In ceiling to match vintage?

littlewoodboats
littlewoodboats Posts: 823
in Vintage Speakers
I am in a position to buy the house we have been renting.

If you were running Monitor 7 series II with a CS 400i what in ceiling speakers would you choose to fill out a 5.1 system? What what it is worth the sub is a.PSW 125.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited October 2020
    Others here disagree but I don't think timber matching is all that important for surrounds (unless you are a big gamer or listen to a lot of SACD/Blu ray audio in surround). Much more important that you get something with good dispersion solid midbass/upper bass. In other words, get the biggest, best one's you can afford. Def tech makes some great in ceiling. If you stick with Polk, these are a great deal: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/polk-audio-6-5-2-way-in-ceiling-speaker-each-white/4669018.p?skuId=4669018&ref=212&loc=1&ref=212&loc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwit_8BRCoARIsAIx3Rj4BHeai2_KPGKmFK1LNQdAdq3kdpFK6J4k35x1q5txP3yAoixEOkE8aAmu2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 446
    I’m using (4) RC60i’s for my Atmos in-ceiling channels. Surrounds are Monitor 5A's and SDA SRS2's for L/R. I have plans to convert a RTA11TL into a center channel - right now using an old RBH which sounds good to me... I'm with @rooftop59 - after some dialing levels in on the AVR, I don’t believe that exact timbre matching is that critical for Atmos channels. The overheads, while they do receive the same “quality” signal when Atmos objects move through space and the overhead channels, IMO they’re still just effects and if calibrated correctly, (I’m using Audessy/Marantz AVR) the RC60’s sound great and blend well. Fun stuff. Good luck!
    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
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