well/celing speakers

[Russell]

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Wow lots of info! Thanks for all the tips!

The house is dry wall and I am putting them in the ceiling, I think I am off from when the house was built by about 10 years (about 1970). I am going to poke my head up into the attic tonight and see what is going on up there (never been in it before). The next question is what speakers??

I was thinking of doing 2 ceiling speakers, 2 floor (at the front), center and a sub. Any input? I have an amp (will get the watts of it tonight), I don't want to spend A LOT of money (I am willing to spend more on the ceiling speakers as I really don't want to replace them).

[Silverfire]

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I have Paradigm CS60R for the rear in-ceiling speakers and they sound good. I have 2 fronts and 2 in-wall centre speakers and a sub for my home theater plus the ceilings.

Energy EAS-6C would also be a good choice from futureshop

Dont cheap out on the centre speaker also

[Russell]

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what are your fronts?

The only problem is I am doing all of this in my living room so its not like I have a closed in media room to keep the sound in.

[Silverfire]

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Energy C-500's for my fronts

i also use the paradigm cs160 in my master bedroom and im happy with them

[18TWolf]

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I am looking into doing an in-wall/in-ceiling home theatre but am struggling too with which speakers... there are so many out there to choose from and you can't just test drive the speakers like you can with boxed ones. You just have to look at the specs and hope for the best (stick with good brands):

I have been looking online at Energy, Paradigm, Polk, JBL, Infinity, Totem, etc...

Unfortunately the Denon Receiver (AVR-2808CI/AVR-988) I am looking at is 110Wx7 and the speakers I am looking at are only 100W max handling. I don't think that is a problem as I don't listen at earth shaking levels but I don't want to blow any speakers either.

As for installation here is a good link from Polk Audio:

http://www.polkaudio.com/downloads/DIYTutorial.pdf

[Russell]

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I am now thinking that I may go down to sweetgrass and ship this there:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mBSEwFe...00B&c=4&tp=196

It is going for $900 at visions (vs $459.99 shipped to Sweetgrass) right now and either mount the speakers with a bracket or get some ceiling speakers for the rear.

[Silverfire]

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check out www.ecost.com

they use BorderFree shipping so no suprises when things arrive...i have bought a reciever and remote from them without any problems

[Stonewall]

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I bought some in ceiling speakers at the last sounds around sale. At $88 with a volume control I couldn't go wrong. I plan on putting them in my basement bathroom right near the receiver