When you think of surround sound systems, you probably think of gigantic speakers mounted on the walls around a large room. Modern technology has helped a little with this — these days, it’s ...

Place the rear surround speakers behind the viewing ... In this case, mounting the rear speakers to the wall wasn’t an option, so I used speaker stands. These speaker stands have the ability ...

It creates a truly immersive surround sound experience ... Just like those front speakers, it’s best that the rear speakers are at ear height. If you’re wall mounting them, you want them angled ...

opulent wired speakers—both freestanding and in-wall units. In between are some excellent soundbar-based surround systems that connect wirelessly to subwoofers and rear surround speakers.

The ES15 has a rear-firing bass port, but Polk also provides a plastic baffle if you need to push the speaker up against a wall. Brent Butterworth/NYT Wirecutter If you’re assembling a surround ...

Step 3: Surrounds: Unlike the Ones and Era 100s, you can set the Era 300s up as left and right rear surround speakers, either wall mounted or on stands, but it’s not necessary to point them on a ...

Soundbar systems which promise discrete immersive surround typically use multiple speaker drivers in the soundbar itself and in the rear speakers to fire sound in different directions using the wall ...

Key specs: 5.1-channel surround sound, Bluetooth connectivity, Dolby Digital Plus, 400W total system power, wireless rear speakers ... each speaker to be plugged into a separate wall outlet ...

A feature called Personal Surround Sound puts rear channels inside ... as well as a Wall EQ toggle that adjusts the tone if you’ve mounted the speaker under your TV. This is all nice to have ...

JBL also puts a host of wall brackets, anchors, and screws in the box should you want to mount the speakers. The JBL Bar 1300X’s wireless rear surround speakers are labeled left and right ...

Each of these systems offers something a little different from the others, but they all include rear satellite speakers because we wanted to limit this list to systems that actually surround you ...

Thankfully, depending on your situation, you could still place speakers on that rear wall to get more immersion. To be clear, in surround sound systems, rear speakers shouldn’t really go ...