If you are using cheap receiver and cheap speakers this may (and does in some rooms) work very well. It gives a more diffuse soundfield in the rear if you are sitting in close proximity to the surround speakers.
For good mid-fi or high-end components this is likely less than ideal. The reflected sound from walls is altered by the wall surface. If you are depending on this reflected sound for the entire volume of information from the speaker (rather than only some of the information as in bi/mono-pole or electrostat)you are never going to hear the details that these more resolving speakers are capable of. However "monitors" are not always going to give you wide dispersion which is what you want in a surround.
Flip-side is that if the room sucks try anything you can to create the illusion of good sound regardless of equipment quality.
Yes, I guess it would be something in the order of... Spice.
For good mid-fi or high-end components this is likely less than ideal. The reflected sound from walls is altered by the wall surface. If you are depending on this reflected sound for the entire volume of information from the speaker (rather than only some of the information as in bi/mono-pole or electrostat)you are never going to hear the details that these more resolving speakers are capable of. However "monitors" are not always going to give you wide dispersion which is what you want in a surround.
Flip-side is that if the room sucks try anything you can to create the illusion of good sound regardless of equipment quality.
Yes, I guess it would be something in the order of... Spice.