Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater In Ceiling Surrounds to Match M80's - pls suggest

Some pictures of living room and ceiling would probably help. I suppose that you could order the QS8 speakers in white with white grills also.

The house is still being designed. There are virtually no walls to work with other than the left side with the tv. The phantom lines you see are profiles in the ceiling.

How about inceiling style mounted on the side of the tray? They would be 9' from floor. The boys from RSL introduced a new series that looked like a possibility.

http://rslspeakers.com/In-Wall-In-Ceiling/


I appreciate the advice and good humor...keep it coming, I can take it.

there are custom finishes that might look very nice with your house trim.

Would an in wall M2 look bad? It would be square rather than circular.

I just noticed that your in-ceiling speakers are not centered with the tv viewing area. That also might create a problem. Obviously, the design of this room (and/or) house is not conductive to a good sound system for HT. If it were me, I would go with a different design altogether.

In-wall M2 or M22 could be mounted in the tray of the ceiling. It would be 9' from the floor and be aimed horizontally. Is that reasonable?

If I thought there was a chance in hell that I could hang nice surrounds from the ceiling, I would be home free. There is a pic on the QS page that shows that exact thing...I'll give it a test run past the committee after I get at least one cocktail in her.

Brian....you must be single.

"If it were me, I would go with a different design altogether."


As for the seating arrangement, the manchair will be in the best possible location. I don't really care where the foo-foo chairs go. Still working on whether the fireplace is centered on the wall or room. Room is obviously best for HT.

look in the gallery section at the bottom of the threads, lots of pictures there, or the wall of fame.

http://www.axiomaudio.com/wallofame.html

I have a feeling that hanging an in-wall speaker in the ceiling is going to have a worse dispersion pattern than speaker designed for in ceiling use.

I'd do everything I could to avoid using in-ceiling speaker, but if there was absolutely no other option, I'd go with these from JBL: http://www.jbl.com/EN-US/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?PID=LS360C

Note that a pair will cost you double what a pair of QS8s cost, and they won't sound as good.

My Father in law had windows in the way for side surrounds so we mounted some Revel S12's (set to dipole) on the ceiling and its the BEST surround I have ever heard. You could get the paintable qs8's and paint them the same color as your ceiling.

Those Revel Concerta S12s are also $500 each, right?