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8/16/09 at 3:16pm
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Good day people. New here with a load of questions that I couldn’t even begin to answer. I bought a Onkyo surround sound system. My question here is that the two surround speakers both land in the center of the room on glass doors. To say the least. It’s going to look like schitt now matter how I mount them. So what I would like to do is put in surface mount white speakers in the ceiling. The model number on the speaker is #SKM-750SX, Max 110 watts/8 ohms. One can I pull this off and can anyone recommend a speaker. Thanks in advance for your help, Bob
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8/16/09 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by slurppingbeagle View Post
My question here is that the two surround speakers both land in the center of the room on glass doors.
Sorry, but I can't imagine what you're talking about. The surround speakers, in a 5.1 setup, should be just behind your head, and to the side. See here, for Dolby's recommendations:
http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_entertainment/speaker-setup-guide/index.html

I guess some people like ceiling mounted speakers. I don't. They just don't sound right to me. If you really need them, someone with more knowledge of them, may chime in.
Good luck!

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8/16/09 at 6:18pm
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If you were going to buy in-ceiling speakers for the surrounds then you should probably buy another simular pair of in-walls for the rear surrounds. Speakers should be from the same series by the same brand but it's not as important for the surrounds and backs. If you chose to do this I would also put the fronts and center a little higher than I would have otherwise.

As for which one's to buy, as Ed said those type of speakers are not real popular around here but Dayton from PartsExpress.com are apparently pretty good for the price.   
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8/17/09 at 10:51am
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Masybe I've got the wrong picture here...are you saying that where the speakers that should go to the sides is a sliding glass door or something like that?  If so, can't the speakers go on the part of the wall above the door?  Or, could you move the speakers a bit farther back?  Placement on these isn't terribly critical.

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8/23/09 at 2:50pm
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Sorry for not following though guys. Never seems to be enough time. Ed thanks for the link to Dolby. It cleared up a lot of things. The diagram that came with the system shows the surround speakers evenly spaced between the front and the rear. The Dolby website cleared that up. I’ve got to assume that the drawing was for a general idea of placement. Let me make the layout a little clearer. My family room is laid out so as if you’re sitting facing the TV. To your right is a total glass door. To your left is a book case. Neither of these walls allows me to hang anything. This is why I was playing with the idea of ceiling speakers to solve the problem. After a week of pondering this, I thing I came up with workable plan. The system came with two speaker stands. I figure if I mount the front and rears on the wall. I can use the stands for the surround speakers. Is there a recommended distance from the listener on the sides and the rears? Now the next question? Can anybody recommend a Blue Ray player. I mean I’ve read reviews on just about all major brands and there isn’t much good to say about any of them. The one that I would have picked first would have been Samsung and they had the worst reviews no matter what model it was. Thanks guys for you continued help. Bob
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8/24/09 at 1:38pm
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I like the Sony S-360 and S-560 blu ray players, personally. Some folks here like the Panasonic players. I'm not a Panasonic fan. If you are, I'm sure you'll be very happy with one of theirs.

No actual recommended distances for the surround speakers, that I know of. Everyone's circumstances are different. My side surrounds are about 3 ft. away on each side, and my back surrounds (7.1 system) are about 1-2 ft. away. Audyssey configured for the distances, so it doesn't really matter that much. Just work with the space you have.
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8/24/09 at 2:38pm
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There doesn't seem to be much advantage at this point in buying an expensive blu-ray player vs the mainstream electronics manufacturers.  I do like Panasonic, haven't owned one of their BR players yet, but their basic DVD player was one of the highest rated in a decent price range for many years and I did own one of those before going with a higher end Denon.  I was very happy with it.  The Samsung players were some of the highest rated before the new wave of current models came out, and that's probably what I would buy if buying one now, unless you could afford the Oppo player.  Right now, I have an LG universal (HD-DVD and BR) player that I am pretty happy with, so won't be buying one any time soon.
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8/24/09 at 2:55pm
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It seems that the LG Blu-Ray players are the hot ticket right now.  Not only are they fast, but the allow you to stream Netflix and other media.  I have one on my short list of things to buy (maybe Santa will bring one for me). 

Also, I own a Panasonic BD30 and have nothing but good  things to say about it. 
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