Question - Ceiling mounted fronts or ear level

[Too Late]

Hi everyone

I currently have a fixed 92" frame in my narrow tv room.




The room hasnt really been working very well with this set up.

So the new plan.
Shift the fix frame (which Mrs TooLate re-covered in brown leather!) Move the PJ mount, sockets and hdmi cable and replace the fix screen with another electric screen at the other end.

The question is now, where/how i mount the Front and Centre speakers.

Dolby suggests the speakers must be at hear height. one option was to mount them on the underside of the ledge and point them down

Or... Am i better to mount them on the wall at ear hight? then have a centre on a stand and move into place when i want to watch a movie?

Thanks

[Zod]

Fronts and centres should be ear height.

[GhostDriver]

If you want to keep the same setup, you can get an acoustic screen that will allow sound through. Then you can put centre and fronts behind screen. A lot of people doing that on AV forums. To be fair though that room is way too narrow, so never going to be a great sound stage.

[VEX]

In-Ceilings are very possible in a cinema set-up especialy when it is the only option you have.

How deep are your ceiling voids?

I had a similar problem setting up my lounge as although I had width for the Left and Rights, I have a patio door where I needed a centre.

Solution was a very nice angled driver from my fav big speaker manufacturer, GoldenEar.

Sat on the sofa about 15ft away you genuinely wouldnt know the centre was in the ceiling. The manufacturer did a whole atmos room with inceilings as a demo at our USA trade show last year, to rave reveiws.

V.

[Too Late]

Thanks all for the replies

It is a tough area to work with, it is narrow....

Here is some quick measurements. Would ceiling speakers be any good in this scenario?