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Post by xtatic on Dec 30, 2013 20:24:05 GMT -5
In looking at built in speakers, ceiling speakers seem to be round, and wall speakers are rectangular, for the housing at least. Can a person use a ceiling speaker in a wall and just not tell anyone it is a ceiling speaker?  Or are there specific reasons to use one over the other? |
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Post by PGT on Dec 30, 2013 20:38:34 GMT -5
It usually comes down to diffraction. Ceiling speakers are meant more for background music while in-walls are more for stereo pairs. given that all the drivers are round in both situations....its not like that's the issue. What are you looking for? Lots of options out there....I've got some excellent Episode ceiling and in-walls for sale as I upgraded to much more expensive models. - Sometimes the terseness of my reply can't be blamed on my phone.  |
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Post by siggie on Dec 31, 2013 0:11:14 GMT -5
It is mostly a matter of aesthetics. Round speakers look funny on a wall. Square speakers look funny on a ceiling.
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Post by knecht on Dec 31, 2013 8:53:24 GMT -5
I just went with James Loudspeaker in-walls for the fronts and in-ceiling for the surrounds. I looked at Triad, Episode, B&W, Martin Login, and Sonance. The James's sounded the best to me. I had 7 in-ceiling speakers in my previous house for HT and ended up buying a pair of Monitor Audio floor speakers for the front. I didn't like hearing the front coming from the ceiling. That said, take a look at the Golden Ear HTR-7000's in-ceilings. They showed them at CEDIA this year and people couldn't tell if the sound was coming from the ceiling or the floor speakers.
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Post by gohantanch on Dec 31, 2013 9:10:19 GMT -5
In looking at built in speakers, ceiling speakers seem to be round, and wall speakers are rectangular, for the housing at least. Can a person use a ceiling speaker in a wall and just not tell anyone it is a ceiling speaker? Or are there specific reasons to use one over the other? Also, in-wall speakers tend to be a thinner profile speaker so they fit in the more limited space between the sheet rock, while in -ceiling speakers tend to be much beefier. So becareful trying to place an in-ceiling speaker in the wall. I've always been curious as to how the emotiva in-wall/in-ceiling speakers sound at such a low price point. |
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Post by cheapthryl on Dec 31, 2013 11:30:08 GMT -5
I have been curious about emo's in walls and ceilings myself. Going to try out the outside speakers first.
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Or are there specific reasons to use one over the other? 
