speakers and sub for 2 story foyer

[cutiger]

I'm curious to listen your personal experiences and gear used to set up in-wall or wall-hanging speaker system for a room that has 2 story open foyer. I'm sure some of you have "lessons learnt" and would be great to share your experience/suggestions with respect to accoustics, SPL and choice of in-wall vs wall-hanging speakers.

Also was there a minimum woofer driver size (10" or 12") you took into consideration. The room size i have in mind is 20W x 25D X 20h (Open 2 story foyer)


Thanks

 

[m_vanmeter]

my lesson learned is that large volume spaces need plenty of speaker "cone area" to push audio out into the room. This usually means tower speakers for the L & R along with a large center channel.

You did not mention a budget or speaker preference, but I will offer a suggestion just because of the sale timing issue this weekend (May 15-16)

Newegg.com has a sale this weekend on Polk Monitor 70 towers with coupon code EMCYSZS24 (almost $70 off the price listed in the link)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290015&cm_re=polk_monitor_70-_-82-290-015-_-Product
add a matched Polk CS2 center and you have a nice "front 3" at a super price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290024

just a suggestion, there are many, many good speaker systems out there, but none at this price.