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In wall speakers

A friend of mine is redoing his house and has the opportunity to install in wall speakers throughout his house including his home theater.  He's not an audiophile but still wants decent sound.  An installer was pushing some Episode speakers, and since I'm not familiar with them or really any other in walls, are these good speakers or are there others that are better for the money?  The Espisodes (don't know the model) are quoted at about $225 each.  He doesn't want to go higher than that but would like to spend less if there's something comparable or better sound wise.  I was thinking Def Tech, RBH, Paradigm, Revel, B&W, but like I said I don't have too much experience with in walls so your recommendations would be much appreciated.  Also, I was leaning toward recommending a regular sub instead of an in wall as placement is flexible and thinking he'll get more for his money.  Any thoughts on that as well?  Thanks.
soix

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Hi Soix,

I'm pursuing an in-wall system as well and from what I've been told from various people who have gone the in-wall route for HT RBH speakers are the bees knees. Be sure to talk to an installer or dealer of RBH for best pricing though. They have good speakers that fit that $225 per speaker budget.

Also what tls49 says in his post are very valid. Get those details about system design and amplification room size etc. I got caught up in looking at Martin Logan in walls but then found they are 4 ohm nominal and my receiver couldn't handle that kind of speaker.

Good luck.
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