Hi everyone
Im after some advice on a hi fi setup. im currently having an extension done to my house which will create a room roughly 7.5m x 8.4m. This will house the main TV and will generally be where my family will be the majority of the time.
My first initial thoughts as im in to music more than movies was ceiling mounted speakers that would be connected to a hi-fi amp/receiver which will be able to play Spotify,apple music etc but also have a the option to play cd's. I prefer the idea of the unobtrusive look with ceiling speakers unless anyone can explain a reason against?
Im going to have the TV connected to a soundbar as I mentioned above im not really in to movies so therefor I didn't think I needed surround sound speakers. Also the reason for going down the separate hifi amp/receiver and rather than a av receiver was I didn't think ceiling speakers would normally be used for surround sound unless they were atmos but again this is something I don't think I need unless someone advises me different.
so the main reason for this is thread if all the above is ok then ill stick with the hifi amp/receiver route, initially with that size space I was thinking between 4 or 6 ceiling speakers (this is where id need help) is 6 overkill or is 4 too little?
Brands? ive heard good things about Sonos but also my son has a Denon av receiver which he is happy with so ive looked at Denon aswell, open to advice on this?
Finally on the extension we have bi fold doors into the garden, ideally id like 2 outdoor speakers on either side of the brickwork pillars linked back to the main amp/receiver which can this be wired to a different zone so that when we have bbqs etc we can have all the ceiling speakers inside and the outdoor speakers playing say on zone 2 but then when we are inside of an evening the outdoor ones are off which could be zone 1 for example so id need the amp receiver so have this capability
Many thanks for any advice, really appreciate it
Lewis
Im after some advice on a hi fi setup. im currently having an extension done to my house which will create a room roughly 7.5m x 8.4m. This will house the main TV and will generally be where my family will be the majority of the time.
My first initial thoughts as im in to music more than movies was ceiling mounted speakers that would be connected to a hi-fi amp/receiver which will be able to play Spotify,apple music etc but also have a the option to play cd's. I prefer the idea of the unobtrusive look with ceiling speakers unless anyone can explain a reason against?
Im going to have the TV connected to a soundbar as I mentioned above im not really in to movies so therefor I didn't think I needed surround sound speakers. Also the reason for going down the separate hifi amp/receiver and rather than a av receiver was I didn't think ceiling speakers would normally be used for surround sound unless they were atmos but again this is something I don't think I need unless someone advises me different.
so the main reason for this is thread if all the above is ok then ill stick with the hifi amp/receiver route, initially with that size space I was thinking between 4 or 6 ceiling speakers (this is where id need help) is 6 overkill or is 4 too little?
Brands? ive heard good things about Sonos but also my son has a Denon av receiver which he is happy with so ive looked at Denon aswell, open to advice on this?
Finally on the extension we have bi fold doors into the garden, ideally id like 2 outdoor speakers on either side of the brickwork pillars linked back to the main amp/receiver which can this be wired to a different zone so that when we have bbqs etc we can have all the ceiling speakers inside and the outdoor speakers playing say on zone 2 but then when we are inside of an evening the outdoor ones are off which could be zone 1 for example so id need the amp receiver so have this capability
Many thanks for any advice, really appreciate it
Lewis