Re: 6.1 / 7.1 Speaker placement

["markttay" <markttay@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This crowd do in-ceiling speakers for home Theatre. They are shaped=20
to fire down but at an angle. Not heard them myself though, but a=20
friend in the US has them and is impressed.
hth
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http://www.proficientaudio.com/lcr_main.html




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "White, Peter" <peter.white@b...>=20
wrote:
> Mornin'.
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> Today's job is running the speaker cables for the new house,=20
including those
> into the lounge for the home theatre system.  There's a lot of
> conflicting/confusing advice on the web, so I thought I'd ask here=20
for
> opinions.....
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> Firstly, I'm not sure whether to go for 6.1 or 7.1.  I'll be=20
buying the amp
> for this, so have both options, but equally I can't spend several=20
thousand
> on one, most likely it'll be around the =A3700 mark.
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> The next question is speaker placement; currently plans are for=20
the 3 fronts
> to be mounted in the wall at ear level.  This is a room which is=20
around 30ft
> x 14ft, with the TV at 1 end of the room.  There's also a dining=20
table going
> in there, so in terms of the seating area, it takes up around 2/3s=20
of the
> room.
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> The sub will sit on the floor somewhere near the TV wall.  Then=20
it's the
> rears (3 or 4 depending on 6.1 or 7.1).  Ideally I'd like to put=20
them in the
> ceiling.  Does anyone see a problem with this?  I can build some=20
sort of
> acoustic shield around them so that not too much noise fires=20
upwards into
> the kids bedrooms.  Option 2 is to have them in the wall, and=20
option 3 is to
> have them on floor-standing mounts, but this is a distant third as=20
the
> layout of the room does really allow for easy placement.
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> Here's some half-arsed ASCII-art to hopefully illustrate the=20
point...
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> __FL________CTR______FR__
> I		TV		I
> I Sub				I
> I				I
> I	     sofa		I
> I RL			   RR I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I	RL	    RR	I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> I				I
> -------------------------
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> Would the ideal option be to have the the back set of rears in the=20
ceiling,
> and the front set of rears in the wall?
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> Any help most welcome!
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> Thanks
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> Pete=20
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