Mounting Speakers On Ceiling Vs Walls

Whereas in ceiling speakers are firing down at the top of your head.

Mounting speakers on ceiling vs walls.

But if you are seriously limited in terms of placement then towers or bookshelf speakers aren t always the best choice. While sound vision hasn t yet reviewed a system with svs prime elevation speakers the company s 45 day in home trial makes it a compelling option. The first choice you need to make is whether you want in wall on wall or ceiling speakers. The main driver is angled 18 and can rotate 360 in its frame while the tweeter can be positioned and adjusted for precise directional control.

I have a 110 inch projector screen. I have an onkyo rz 810 receiver. I ve had this set up for about 3 years. They allow you to be more flexible with your layout.

Ceiling speakers are a potentially easier way of completing this as you can mount them behind your seating area and use them as the rear channels. 2 are about 4 feet in front the screen and the other 2 are right behind the main sitting area. I have 4 ceiling speakers. These typically inexpensive speakers rarely have an enclosure and quite a few laws of physics are ignored as well as almost all the thiele small parameters.

Some old pioneer speakers i. If you choose to mount your speakers in the ceiling then you won t have to worry as much about positioning your furniture around floor. The frames of our round in ceiling speakers retrofit into many popular and existing cut outs while the patent pending baffle latches mean super quick super simple tool free mounting. Ugliest risk of poor mounting speakers falling not sure how to run wire across vaulted ceiling.

Need new speakers would need to drill through studs to run wiring. Atmos enabled speakers are specifically engineered to bounce sound off of the ceiling. The majority of in wall and in ceiling speakers were designed to bring sound into a room without being visibly intrusive. Have the speakers smallest holes in the walls i think cons.

As for mounting an atmos enabled speaker in the same manner near the ceiling that option is a no go. So on wall or in wall speakers are used. Basically if you can use regular tower or bookshelf speakers then that is the choice that most of us would find the most comfortable. Or just get much more wiring to go up and over the studs same issue running wire over ceiling plus i don t have obvious rear wall locations because of my layout.

Mounting a speaker in a wall which becomes a baffle. 60 inch pioneer kuro along the front short wall 14 ft bose 601 mains bose 301 side surrounds. Not fully enclosed but a floor to ceiling wall runs along 40 of the back. The in wall center channel is below it and on each side is the right and left speaker in wall.

When choosing an in wall or in ceiling mounted speaker it is important to buy a model that has what s called a back box. I currently have a 7 1 system. Better looking than wall mounted cons. 9 ft flat ceiling.

Rectangular room 14 ft wide.