well/celing speakers

[Stonewall]

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I bought some in ceiling speakers at the last sounds around sale. At $88 with a volume control I couldn't go wrong. I plan on putting them in my basement bathroom right near the receiver

[Silverfire]

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check out www.ecost.com

they use BorderFree shipping so no suprises when things arrive...i have bought a reciever and remote from them without any problems

[Russell]

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I am now thinking that I may go down to sweetgrass and ship this there:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mBSEwFe...00B&c=4&tp=196

It is going for $900 at visions (vs $459.99 shipped to Sweetgrass) right now and either mount the speakers with a bracket or get some ceiling speakers for the rear.

[18TWolf]

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I am looking into doing an in-wall/in-ceiling home theatre but am struggling too with which speakers... there are so many out there to choose from and you can't just test drive the speakers like you can with boxed ones. You just have to look at the specs and hope for the best (stick with good brands):

I have been looking online at Energy, Paradigm, Polk, JBL, Infinity, Totem, etc...

Unfortunately the Denon Receiver (AVR-2808CI/AVR-988) I am looking at is 110Wx7 and the speakers I am looking at are only 100W max handling. I don't think that is a problem as I don't listen at earth shaking levels but I don't want to blow any speakers either.

As for installation here is a good link from Polk Audio:

http://www.polkaudio.com/downloads/DIYTutorial.pdf

[Silverfire]

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Energy C-500's for my fronts

i also use the paradigm cs160 in my master bedroom and im happy with them

[Russell]

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what are your fronts?

The only problem is I am doing all of this in my living room so its not like I have a closed in media room to keep the sound in.

[Silverfire]

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I have Paradigm CS60R for the rear in-ceiling speakers and they sound good. I have 2 fronts and 2 in-wall centre speakers and a sub for my home theater plus the ceilings.

Energy EAS-6C would also be a good choice from futureshop

Dont cheap out on the centre speaker also

[Russell]

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Wow lots of info! Thanks for all the tips!

The house is dry wall and I am putting them in the ceiling, I think I am off from when the house was built by about 10 years (about 1970). I am going to poke my head up into the attic tonight and see what is going on up there (never been in it before). The next question is what speakers??

I was thinking of doing 2 ceiling speakers, 2 floor (at the front), center and a sub. Any input? I have an amp (will get the watts of it tonight), I don't want to spend A LOT of money (I am willing to spend more on the ceiling speakers as I really don't want to replace them).

[18TWolf]

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So where do you get poly vapor hats that big? I don't think I have ever seen them, but I would like to get some.

You can get all different size vapour barier "hats" at Rona/Home Depot in the Electrical Department. I have seen sizes from single light switch boxes to large ones that are for your electrical panel. You can also make your own with poly and tuck tape.... they don't have to be anything fancy... just enough to seal the moisture out.

[VWSM]

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why not get wireless they work great.

[Kordain]

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get a couple or more wide planks up there and put them across the beams so your not balancing only on beams when your trying to work coz if you lose your balance you or a tool your using is gonna hit between the beams.

punch through the ceiling where you wan to put the speakers then get someone to shine a torch through the hole while your in the attic, real quick way to find it. the screw driver idea mentioned earlier is also good.

If you up in the attic wear a good well fitting mask so you dont breath in all the insulation fibres you disturb, give yourself an extra couple of years to enjoy those speakers.

If the walls are plaster I think thats easier than trying to run down behind a board wall without disturbing it!

Good luck, and give yourself plenty of time to do it

[The Brice]

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I had some come with speakers I installed for a customer once apon a time but usually they would just be fabbed up out of poly. Try some of the suppliers in town (Wesco, Eecol etc.) and I'm sure they could hook you up with some large hats or point you in the right direction anyways.

[Tuna]

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So where do you get poly vapor hats that big? I don't think I have ever seen them, but I would like to get some.

I don't know where to get them but they've been using them in all the new houses in our area (lot's of people getting their whole house wired), so they can't be that hard to find.

[Stonewall]

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So where do you get poly vapor hats that big? I don't think I have ever seen them, but I would like to get some.

[The Brice]

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I am starting to think it would be a bad idea unless you seal the back end of the speaker somehow. For one there is vapor barrier that keeps the moisture out of your house, then the attic is also a cold zone. So unless you seal over and insulate the crap out of it you are doing to damage the speaker.

You just have to get vapour hats to go over the exterior of the cans up in the ceiling space then seal it up with tuck tape. Yo can also just use poly and tuck tape to the same effect, causing a moisture proof seal for the speakers. This method is reqired in any exterior wall or upper ceiling space area. Running wires up through a basement into your main floor walls is great if it is a unfinished basement but in the case of ceiling speakers it does no good cause ultimately it is the ceiling space where the wiring for the speakers has to get too, and the only way to do that is to get up in to the ceiling space and do what is nessessary. Unless they are going in the main floor of a multi-story house then you will have too just rip out the ceiling. (not worth it just for speakers)