Bowers and Wilkins m1 or?????

[Frankychops]

I need to place my 5.0 setup in the ceiling, instead of just having 'ceiling speakers' I can make a recess to give some better direction on them to help.

I went to richer sounds today to look at ceiling speakers, then looked at the minx min22's as adding direction helped a lot, however they had some of these in which are better sounding, looking and super neat with the cabled in brackets etc.

https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-gb/product/home-t...

can you think of anything similar? They're £200 each, then a sub on top. Gave a really nice sound, however I know they're 10 years old.

[stevemcs]

I went with the monitor audio radius range, although they are probably of similar age now.

[Frankychops]

stevemcs said:

I went with the monitor audio radius range, although they are probably of similar age now.

A good design is a good design. The Monitor audio Radius are too large for my use.

[gareth h]

Frankychops said:

I need to place my 5.0 setup in the ceiling, instead of just having 'ceiling speakers' I can make a recess to give some better direction on them to help.

I went to richer sounds today to look at ceiling speakers, then looked at the minx min22's as adding direction helped a lot, however they had some of these in which are better sounding, looking and super neat with the cabled in brackets etc.

https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-gb/product/home-t...

can you think of anything similar? They're £200 each, then a sub on top. Gave a really nice sound, however I know they're 10 years old.

I picked up a couple of those 2nd hand on stands for £70, they work well as rear speakers

[Frankychops]

looking around the focal flax range have the same clever mouting options

https://www.focal.com/products/dome-flax-pack-51

[stevemcs]

I'd say the R90's are very similar in size to the M1's

[Frankychops]

It’s the mounting etc. focals are on offer as £1300 for a 5.1 setup or £300 per speaker

[JatHanspal]

I have a set of these part of 3.0 setup in one room of the house. Their sound belies their size. Neat and quality build are a great bonus. I would not hesitate using them in a 5.1 setup for a small/moderate sized room.

I got mine for around £100 each, new, from some AV dealer that was closing down. Good bargains to be found on eBay etc if you are not fussed on them being new.

[conkerman]

I have a set of M1's (x5) that you can have for not much if you don't have them. With table stands and wall mounts.

[Griffith4ever]

I installed these for my uncle some years ago. You said you have recess space....

https://petertyson.co.uk/kef-ci3-80qt-ceiling-spea...

They do a smaller single cone one too, but seemingly discountinued. you can find B stock.

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Another option would some Anthony Gallos. I really like mine.

Nice balance of sound and aesthetics.

[goonerfromlag]

+1 for the Gallos, have 3 A'Divas and 2 Nucleus in a 5.1 set up.

[Frankychops]

To round this out, went for the focals, got a good offer as above, the look/reviews and mountings won out.

They’re sitting in recessed cealing cut outs, the ability to mount and angle were winning elements