Needed: small surrounds to be mounted on the ceiling ...

[stuhoo]

I am new to the forum.

I am planning on upgrading my current HT sound system and am looking for suggestions for a timbre-matched 5.1 or 6.1 setup.

I want musical front speakers, either towers or good bookshelves. I have space for a quality center speaker and sub. My problem is that I only have space for small surrounds which need to be mounted on the ceiling. I am having trouble finding a matched system that meets these requirements. Room dimensions are 16' X 18', with one open side. My budget is ~$1500-2000 for all speakers in the set.

I would appreciate any suggestions that the experts here may have.
-Stuart

 

[AVRat]

How small is small? Would a small bookshelf using a bracket be acceptable? Or are in-ceilings an option?

 

[sploo]

Hi Stuart,

I have some small, but reasonably weighty surrounds (roughly 11lbs each). They're mounted on the side walls with a couple of inexpensive (<40USD) brackets.

These speakers were self-builds (from a purchased design) and seem to be heavier than many surrounds I've seen, so you should be able to get away with bracket mounting most small bookshelf type units.

 

[RLA]

Room dimensions are 16' X 18', with one open side. My budget is ~$1500-2000 for all speakers in the set

Hello
That is a fairly large room and many small systems may not be capable of reproducing satisfactory listening levels.

If a small system is what you are after you may want to look at these
http://www.klipsch.com/product/product.aspx?cid=731
They are pretty dynamic little speakers and they have a built in stand that rotates 180 degrees for wall mounting