jsl20
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I'm looking at replacing my down-firing speakers to in-ceiling speakers go from 5.1.2 to 5.1.4 in a room that is roughly 4 x 4m. My LCRs are all Kef LS50s so I'd like to stick with Kef for the ceiling speakers, though as my surrounds are B&W M1s I may not be too fussy here. I've been recommended the Ci160.2QR speakers for the install, they're currently around £200 each or slightly more at RRP. A bit of maths shows this to work out at a fair amount so I have a few questions:
1) Is it worth keeping the Kef theme or does the brand matching not really matter from base layer to overheads?
2) Kef do the Q series in-ceiling speakers in 100mm, 130mm and 160mm variants - given my room isn't massive would the 160s be too big?
3) Which fire hoods do people recommend?
As the speaker cable for all four will be running through a conduit in the corner of my room (I don't want to chase cables at this point) I'm unlikely to be able to use my usual 2.5mm Van Damme blue as it's too big. Other than QED micro is there another small ish speaker cable for custom installs that anyone can recommend? From experience QED micro isn't the best to work with so if I can use something nicer I will.
Thanks!
1) Is it worth keeping the Kef theme or does the brand matching not really matter from base layer to overheads?
2) Kef do the Q series in-ceiling speakers in 100mm, 130mm and 160mm variants - given my room isn't massive would the 160s be too big?
3) Which fire hoods do people recommend?
As the speaker cable for all four will be running through a conduit in the corner of my room (I don't want to chase cables at this point) I'm unlikely to be able to use my usual 2.5mm Van Damme blue as it's too big. Other than QED micro is there another small ish speaker cable for custom installs that anyone can recommend? From experience QED micro isn't the best to work with so if I can use something nicer I will.
Thanks!