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Small Room On/In-Wall/Ceiling Recommendation

We just moved and are in the midst of renovating an older home and one of the rooms will be my listening room (home theatre) and son's playroom. I primarily listen to 2 channel vinyl but have started to get in to 5.1 music a little. We have a very active 3 year old who like to push on speakers so I have to switch to either on-wall or in-wall speakers or get him a straightjacket. Dimensions of the room are 11x20 with 9 foot ceilings though the listening area itself will be about 11x12 (the rest is my son's play area). My budget for all 5 speakers is about $2500-3000 and I listen to primarily 60's/70's rock, jazz, and some classical.

Since hardly anyone has these type of speakers available for demo, I am buying somewhat blind. Anyone have experience with these? Even if you don't know these, I would like to hear some experiences you may have with other candidates. Seems like everyone is making in-wall speakers now, so the choices are getting mind-boggling.

Polk 265 LS series
Revel IW90
Gallo A'Diva TI
Noble FIdelity LS-82

My current equipment is:

Polk LSI9's and Center with Def Tech Bi-Pole in rear
Emotiva XPA-3 to drive the mains
Onkyo TSXSR 806 receiver which drive the rears
Denon DVD 2930 DVD/SACD
B&O 9000 turntable
NAD PP2 Phono Preamp
PS3

My intention is to upgrade some of the components a little later on but this is the first step.
zivony

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martykl
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I've used a mix of Gallo Micros and A'divas in a room much larger than yours with very good results. There's little doubt in my mind that - when coupled with the right subwoofer(s) - this is a great value solution for Home Cinema use. IMHO, it's also a reasonably good, tho certainly not great, solution for music.

I currently use: http://www.vienna-acoustics.com/products/berg/berg.phpin my HT room and am really pleased witht he results. They also look great.

IMHO, this is a significantly better solution for music but might crush the budget unless you can find a used pair.

Good Luck.

Marty
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