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The Dolby Atmos and DTS-X audio systems require ceiling-mounted speakers as part of their standard installations. If you’re planning on using ceiling speakers for one of those systems, you might want to get some qualified advice about exactly where to place the speakers, and what size they should be in relation to the rest of your speakers. You're legally required to install a fire hood. See our section on this in the FAQs above. Speaker type

The best sound will always come from having an expert evaluate your room and choose individual speakers, but most of us don’t have that kind of expertise and funding available. So don’t be ashamed to just buy a whole set from a particular manufacturer.It’s really a no-brainer to use ceiling-mounted speakers for fill-in duties in 7.1 and 7. 2 surround-sound systems. It saves you a lot of hassle with wall-mount or (worse yet) floor-mount surround speakers, with little to no penalty in staging and sound quality. More adventurous users might even want to go ceiling-mount for the whole system. This has a negative impact on staging but it frees up a lot of space on shelves and walls. If you’re worried about the audio quality of ceiling speakers, you can set those concerns to rest with this Klipsch speaker, which was designed for superior sound. It features a 1-inch titanium tweeter and a 6.5-inch pivoting cerametallic woofer that allows you to angle the direction of the sound during installation for the best effect. The speaker even has tweeter and mid-bass attenuating switches, so you can tweak them to get the sound profile that you want.

For whole-home systems, you’ll want the largest, most power-capable speakers your amplifier or receiver can handle. Don’t expect a single 4-inch speaker to fill a whole kitchen with sound; what you get will be a lot closer to an elementary-school PA system than a concert hall. How We Evaluated Ceiling Speakers The Expert: I've been building and evaluating traditional wired home theaters for more than 25 years and have an extensive collection of equipment in my living room, from a Bricasti M12 Dual Mono Source Controller to a headphone setup with Focal and Grace Design preamps. I trained with John Marks, the former editor of Stereophile, and completed the Harman International “How to Listen” listener evaluation program. What to Look for in Ceiling Speakers Size and DepthAn amplifier processes sound and passes it through to speakers as output. Wattage is a measurement of the output signal sent to a speaker. Each speaker has a limit to the amount of wattage it can handle and pushing beyond this limit can damage the speaker. You must make sure that the output wattage of an amplifier does not exceed the output wattage rating of a speaker. Fire Hood Almost everyone else can follow this rough guide: Don’t go bigger than half. That is: If the largest driver in your front speakers is 12 inches, you probably don’t want more than a 6-inch ceiling speaker. For systems that use multiple small drivers, like a Bose 901 or Paradigm tower speaker, you can break this rule. Stereo Inputs and Whole-Home Systems Or you can even pair the amp with compatible Bose headphones for a personal listening experience. Once synced, use the app to silence your passive speakers and instead enjoy listening to a CD or vinyl record on your headphones. For Dolby Atmos, we recommend the Yamaha NSIC600 set above. But don’t forget that you’ll need an amplifier that can output those all-important Atmos channels. What are the best ceiling speakers for Sonos?