In Ceiling speakers

[BrewCityUpstart]

Does anyone have experience with them? How are they for 5.1-7.1? With my new drop ceiling, it might be my only option. Do they tilt at all so they can be slightly pointed to the Captains chair?

[Serren]

The surrounds in my living room are inceiling and I love them. My are Paradigm's, but I would imagine any equivalant brand would sound as nice.

When I bought mine a year or two ago, I did lots of research into these speakers, mainly in regards to the pivoting aspect. Many "experts" determined this to be more of a gimmick then actually doing anything. My speakers are 10 feet high, and about three or so feet to my left and right of the sweet spot. I am constantly amazed out how awesome the sound is from these speakers. I dont think I have ever had the problem of wondering why a sound is coming from there, instead of directly behind me.

This may be the nature of most sound to these channels, ambiance, quick passes, and just subtle things.

I would recommend them, and think they look much nicer then hanging speakers actually. Big pimpin yo!

[BrewCityUpstart]

Hmm- you cant show up for matches but you come through for advice lol I'll hafta find some matching Klipsch ones..if they make em.

[Serren]

Yeah, last night my wife had a couple of friends over and they were rocking out on GH2! I jumped on as soon as they finished, but I had already missed the match. Sorry about that.

[Peench]

I'll 2nd what Serren said about the Paradigm in-walls. I recommended paradigm speakers to a friend when they were setting up their new house. They ended up buying a place that was pre-wired so they bought in-walls. I sent my friend's wife to a store with a couple of recommendations (it was a present for him), and she ended up with the paradigms after listening to a few different speakers. I helped them calibrate the system after it was installed and was amazed at how well they sounded.

[Serren]

I would add that many "audiophiles" might bash in-walls/in-ceiling speakers. This may be true for two-channel listining, but for home theater and gaming, I doubt the average person could tell the difference with the surrounds.

[BrewCityUpstart]

This raises a question- do I need to find ones that don't have a woofer? I do have a sub (a weak one) but I believe I've been fine with it seeing as though my current surrounds are small peices of crap. Now, my Klipsch RF-7's and RC7 is a differant story...

Should I get Klipsch speakers (timbre matching)? Do they just go in the same spots (placement) that I have my current 7.1 set-up in?

[Serren]

I'd get Klipsch's if that is what the rest our. I dont think any will have woofers so to speak.

[BrewCityUpstart]

Serren look at these and tell me they don't have the bass-http://www.klipsch.com/products/lists/reference-in-ceiling.aspx