Hi,
Being very new to the world of Home Theater, I am going to do 3 in-ceiling speakers for the left, center, and right and in-walls for the two surrounds. For aesthetic and room layout reasons, front in-wall is unfortunately not going to work out (and floor or bookshelf speakers are out as well).
My AV guy proposed Episode 500 Series Angled In-Ceiling speakers....
http://www.episodespeakers.com/product/34/Episode-500-Angled-In-Ceiling-Speaker-with-6.5-inch-Woofer
and the 500 series In-walls.....
http://www.episodespeakers.com/product/42/Episode-500-Series-In-Wall-Speaker-with-6.5-in.-Woofers
Just doing some research myself, Episodes website says comparable products are the Klipsch CDT-3650-C for the in-ceilings.....
http://www.klipsch.com/CDT-3650-C-II
and the R-3650-W for the in-walls.....
http://www.klipsch.com/R-3650-W-II
If you had to choose, would you go with the Episode or the Klipsch just on pure performance?
To skew things a little more, I see Crutchfield has a deal where if you buy 5 Klipsch speakers you get $500 towards a sub (SW-110 would be free, SW-112 would be $100, SW-115 would be $350, or the RW-5802 passive sub would be free, but that would require an amp to power it). So for a little math, I was being quoted $299 each for the Episode 500 in-ceilings and $399 total (200 each) for the pair of Episode 500 Series in-walls. The Klipsch in-ceilings are the same price, $299. The Klipsch in-walls are $599 (so $300 each). So while I am paying $200 more for the Klipsch set up, I'm also getting a sub with that, so my thinking is I'm potentially getting better speakers and a nice sub for my extra $200.
Any thoughts? I really want to do this right but I'm just clueless when trying to figure out what speakers are the better option. Thanks.
Being very new to the world of Home Theater, I am going to do 3 in-ceiling speakers for the left, center, and right and in-walls for the two surrounds. For aesthetic and room layout reasons, front in-wall is unfortunately not going to work out (and floor or bookshelf speakers are out as well).
My AV guy proposed Episode 500 Series Angled In-Ceiling speakers....
http://www.episodespeakers.com/product/34/Episode-500-Angled-In-Ceiling-Speaker-with-6.5-inch-Woofer
and the 500 series In-walls.....
http://www.episodespeakers.com/product/42/Episode-500-Series-In-Wall-Speaker-with-6.5-in.-Woofers
Just doing some research myself, Episodes website says comparable products are the Klipsch CDT-3650-C for the in-ceilings.....
http://www.klipsch.com/CDT-3650-C-II
and the R-3650-W for the in-walls.....
http://www.klipsch.com/R-3650-W-II
If you had to choose, would you go with the Episode or the Klipsch just on pure performance?
To skew things a little more, I see Crutchfield has a deal where if you buy 5 Klipsch speakers you get $500 towards a sub (SW-110 would be free, SW-112 would be $100, SW-115 would be $350, or the RW-5802 passive sub would be free, but that would require an amp to power it). So for a little math, I was being quoted $299 each for the Episode 500 in-ceilings and $399 total (200 each) for the pair of Episode 500 Series in-walls. The Klipsch in-ceilings are the same price, $299. The Klipsch in-walls are $599 (so $300 each). So while I am paying $200 more for the Klipsch set up, I'm also getting a sub with that, so my thinking is I'm potentially getting better speakers and a nice sub for my extra $200.
Any thoughts? I really want to do this right but I'm just clueless when trying to figure out what speakers are the better option. Thanks.