Surround Sound L/R Def Tech UIW 94/A or 64/A

[rocky316]

All,

I am purchasing a home theatre system. The room I am currently playing it in is a 18'x18'x13.5'(high) room.

I will be placing in-wall speakers in the ceiling for surround sound left/right. My concern is due to the open concept of the room + height of ceiling (13'), that it won't sound good.

Can anyone address this concern? Are 13.5' ceiling in a fairly open concept room (basically a 2 story great room) too high?

I am debating between Definitive Tech UIW 94/A or 64/A. They will be powered by a Pioneer vsx-94txh (140 Watts x 7).

The primary difference between the 2 def techs is the 94/A has 9" cast-basket bass/midrange driver, while the 64/A has a 6.5" driver. How much does the larger driver help?

The rest of the room has wall mounted Mythos 2 and 3, with a supercube 1 sub.

Any help/comments are much appreciated.

 

[GlocksRock]

Always go with the larger one if you can afford it and have the room for it. But Ideally, you want to keep the driver sizes matched whenever possible.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I agree with the matching driver size. However, the Mythos 2s & 3 have the 4.5" midrange/upper bass drivers. Oh, well, surround speakers are not as demanding as the front 3 speakers in terms of matching the driver size.

 

[rocky316]

Thanks for the responses so far.

I guess my main concern though, is whether or not the I need the 9" driver provided by the UIW 94/A, or if I can get away with the 6.5" in the UIW 64/A.

With the open concept + the height of the room (13.5'), I'm worried that I won't get the "effect" I am looking for. The Mythos 2/3, supercube I, and pioneer elite VSX-94TXH sounded awesome together - I just want to do them justice with the surround sound speakers.

 

[captiankirk28]

Thanks for the responses so far.

I guess my main concern though, is whether or not the I need the 9" driver provided by the UIW 94/A, or if I can get away with the 6.5" in the UIW 64/A.

With the open concept + the height of the room (13.5'), I'm worried that I won't get the "effect" I am looking for. The Mythos 2/3, supercube I, and pioneer elite VSX-94TXH sounded awesome together - I just want to do them justice with the surround sound speakers.

Hi, i have the VSX-94TXH also although i dont have the in wall speakers i do have surround speakers in the back of the room and it sounds awsome in my room (i have 13.5 foot celings also) and it is open to the kitchen, i would get a nice big sub though to fill the open area if you want to feel the bass good, mine is the SVS 12/2nsd and it is more than enough only turned up 1/4 of the way.

 

[rocky316]

Hi, i have the VSX-94TXH also although i dont have the in wall speakers i do have surround speakers in the back of the room and it sounds awsome in my room (i have 13.5 foot celings also) and it is open to the kitchen, i would get a nice big sub though to fill the open area if you want to feel the bass good, mine is the SVS 12/2nsd and it is more than enough only turned up 1/4 of the way.

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, we couldn't go with floorstanding speakers for surround sound due to the layout of the room We could put the in-wall speakers on the side walls, but that wouldn't look too appealing. That's why I'm stuck with having to put them in the ceiling, which also makes installation no fun.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Thanks for the responses so far.

I guess my main concern though, is whether or not the I need the 9" driver provided by the UIW 94/A, or if I can get away with the 6.5" in the UIW 64/A.

With the open concept + the height of the room (13.5'), I'm worried that I won't get the "effect" I am looking for. The Mythos 2/3, supercube I, and pioneer elite VSX-94TXH sounded awesome together - I just want to do them justice with the surround sound speakers.

I think the UIW 64/A's 6.5" drivers will do just fine.

 

[GlocksRock]

yeah, the 6.5" drivers will be good

 

[ParadigmDawg]

I have 8,000 cubic feet of open room, 14ft ceilings and use in-ceilings for my surround speakers and it sounds great.

 

[AVRat]

Speaking from experience, the 64s perform excellently. The receiver channel level adjustments will help with volume/distance issues.