Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: home theatre ideas 14Mar 05, 2009 9:42 am Rodda The angled In-ceiling speakers are to tackle the issue of 'non-focused' sound coming from the front speakers if they were the regular In-ceilings, but for surround speakers they don't need to be focused (in fact surround speakers are supposed to be non-focused so the effect is a more abient sound where you can't pin-point it's origin.). So, using regular In-ceiling speakers for surround speakers in a home cinema setup is perfectly acceptable, and in fact not a bad option at all because they are so descreet. It's using them as front speakers where you need to be more particular and really think hard as to whether you really want In-ceiling speakers for fronts in your cinema (we've tried it before an weren't impressed...). Regular In-ceiling speakers are, of course, perfect for multi-room audio systems (unless you actually want something very focused and direct, but then if you did you'd want other speakers anyway...) as these systems are almost always wanted to be more descreet... That makes sense to me. I was considering them for surrounds so that fits perfectly for my needs. I won't mention the atrocity that is in ceiling/wall subwoofers in case you start frothing at the mouth I would say both styles you have pictured are steel. The lower chord of the first pic would be a massive lump if made using timber considering the size of the rafters. If… 1 6156 Hi guys We have just removed a very large grape vine which was mounted to a structure along this wall. This is a shared wall with our neighbour, and after removal, we… 0 3954 |