Ceiling speakers with AVR

[gautamjain13]

Hi,
I want to install ceiling fitted speakers in my new house. I want the music to be played in 3 rooms i.e. there will be 3 sets of speakers installed. My total budget is upto 40k incl Amplifier. Please suggest which speakers and Amp should I go for. And also suggest a dealer in Delhi.
Thanks

 

[aashish351]

I think using a Speaker selector switch and Power amplifier is a better option for multi zone whole house audio. ProFx has ready made solutions under their commercial series. Sonodyne also has solutions I think. FXe has Russound which is a known name for whole house audio.

I just got a relative's setup done using 8 ProFx PRO231 & 4 KEF CQ50i ceiling speakers. That is total 12 speakers divided in 6 stereo pairs. I used a Russound 6-pair speaker selector switch which allows you to turn on/off any or all the 6 pairs and presents a unified impedance to the power amp. The Power amp used was the Russound X125 which has independent volume / balance control in front and a master gain control at the back. The result was excellent! You can of course use any Impedance matching speaker selector + budget stereo amp.

If you don't need this functionality, then a 7.1 channel AVR will serve the purpose almost as well. But a budget one will not have zone 2 (Zone 3 is out of the question). You can play front only or front+surround or front+surround+surround back. But you wont be able to play only surround and keep front off.

 

[gautamjain13]

Thanks for your reply.
Someone suggested me Sonodybe CI6XI speakers (Rs 3900 each). What are your views on that and which amplifier should I go for?

 

[aashish351]

I have no experience with Sonodyne products. But there are well known in pro audio / commercial audio.

 

[tiger0691]

Ciling speakers must be Bose

 

[Rohan619]

Go for Sonodybe CI6XI, I installed them in my restaurant and they r best,
where are you from I bought mine in much cheaper rate