

Thinking of buying 2 of these and a Aiyima A07 amp for a simple desktop setup. What's your take?

[@PhilHarrisTV]

I've got a 4.1 setup that I've put together.
Onkyo trsx-333 receiver
Pair of Wharfedale Diamond 230 Towers for front L and R channel
Polk S15 bookshelves for rear channels
Yamaha NSSW300 subwoofer
Running them all in Stereo

[@ramprasadkulkarni9736]

I want do make something similar how did you connect your active speakers to the av receiver with amified output??

[@PhilHarrisTV]

Another dude with an onkyo AV receiver! 😮

[@rolfathan]

I feel like audio purists should still at least like people doing something better than just a terrible sounding sound bar.

[@OlaJustin]

More woofers isn't always better. More woofers introduce problems with interference... basicly many center channels are extremely badly designed, with huge dead spots off axis... they are sold to solve the problem with voices not coming from the TV, but they are designed to give 50 % of the audience in your sofa a totally dead experience. A good center should more be like a coaxial speaker, something like KEF uses. They sell with their looks, not their sound.
Five equal speakers, specially in the front channels, is often way better than a center channel that looks like it belongs, but in reality it is a totally different speaker than your L & R speakers.
Rant over. :)
If you have a router, make the elements on those speakers flush to the baffle and I bet you the center channel will have less problems caused by defraction points. It'll tune the box/port a tad different but I would do it... since I have a router and it would be fun. :)
Also try to plug the port on the speaker, that might make the sound a bit more clearer since many cheap small speakers have a big hump in the region of 60 Hz due to it sounding good in electronic music and in stores. :)
Budget HiFi is the only way! So keep experimenting. :)

[@Fighter4Street]

This guy must be really scared of his neighbors because he is talking so softly like someone is sleeping in the same room.

[@rythomasyt]

What? xD Because I'm not screaming down the mic demanding your attention like every ADHD creator out there? Unreal man