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Originally Posted by Rick
Looking for advice on purchase and set up of electronic equipment in
new home.
Have pre-wired the house for everything I could think of; now ready to
buy the equipment.
We have a family room that will be used as our theater room as well.
Want to use the same speakers for surround sound and music enjoyment.
Can use either in-wall or surface mounted speakers for the front.
The rear surround speakers present more of a challenge, since this is a
very open floor plan, and there is not much of a back wall. Must mount
these in the ceiling. My thoughts there were to have small surface
mount speakers suspended on a short hangar.
People selling in-wall speakers tell me they sound better than surface
mount, but I have heard otherwise, so I would like suggesstions from
the group.
Also, when using same speakers for surround as stereo, how does one set
this up?
Thanks.
Rick
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Rick: It really depends on how accurately you want the system for music reproduction. Surface and in wall speakers don't do very well here. For home theater, probably still stick with stand alone front speakers, with ceiling mounted surface or in walls working well for the surrounds. A powered sub woofer is a must with home theater, but I don't like them for music. My home theater system is as described and works very well for that purpose. It's really just a bad cousin to my dedicated music system with lots of power and large VMPS speakers.