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There is a lot of good advice & knowledge on the site. Hopefully, you folks can steer me in the right direction. If this has been asked earlier, I apologise. I didn't find it in my search.I have a Yamaha 5460 receiver, Cervin-Vegas for front & center speakers. I have a 12' ceiling and would like to put ceiling speakers in there. The back wall is not conducive to in-wall speakers. The better half doesn't want me to go over 300.00 for the pair. I have looked at the NHT-6.1 & the Polk-audio rc 60I. the NHT was 300, & the P.A. was 200/ pair. This is for family listening, movies, cd's type of stuff. No serious audiophile folks here. BUT, i'd like to get the better speakers for my limited budget.
The salesman for the NHT said he thought the older 6.1 was better than the new IC1 speakers.???
Any advice ?thanx,
David
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Ceiling mounting isn't best for surrounds. Use a small pair of standard speakers mounted in the rear room corners on wall hung stands and aim them where they work best, which may even include at the ceiling. Don't spend more than $100 each- there's not enough information to them to justify any more for your particular circumstance. Five inch woofers will do fine.
Bill,MY living room isn't really a good set up for corner speakers(over 35' back wall area). My back wall has a angled open kitchen wall. Wife doesn't want to have speakers hanging "anywhere". My ceiling is kinda my only choice. You don't seem to think the speakers will put out enough sound for rear surrounds(my impression). Am I wasting money putting the speakers up there?
thanx,
David
The problem w/ceiling speakers is their aiming point, which is down. The width of the rear wall isn't a problem, as the surrounds need not be in the corners, 8 feet in or so from either side would be OK. How far to the rear of the listening area is that back wall? If ceiling speakers is the only choice I'd put them no more than ten feet to the rear of the listening area and use the type w/swivel (gimble) mounted tweeters to aim the HF towards the listening area. Another option would be wedge shaped speakers mounted on, not in, the ceiling, aimed towards the listening area.
Surrounds don't have to handle a lot of power or push any bass, so small and inconspicuous is fine. But that doesn't mean they aren't necessary for home theatre. Ask the wife if she prefers spending $30 bucks a whack to go to the movies where you can't stop the show to go to the bathroom or a good home theatre that's cheap, convenient, and you can use your own bathroom. When appealing to women always pull out the bathroom card. To them its more important than THX and a 52" screen. This comes from a husband of 28 years w/3 daughters.
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