Mounting Speakers On Ceiling Vs Walls

I ve had this set up for about 3 years.

Mounting speakers on ceiling vs walls. Have the speakers smallest holes in the walls i think cons. 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. Not fully enclosed but a floor to ceiling wall runs along 40 of the back. Some old pioneer speakers i.

60 inch pioneer kuro along the front short wall 14 ft bose 601 mains bose 301 side surrounds. 2 are about 4 feet in front the screen and the other 2 are right behind the main sitting area. 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. Whereas in ceiling speakers are firing down at the top of your head.

Better looking than wall mounted cons. Atmos enabled speakers are specifically engineered to bounce sound off of the ceiling. As for mounting an atmos enabled speaker in the same manner near the ceiling that option is a no go. The in wall center channel is below it and on each side is the right and left speaker in wall.

Basically if you can use regular tower or bookshelf speakers then that is the choice that most of us would find the most comfortable. So on wall or in wall speakers are used. Ugliest risk of poor mounting speakers falling not sure how to run wire across vaulted ceiling. I have 4 ceiling speakers.

Wall mounted speakers represent a likely compromise and in ceiling speakers even more so. Need new speakers would need to drill through studs to run wiring. 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. 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.

I have an onkyo rz 810 receiver. I currently have a 7 1 system. 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. 9 ft flat ceiling.

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. But if you are seriously limited in terms of placement then towers or bookshelf speakers aren t always the best choice. The majority of in wall and in ceiling speakers were designed to bring sound into a room without being visibly intrusive. They allow you to be more flexible with your layout.

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. In wall speakers will sound better than in ceiling speakers because they are projecting sound at ear level. Mounting a speaker in a wall which becomes a baffle. The first choice you need to make is whether you want in wall on wall or ceiling speakers.

I have a 110 inch projector screen.