Theo, I was wondering how you liked the Beale Street in ceilings. I am interested in the IC6-MB or the IC6-BB (that you were using) as they seem the most likely candidates for my 7200 ceiling speakers. I will just be using Atmos and DTSX and not Auro as my ceiling is only a little over 7.5 feet (I won't get enough separation to add heights).
I currently have some Energy EAS-6C's (4) that are brand new, but I want the sealed design and I think the Beale Street speakers will provide much better performance. The only issue is that I am in Canada and it may be hard to get the Beale's. I have contacted them to ask how I can get some and what the list price is etc.
I know there is a Beale review upcoming.....but do you have a few comments? Where did you buy yours..a dealer??
Thanks.
Theo, I was wondering how you liked the Beale Street in ceilings. I am interested in the IC6-MB or the IC6-BB (that you were using) as they seem the most likely candidates for my 7200 ceiling speakers. I will just be using Atmos and DTSX and not Auro as my ceiling is only a little over 7.5 feet (I won't get enough separation to add heights).
I currently have some Energy EAS-6C's (4) that are brand new, but I want the sealed design and I think the Beale Street speakers will provide much better performance. The only issue is that I am in Canada and it may be hard to get the Beale's. I have contacted them to ask how I can get some and what the list price is etc.
I know there is a Beale review upcoming.....but do you have a few comments? Where did you buy yours..a dealer??
Thanks.
@JKR1963 The Beale Street speakers came directly from Beale. In fact, I was unaware of the price point of the speakers when they arrived and throughout the majority of my testing period. As you can tell from the experience with the Denon, they were really great and created a wonderful sound-field and it's a real testament that they mated well with the SVS speakers. I've always been a staunch advocate of timbre-matching speakers and it will remain to be seen what the critical parameters are for timbre-matcihing across the different height speakers in relation to the floor-standing as everyone gets more real-world experience with the immersive setups.
The one thing I don't talk about yet here is how really incredible the in-ceilign subs are. There is an article queued up for review where it's the first of a three-part series talking about the installation and immersive setup. The in-ceiling subs performance was just awesome in this setup. We opted for four in-ceiling subs due to the size of my room and room modes.
I did not engage the in-ceiling subs for the Denon article and that whole section regarding Audyssey is a bit over-condensed as a result. My setup needs multiple subwoofers to perform best across all the seating positions.
I digress.
Yes, the Beale Street speakers and subs perform very, very well. The subs don't go super-deep but they are great. Stay Tuned for my forthcoming DTS:X update. The Denon now has a unified speaker layout that will support all three formats: DTS:X, Dolby Atmos, and Auro-3D. In fact, I also got the unified layout working with the Auro-3D voice of God speaker too but there's a caveat I need to check with Denon about.
Apologies for the late reply on this!
