Bad idea? (My gut tells me of course it is)
The dilemma I have is this: The room is wide with only half of it being used as HT, with couch abutting right wall and left wall being 10' away, so I can't do in-wall side speakers, but also don't really have room for mounted, freestanding, or bookshelf rears (at least, not on the right side where the wall is)
So my only real options are:
a) In-ceiling rear surrounds (but I am running into some potential difficulties with this, as well -- don't have attic access, walls are funky... I can't find studs with my studfinder, so something is going on. Either something thick and dense is behind the drywall, or it's not drywall at all but actually plaster. My house is 110 years old, but when I stripped wallpaper it really looked far too smooth and even and crack-free to be plaster, so I doubt that. Unless it's drywall laid over plaster or something strange like that; won't be a problem for my front LCR, which are def. drywall on 16" stud spans)
b) Rear wall-mounted speakers behind couch (this does not seem ideal because sound will come straight forward instead of toward listening area)
c) A hybrid setup where I have an in-wall speaker to the right, coupled with a freestanding speaker (bookshelf/floorstand) to the left. I imagine it would be bad for left and right surrounds to be different brands or even models... is it possible to find some that are nearly identical, but with one being bookshelf and one being in-wall version, and would the sound be "close enough for government work"
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The dilemma I have is this: The room is wide with only half of it being used as HT, with couch abutting right wall and left wall being 10' away, so I can't do in-wall side speakers, but also don't really have room for mounted, freestanding, or bookshelf rears (at least, not on the right side where the wall is)
So my only real options are:
a) In-ceiling rear surrounds (but I am running into some potential difficulties with this, as well -- don't have attic access, walls are funky... I can't find studs with my studfinder, so something is going on. Either something thick and dense is behind the drywall, or it's not drywall at all but actually plaster. My house is 110 years old, but when I stripped wallpaper it really looked far too smooth and even and crack-free to be plaster, so I doubt that. Unless it's drywall laid over plaster or something strange like that; won't be a problem for my front LCR, which are def. drywall on 16" stud spans)
b) Rear wall-mounted speakers behind couch (this does not seem ideal because sound will come straight forward instead of toward listening area)
c) A hybrid setup where I have an in-wall speaker to the right, coupled with a freestanding speaker (bookshelf/floorstand) to the left. I imagine it would be bad for left and right surrounds to be different brands or even models... is it possible to find some that are nearly identical, but with one being bookshelf and one being in-wall version, and would the sound be "close enough for government work"
