in-ceiling speakers (1 Viewer)

[Darrell Knudson]

Due to space limitations, I am considering in-ceiling (or in-wall) speakers for HT. Are such speakers available that could provide reasonable performance??? I currently plan to use a separate powered subwoofer (like an NHT 2I).

Thanks for any advice you can provide.

 

[Adam Krogul]

ive heard some speakercraft inwalls that sound pretty nice, they have rounds that usually go in the ceiling where the whole woofer and tweeter are "aim-able" they also have some rectangle ones that have an 8 inch driver with sepreate mid bass and woofer..

hope this helps,

l8rz,

adam

 

[Ben L C]

Whats your budget?

 

[Gil D]

NHT, Paradigm and B&W make some good inwalls. But they often don't disperse the sound as well as box speaks

 

[Darrell Knudson]

I don't exactly have a budget - it is more of a pain thresold. I really liked the NHT VS2.4 speakers until the salesman said $400/ea. The pain set in when I multiplied by 5 to arrive at $2000. Adding a subwoofer looked like I could hit $3000 pretty easily. I have since looked for better NHT prices with little success (the best I have been able to find is $350/ea). That's when I started thinking in-ceiling or in-wall (reasoning that discarding the box should cut costs). However, I don't think I will stick with the in-ceiling or in-wall approach if performance is really going to suffer.

Should I drop the in-ceiling idea?

Are better NHT prices available?

Should I consider NHT VS1.4 instead?

 

[Adam Krogul]

not a big fan of inwall/inceiling speakers...*bluntly* they just don't sound as good...
adam