Hi folks,No advice, impressions from anyone?Not a problem. Its a very specific issue but “Bonus” rooms are common throughout the South and most I’ve seen have angled walls. Therefore, I thought it might be of interest to others.In the meantime, here’s what I’ve done to address my concerns. I went to the RSL Speakers web site and ordered a set of their C34e round ceiling speakers. These speakers set the drivers at a 15 degree angle which i believe will certainly help my issue.Btw, I posed these questions to Roger from RSL and his recommendation was to mount the C34e’s in the slanted ceiling and point the angled speaker baffle at the main listener position. That will be my approach and kudos to him for taking the time to assist me and provide the benefit of this knowledge. Cheers,Hugo
Hugo,I saw the post but forgot to respond. I like what Roger is suggesting. I have Atlantic Technology speakers for my Atmos speakers that do the same thing. My ceiling was slanted as well, but I ended up flattening it out
I have angled ceilings in my theater too, but with a peak that's 11' high I went with small surface mount shelf speakers ( Martin Logan Motion 4's ) surface mounted. They can be pointed where I want them. Your ceilings look lower though, so I'm not sure that is as good as what you wound up doing.
Mike and Craig,My ceilings are 96” high at the flat area. The flat portion of the ceiling is 82” wide and runs the length of the room which is 22 ft long. Craig hit on the very thing that concerns me with this room. If the entire ceiling was flat at 96” high I would not be concerned all. The fact that there are angled walls lowers the ceiling space and makes placement of side and rear surrounds as well at Atmos speakers more of a challenge. The angled ceiling also impacted the width of the screen I could do since it becomes a matter of width versus height off the floor.Thank you all for your input. I will report back later on the outcome. Am painting walls now and carpet comes early next week. The snowball is starting to roll down the hill....
Craig, you and I are of the same thought in that the Audessy x32t adjustments will help out. My further thought is “hey, its the Atmos channels and a lot of movies wont even make use of them so no point in obsessing too much over this.Mike, thanks for your recommendation. Roger from RSL did recommend mounting on the angled ceiling so that I could try to stay aligned with the front channels as per the Dolby recommendations. But, he said to place them as close as possible to the flat part of the ceiling. So in that, he lines up with your thoughts on not losing any height. So, based on my comments above about not obsessing too much and the height recommendations I will mount on the flat portion of the ceiling, as wide as possible, and move on. Btw, the speakers arrived today and they look great and are of a much higher quality than what I was thinking to use. So, either way, I’m glad to have gone through this exercise.Hugo