Ceiling speakers. The perfect choice for front height duties?

[Tyler Durden]

This seems like a no brainer but having searched I can't find any talk about it.

Is anyone doing it, and if so how are you finding them?

If not, why not?

Thanks all

TD

 

[PSM1]

Not sure ceiling speakers would be the right height or directional enough in terms of the sound to really give a good front effect although could be wrong.

 

[KelvinS1965]

Chances are that they wouldn't even be close to being a tonal match for your existing speakers. I know that some people use smaller versions of their main speakers for heights/wides but at least they often have the same tweeter.

I think mismatched speakers is more a question of quantity over quality: IMHO you'd get better results having a better 5.1 speaker set up than a compromised 7.1/9.1 combination.