OK, I've gotten the green light to buy some ceiling speakers. Without them, that B&K CT600.1 is just an expensive paperweight!
So I am looking at buying speakers for three zones right away. I've searched on this site as well as some others (CQC, AVS, etc) and surprisingly there is little in the way of practical in-ceiling speaker advice. So I figured I would ask you guys.
Here is my thoughts so far:
Kitchen - room is 13x20 with regular 8' ceilings and laminate wood flooring. One end has seating for 6 around a table. My though it to place two speakers towards one end of the room above the seating area. I would consider putting a powered sub in this room, but it would have to be a ceiling sub or floor sub.
Sun Room - room is 14'x24' with 9' ceilings which fault up to about 11' and a hard brick floor with area rugs. Three walls are glass with very little wall space, and the 4th is one of the 14' walls and is the exterior brick wall of the original house (this room was added onto the back of the house). Right now we have a seating area on one end (the "glass" end) and a table set up at the original house end, but I forsee a TV along the original house brick wall one day. Again, my thought is to put 2 8" speakers in the ceiling, but I haven't decided which end. Probably the glass wall end so I could use them in the future for the rear speakers in a 5.1 sound system. I am also planning on putting a small powered sub in this room to help with the low end.
Back Patio - we have a decent size patio - probably 20'x24'. It is boardered on two sides by the house (the original house as well as the sun room). My thought is to get some outside speakers and hang one in adjacent corners of the house. One at the end of the sun room and one on the original house at the far end of the patio - in opposite corners mounted under the eave of the roof so it is semi-protected from the weather. (Hopefully my description makes sense). I don't plan on any type of sub outside (but if there is a decent outside sub that actually works at a low cost I might consider it).
Budget - could be as high as $250/pair (not including the sub). My local supplier carries three lines of speakers, so I can get great prices on those three brands. I am open to looking at other brands as well, as long as the budget is maintained.
Speakers my supplier carries - OEM Systems, Proficient Audio, and Nuvo. In the 8" size, I can get the Proficient Audio c800 ($200/pair) and the OEM Systems SC-820ke ($135/pair). Proficient also make a nicer 8" speaker, the C870, but they go for $175 EACH. So I won't put them everywhere, but could probably put them in the sun room where I will end up using them in a 5.1 system. I am also looking at the Proficient AW650 which is a 6.5" indoor/outdoor speaker (runs about $170/pair).
[post="0"]http://www.proficientaudio.com/main.html[/post]
[post="0"]http://www.oemsystems.com/[/post]
So I'd love to hear people's thoughts on ceiling speakers. Especially those people that have them - what type and how do you like them? Any other suggestions for speakers in my price range?
So I am looking at buying speakers for three zones right away. I've searched on this site as well as some others (CQC, AVS, etc) and surprisingly there is little in the way of practical in-ceiling speaker advice. So I figured I would ask you guys.
Here is my thoughts so far:
Kitchen - room is 13x20 with regular 8' ceilings and laminate wood flooring. One end has seating for 6 around a table. My though it to place two speakers towards one end of the room above the seating area. I would consider putting a powered sub in this room, but it would have to be a ceiling sub or floor sub.
Sun Room - room is 14'x24' with 9' ceilings which fault up to about 11' and a hard brick floor with area rugs. Three walls are glass with very little wall space, and the 4th is one of the 14' walls and is the exterior brick wall of the original house (this room was added onto the back of the house). Right now we have a seating area on one end (the "glass" end) and a table set up at the original house end, but I forsee a TV along the original house brick wall one day. Again, my thought is to put 2 8" speakers in the ceiling, but I haven't decided which end. Probably the glass wall end so I could use them in the future for the rear speakers in a 5.1 sound system. I am also planning on putting a small powered sub in this room to help with the low end.
Back Patio - we have a decent size patio - probably 20'x24'. It is boardered on two sides by the house (the original house as well as the sun room). My thought is to get some outside speakers and hang one in adjacent corners of the house. One at the end of the sun room and one on the original house at the far end of the patio - in opposite corners mounted under the eave of the roof so it is semi-protected from the weather. (Hopefully my description makes sense). I don't plan on any type of sub outside (but if there is a decent outside sub that actually works at a low cost I might consider it).
Budget - could be as high as $250/pair (not including the sub). My local supplier carries three lines of speakers, so I can get great prices on those three brands. I am open to looking at other brands as well, as long as the budget is maintained.
Speakers my supplier carries - OEM Systems, Proficient Audio, and Nuvo. In the 8" size, I can get the Proficient Audio c800 ($200/pair) and the OEM Systems SC-820ke ($135/pair). Proficient also make a nicer 8" speaker, the C870, but they go for $175 EACH. So I won't put them everywhere, but could probably put them in the sun room where I will end up using them in a 5.1 system. I am also looking at the Proficient AW650 which is a 6.5" indoor/outdoor speaker (runs about $170/pair).
[post="0"]http://www.proficientaudio.com/main.html[/post]
[post="0"]http://www.oemsystems.com/[/post]
So I'd love to hear people's thoughts on ceiling speakers. Especially those people that have them - what type and how do you like them? Any other suggestions for speakers in my price range?
