Mounting Speakers On Ceiling Vs Walls

I ve had this set up for about 3 years.

Mounting speakers on ceiling vs walls.

As for mounting an atmos enabled speaker in the same manner near the ceiling that option is a no go. Whereas in ceiling speakers are firing down at the top of your head. In wall speakers will sound better than in ceiling speakers because they are projecting sound at ear level. I have a 110 inch projector screen.

60 inch pioneer kuro along the front short wall 14 ft bose 601 mains bose 301 side surrounds. 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. The first choice you need to make is whether you want in wall on wall or ceiling speakers. The in wall center channel is below it and on each side is the right and left speaker in wall.

Rectangular room 14 ft wide. Some old pioneer speakers i. 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. Need new speakers would need to drill through studs to run wiring.

The frames of our round in ceiling speakers retrofit into many popular and existing cut outs while the patent pending baffle latches mean super quick super simple tool free mounting. Better looking than wall mounted cons. So on wall or in wall speakers are used. I currently have a 7 1 system.

Basically if you can use regular tower or bookshelf speakers then that is the choice that most of us would find the most comfortable. 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. 9 ft flat ceiling. Not fully enclosed but a floor to ceiling wall runs along 40 of the back.

Mounting a speaker in a wall which becomes a baffle. 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. The majority of in wall and in ceiling speakers were designed to bring sound into a room without being visibly intrusive. Ugliest risk of poor mounting speakers falling not sure how to run wire across vaulted ceiling.

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. 2 are about 4 feet in front the screen and the other 2 are right behind the main sitting area. I have 4 ceiling speakers. I have an onkyo rz 810 receiver.

Wall mounted speakers represent a likely compromise and in ceiling speakers even more so. They allow you to be more flexible with your layout. 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. The difference between the two is quite simple in and on wall speakers are mounted front firing with the woofers pointed horizontally across the room while ceiling speakers are mounted down firing from the ceiling above.

But if you are seriously limited in terms of placement then towers or bookshelf speakers aren t always the best choice.