I moved into a new house and am designing a non-dedicated home theater space and could really use some help.
I've had the luxury in past houses of rooms where it was easy for me to determine speaker placement with either standard, on-wall, or in-wall speakers.
In the new home theater I'm struggling with there not being optimal locations to place surround speakers aside from the ceiling.
I currently have a 3.2 setup that consists of:
- Marantz AV7703 Pre/Pro
- Emotiva XPA 9-channel amp
- Emotiva BassX 5-channel amp
- Left/Right Towers: B&W CM8
- Center Channel: B&W CM Centre
- Left/Right Sub: SVS SB16-Ultra
Proposed additions:
- 2x B&W In-ceiling Side Surround
- 2x B&W In-ceiling Back Surround
- 4x B&W In-ceiling Atmos
My question is ultimately this... Am I still going to get an ideal experience with all the surround/Atmos speakers being in the ceiling?
Additionally, does anyone have any advice on speakers to go with or considerations to make while installing the new speakers?
Here's the floor plan (
red = Atmos,
blue = surround):
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Here's a picture of the room:
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Thank you!