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Mounting bookshelfs flush with ceiling - can you?

Instead of the standard true ceiling speakers for the surround channels in a 5.1 system, has anyone ever tried just mounting a bookshelf speaker flush (totally recessed) with the ceiling via attic? One can always buy a white speaker grill to cover the area in the ceiling. I imagine that a bookshelf in the $250 range (used) will sound better than a true ceiling mount speaker in that range.

Ideas? or am I way off on this concept?
goldenears7
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tpreaves
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Mounting bookshelfs flush with ceiling - can you?
You can do anything you want,it's your stuff!!Sounds like a lot of trouble to me though.
s7horton
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if the in ceiling speaker has a crossover it was designed for in wall. a typical bookshelf will not so there is probably too much baffle step designed into the crossover for it to sound right.
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vernneal
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crazy idea
sidssp
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Bad idea. Regular speakers are designed to point at the listening position. Mounting them flush with the ceiling will point them downward. They won't sound right.
goldenears7 OP
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I guess I'm going with the general concept that speakers, in general, sound better when they are in a real boxed enclosure - like a dedicated speaker box - as opposed to just being a ceiling speakers with no box enclosure. I definietly have room to try to fit a real speaker with cabinet. It will point downward, just like a true ceiling mount speaker - but maybe the depth and richness of sound will be better sith the speaker in a cabinet pointing down as opposed to a true ceiling speaker?
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