After some months of debate, my wife has agreed to let me install some in-ceiling surround speakers in our new house. In-wall and on-wall surrounds are out of the question due to WAF. I currently have 3.1 system in the living room with EMP bookshelves and center and a HSU VTF3 MKII sub. Receiver is an Onkyo 3008. The surround duty is only for movies. I do little multichannel music listening. I live in a small town in NE Tennessee with limited access to high end dealers (Def Tech is about the only option locally) to audition.
Would the Speakercraft AIM wide series (
http://www.speakercraft.com/products/architectural-speakers/in-ceiling/aim-wide) be a good choice for my application? The dipole/bipole option seems like a good fit for my application. Could I get the same effect with the normal AIM series (
http://www.speakercraft.com/products/architectural-speakers/in-ceiling/aim)with the speakers aimed at the rear wall?
If timber matching is that critical I could also get some RBH TK series (
http://www.rbhsound.com/tk615.php) in-ceilings as my EMP’s use the same drivers I believe (there is an RBH dealer in Knoxville which is about 1.5 hours away).
In some of the other threads someone has recommended the Snell’s from Accessories4Less (
http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/SNELLOHS7/SNELL-OH-S7-8in-Inceiling-Two-way-Speaker-Each/1.html). Considering the price difference, do the Speakercraft or RBH ceiling speakers offer a significant performance advantage? My budget is flexible though I would like to stay in the $300-400 per speaker or below price range. I also do not mind stretching the budget slightly if there is justification.
My room is 17 x 21 x 10 with the layout attached. Thanks for your help.
