In-Ceiling HT

I am in the market for 4 in-ceiling speakers, L, R and rears, and a
free-standing center channel speaker. I would like to spend no more
than $1000. Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks!

Cory

Cory,

I am in the market for 4 in-ceiling speakers, L, R and rears

I don't have any speaker suggestions, but I will tell you that the ceiling
is a terrible place for loudspeakers. All five speakers should be at ear
level.

--Ethan

There are a few out that are getting decent reviews, although the
soundstage still
appears to float above your head, even with aimable tweeters/mids and
they ain't cheap..
If memory serves from the last article out of Home Theater magazine (or
was it Widescreen
Review?) they ranged from around $400 each to around $1800 each, for the
ones in the article.

I would imagine cheap ones (without aimable tweeters.mids, or angled
recessed box) would be terrible
for any 5.1 cohesive soundfield.

Cory wrote:

I am in the market for 4 in-ceiling speakers, L, R and rears, and a
free-standing center channel speaker. I would like to spend no more
than $1000. Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks!

Cory




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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:23:33 -0700, Cory wrote:


I am in the market for 4 in-ceiling speakers, L, R and rears, and a
free-standing center channel speaker. I would like to spend no more
than $1000. Anyone have suggestions?

Why stop there? Get rid of that ugly tv screen and replace it with something
hidden away somewhere.

On Jun 19, 9:23 pm, Cory wrote:
I am in the market for 4 in-ceiling speakers, L, R and rears, and a
free-standing center channel speaker. I would like to spend no more
than $1000. Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks!

Cory

http://www.inwallstore.com/Merchant2... ory_Code=jblw
JBL SP8 is not a bad choice on a budget however
as has been said before, mount at ear level when seated.
If you must put speakers in ceiling, they won't sound as great.

In article ,
(AZ Nomad) says...

bull****. If the treble is coming from the ceiling, that is where the
sound stage will be heard.

Your ignorance is monumental. Consult a professional sound engineer to
solve your problem.

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On Jun 24, 8:27 am, Larry Caldwell
wrote:
In article ,
(AZ Nomad) says...

bull****. If the treble is coming from the ceiling, that is where the
sound stage will be heard.

Your ignorance is monumental. Consult a professional sound engineer to
solve your problem.

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there are a lot of professional installations with the speakers on the
ceiling
this is usually because the customer or the wife/designer/ architect
insists on it.
not as much the installers idea.
now you have these ceiling speakers with tiltable tweeters which
provide a
tolerable compromise, but they cost a lot more ($800) a pair.
ceiling speakers mounted right above the seated listener are not THAT
bad.
it's all a compromise.
next time get a wife with THX certification or some STAX headphones.

In article ,
(Ric Seyler) says...

The soundstage is still gonna sound like it's floating above you.........

I bet you still think it's impossible to get surround sound out of two
speakers.

There is a world of difference between a mechanic with a screw gun and
an acoustic engineer. Just because the mechanic doesn't know how to do
it doesn't mean it can't be done.

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Larry Caldwell wrote:
In article ,
(Ric Seyler) says...

The soundstage is still gonna sound like it's floating above you.........

I bet you still think it's impossible to get surround sound out of two
speakers.

There is a world of difference between a mechanic with a screw gun and
an acoustic engineer. Just because the mechanic doesn't know how to do
it doesn't mean it can't be done.

It's possible to get 'surroundy-sounding sound' out of two speakers, but
not surround sound for an educated ear.

Reminds me of the 3D spatial imaging and crap they started putting in
boomboxes and shelf systems.

I'll bet you like Bose and their Acoustic Wave table radio.
They're founded on the same load of engineered bull****.

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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:16:02 -0700, Larry Caldwell wrote:


In article ,
(Ric Seyler) says...

The soundstage is still gonna sound like it's floating above you.........

I bet you still think it's impossible to get surround sound out of two
speakers.

correct. If you think you're getting surround sound out of two speakers
then you merely deluding yourself.