Who Uses Rear Surround Speakers For Music Playback?

Whatever sounds good is where it’s at. Those who thumb their noses at it can stick the whole fist up there.  
ML Motion 2s sound pretty sweet in back.  Best with seperate amps.

When I am in the family room listening to music I will sometimes run the surround system with the rear speakers on and it sounds fine to me. I have a Velvet Underground CD box set of their album Loaded and it includes an Audio DVD in surround and it sounds pretty cool. 

With that said serious listening is always on the 2-channel system.

If the music was recorded with surround channels I'm inlined to use them, but I tend to avoid the derived surround modes the Bryston SP3 processor can generate.  I use KEF LS50s for side and rear surround.

There is a rational for it. You can hear the "size" of a venue by how long it takes the echo to reach your ears. If you have the ability to delay the rear speakers you could mimic the size of any venue by adjusting the delay and relative volume. You would not need much of a loudspeaker either. It would not be an inexpensive thing to do. You need two speakers, a two channel amp and a digital processor to manage the delays. $5K anyway to do it right. Maybe some day when I have a bunch of spare cash lying around. 

For me it's a NO. But whatever sounds good to you.
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