speechguy

Hmm, I'm not sure what you're suggesting with the "tapping the M-5 hole out to 1/4 20" and such, but it sounds like additional effort that's not needed. I mounted the RSX-5's to the ceiling without any problems. Two of the mounting screws are directly into the cieling joists, with the third anchored into the drywall. Again, I have 9' ceilings, if you have 8' then I'd be concerned a bit about taller people running into em. The "bleed through" of the sound to the upstairs isn't bad -- much less than some in-ceiling speakers that I have in other rooms of my basement. In terms of making it look nice, I got some black heat-shink tubing and used that to cover the speaker wires -- that's purely a visual item versus any sort of performance issue. It was easy to do and I think it makes the install look much nicer. Overall, I'd call it a success -- mounting RSX-5's to the ceiling works fine.

Looks like I'm opening new ground here -- once I get them installed, I'll let you know how it all works out. As more FYI, they're going into a large basement rec room, where the Home Theater is in one corner of the overall room. Thus, I can't mount the surrounds on the back wall or such. I could install built-in's into the ceiling, but one of the downsides of doing that is that the sound would resinate through to the upstairs. I have 9' ceilings in the basement, so having the speakers protrude down a foot won't be a "head banging" problem.

Has anyone tried mounting any of the RSX series speakers to the ceiling? Because of my room layout, I need to mount the surrounds to the ceiling versus floor standing or mounting them on a back wall. As FYI, the RSX-5's would be matched with a pair of RF-52's, an RC-52 and an RW-10d subwoofer.