Rockstar Messages: 121 Registered: November 2010 Location: NY
Master
I've got an electrician cousin who is going to help us with our new set-up in our shop. Our shop is 24x40 and it's a wide open space right now. We are thinking of putting a flat screen TV on 1 wall and a kick-ass stereo system in there too. I want my speakers in the ceiling (TV and stereo). Is this going to be an easy project? Any tips on anything related to it.
gofar99 Messages: 1949 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
Hi, It sounds like fun. Whether it is easy may be dependent on exactly what you want to accomplish. I have speakers in my shop ceiling but would never consider them as good as a conventional arrangement. Mine were for convenience and a lack of space. They are flat panel ones designed to go in a suspended ceiling (which I have). Response is excellent, but there is no such thing as good imaging. It is rather un-natural to have the sound come from above. Since you have the option to do what ever you choose now, I would probably go for in wall stuff. Some are rather good. I have conventional speakers in my Media room with free air 15 inch subs in the walls. Super sound.
audioaudio90 Messages: 623 Registered: October 2010
Illuminati (1st Degree)
That's a pretty big space; you will probably run into some reverb issues unless you acoustically treat the room. I also think that in ceiling speakers are not the best way to go for good imaging.
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Whether it is easy may be dependent on exactly what you want to accomplish. I have speakers in my shop ceiling but would never consider them as good as a conventional arrangement. Mine were for convenience and a lack of space. They are flat panel ones designed to go in a suspended ceiling (which I have). Response is excellent, but there is no such thing as good imaging. It is rather un-natural to have the sound come from above. Since you have the option to do what ever you choose now, I would probably go for in wall stuff. Some are rather good. I have conventional speakers in my Media room with free air 15 inch subs in the walls. Super sound. 
