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well if the guy thinks his setup is perfect the way he has it, hey that's cool.
I'm just offering a different view to consider, or use for a friendly debate if he likes.

I did a little writeup to explain a different perspective on rear-fill...

http://www.betteraudio.com/geolemon/phasing/phasing.htm

...not so much whether it's "right" or "wrong", but what the issues are.
After all, you can mitigate issues.

Personally, I never build rear speakers into my design (unless of course I were doing an in-car 5.1 DVD system).

so does that mean if i have a large van should i use rear fill off the hu or not

cargo van or passenger van? :)

well i have bench seats in the back so passanger

then sure rear speakers would probably be helpful for folks back there.. gives em some full range sound

ok tks

well if you dont sit back there i wouldnt worry about it. it dosnt matter really just throw some in there and if you like the sound keep it if not 2 cuts of wire and they are disconnected again to see if you like that better.

I look at it as this. If you have a home stereo..do you have front speakers and back speakers? I didn't think so. Now do you have a home theater? If so you will have speakers in front of you possibly on the side and definately behind you. To give you the feeling of being surrounded by the effects.

Now since these are stereo contests, My thinking would be that emulate your home stereo. Speakers in the front, none in the rear, except a sub of course. Better placement would be front sub too..but that is an extreme placement.

Your friend probably competed or knew someone who competed in the 80's and 90's when rear fill was considered standard practice, but true stereo sound comes from the front.

Rear fill is da DEBIL