Tom, welcome. Slightly different heights for the surrounds(especially QSs)are no problem. Also, as Randy(sirquack)pointed out, in a 5.1 setup the side surrounds should be placed a little(maybe 2')farther back than directly to the side so that they lend a little more "phantom" back effect in the absence of actual back surround speakers.

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