How to easily "reverse" my 5.1 set up

[ArchAnGeL]

I have basically a square room and dedicated AV amp
4 satellites in each corner
TV is mounted over the empty fireplace on one wall (centre speaker is in the fireplace)
I have just bought a projector (really for my use but I need to make minimal impact on the house as I have a wife and daughter and it is a small house)
I will be putting the projector in the fireplace so that it will project on the opposite wall to the TV
When I want to use it, it's no problem to just move the centre speaker to the other side but obviously the front/rear & left/right will then be the wrong way round

I'm not sure that will really be the end of the world but is there an easy way (speaker junction box? if that exists), to switch the speakers around that doesn't include messing around at the rear of the amp?

 

[ArchAnGeL]

I was thinking I could make a box with 2 x 4 banks of 1/4" stereo jacks and just move the ones around for the speaker side

I guess I could do it with basic switches but that may mean using 8 switches unless such a think exists as a 2 in 4 out switch component

andicole0, I think your method wound need one of each box for each speaker

 

[ArchAnGeL]

That would be a pain every time I want to use the projector instead of the TV.

The simplest way I have thought about now is to just split each speaker cable with a stereo 1/4" mail and female jack connectors and swap them about.

Any reason that wouldn't work?

 

[ArchAnGeL]

What's the source? If it's a HTPC you could use ffdaudio or similar to map them the other way round quite easily (it uses an input output matrix)

That sounds interesting. Yes mainly it is a HTPC where I would be interested in making sure they are the right way round

got any links?

 

[ArchAnGeL]

I think I figured it out but will need to test when I get home

I have mapped input left to BackR and input Right to BackL
The speaker configuration is set to "same as input"

Is the mixer still active in FFDSHow if I have enabled passthrough?