Surround Sound Ceiling Speakers

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cakonopka September 14, 2006 at 15:13:02 Pacific
Specs: Windows XP Pro, AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+OC3

I know this isnt too much of hardware but need a lil help on it anyway, im basically makin a cinema room, with a nice media pc, im puttin in a 5.1 system but am lookin at havin speakers in the ceiling too, just to enjoy the feelin of sound more, would u think it would be better havin 4X ceiling speakers or 2, if i have 4 i will use them as the front left right and surround sound left and right as well as the normal 5.1 system, any suggestions?
AMD Athlon 3000+ 64bit OC-3400
Asus A8N-SLI MB
1GB DDR 3200 2X 512MB
2X SLI Asus 6600GT Cards
200GB SATA Hard Drive

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ham30 September 14, 2006 at 15:19:17 Pacific

Surround sound is not my thing, But I would expect you to get the best surround sound on a 5.1 system with 2 front speakers, 2 rear speakers and a woofer. I would think that adding more speakers would spoil the effect.
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Kurt S September 14, 2006 at 16:01:43 Pacific

Keep your speakers at ear level. I had to help a friend install a surround system and he insisted on having ceiling speakers for the surround. It was the most horrible thing you could imagine. The sound stage was totally off and it sounded very unatural with ambient sounds/instraments coming from above you instead of from the sides and rear.

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Sabertooth September 14, 2006 at 16:27:58 Pacific