ceiling speakers

[JohnNolan]

where can I find info on ceiling speakers ? I have a room 19 ft x 27 ft with 10 ft high ceilings.The wiring is 20 ft apart centrally located and 6 ft from the rear wall, looking for advice. Thanks for your help guys. john

[RossVTaylor]

John,

Klipsch lists the specifications of their in-wall speakers in the product listings under Home Audio, then Architectural. You might also listen to the Paradigm inwalls - very nice sound and reasonable prices.

On a side note, 20 feet is a pretty wide spread for two ceiling speakers. You may find that, with a spread that wide, you are likely to hear only one speaker at a time depending upon your location within the room. That's fine for low-level background music, but can be distracting at louder volumes.

Best wishes,

Ross

[JohnNolan]

Thanks for the info Ross.I hear there are speakers in the ceiling with a 360 deg moving tweeter made by Klipsch and was wondering if this would work. Thanks once again. John

[RossVTaylor]

Several speaker manufacturers make speakers with adjustable tweeters, but that may not solve the problem. If you aim the tweeters inwards, towards the center of the room, then as you move outside of that area the tone will change even more dramatically.

You might want to look at some of the multi-tweeter ceiling speakers made by Paradigm or (I think) Niles. These are round ceiling speakers with three tweeters in an array for wide dispersion. They work really well in your sort of application.

Ross