Thanks for the help.
I see. This is a huge room. Its also open to the kitchen area which is where I took my photo from. I realize its not exactly a home theater room since its so open. I had assumed, however, that my electrician doing the 7.1 surround sound prewire would take all of the optimal measurements into consideration. It does appear, now that I'm opening plates up and cutting into the ceiling that the boxes they installed were positioned more to align with where the studs are instead of possibly where the most ideal position was.
That said, I need to do some measurements. Its a big room.
On the topic of Rear surround:
- Is the question of optimal quality about 7.1 vs 5.1 (keeping the signal in just the SS vs splitting to RS) more about the size of the room, or the fact that my speakers would be in-ceiling?
- What if I am able to get 7' from MLP? In-ceiling still no good?
On the topic of L,C,R or even a LCR as a center speaker:
- What if I only had a center LCR speaker installed in the wall facing the MLP? Would that be pretty good and could I get away with that instead of install 3 speakers there, given that I'm trying to compromise a bit for aesthetics?
- Is there any way for a receiver to send the Center signal back to the TV speakers? HDMI from Roku to Receiver -> some sort of audio input to TV?