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hey everyone this is Jimmy from Jim's review room welcome to another review as some of you may have heard of monoprice calm and if you haven't this place provides some of the best prices for all of your audio and video needs and they practically have everything now today we'll be looking at my personal in ceiling speakers I bought from the way back in 2010 they still have the same ones available today on the website for a little under sixty four dollars for repair now keep in mind I'm not an audio professional and my channel is based on the average consumers viewpoint so without further ado I'll show you how I installed my speakers and give you my humble verdict afterwards monoprice does have varying sizes coming in at five and a quarter six and a half inches and the 1/2 here is an 8 inch Kevlar woven to weigh in ceiling speaker with a dome tweeter in the center now there are several variations of what a typical speaker in general can be made out of either paper polypropylene metal fiberglass and what I have here again stated is Kevlar for the more audio files out there they might be able to tell the difference in sound when different materials aren't used across different speakers but for my sake I'm focusing on what matters to the average consumer does it provide clarity and fidelity all while remaining distortion-free now these speakers are rated at 80 watts nominal are also known as rms it's the amount of continuous power measured in watts that it can handle the peak power is at 160 watts in general monoprice claims even with the modest of AV receivers it should be okay with this pair of speakers of course consult and check with your audio receiver manufacturer or professional before risking blowing out these speakers now I doubt that you would but if you heard not sure it's better to ask but in general it's a very simple design and installation I'll demonstrate with some spare material I have here now modern price does provide a template for you to trace and to cut the exact size hole but before doing so I personally took a metal coat hanger and bent it to its exact radius I pinpoint where the center speaker will be and I poked the coat hanger in there I drilled a coat hanger 360 degrees to ensure where I do install the speaker it's not going to hit the second floor floor joist or heating duct etc a stud finder is also handy if you already have one of those too now if it's all clear I cut the sheet rock out with either a Rotozip dremel or drywall knife and after doing so I've fished from our wires and monoprice advises to use either 18 to 20 gauge wiring which you can also buy from them very cheap plug the black to black and the red wire to the red clip here I slide this speaker back in place and screw these screws to turn the locking mechanism in now there's no direct screwing to the sheetrock but instead the flaps spread and eventually sandwich or clamp the drywall together creating a snug fit now as I've stated before these were installed back in 2010 and I haven't had any drywall sagging or falling in that case they've been good so far now put the speaker grille back on and connect the other end to your receiver and you're basically done now what inspired me to get these speakers was the ambience or atmosphere provided when I would visit model homes showrooms or sometimes you see them in the bathrooms at restaurants etc so in turn I personally use these for casual music listening and when guests or family members are around again providing that ambience or atmosphere while entertaining now to start off there's barely two no bass whatsoever but again you don't buy these speakers for the bass now I have these speakers installed in my living room in which I also have my clips are f82 twos and if I have the tower speakers on they drown out the ceiling speakers where the clips just basically dominates the room so I would not recommend this if you are intending on supplementing this with a set of your own home theater speakers because of the difference of tonality and response there's not a consistency of sound that's why there's music that's being taken over by of course louder speakers but if all you have in the room are just these speakers in the ceiling you'll be perfectly fine if you tend on using these speakers as what they're intended for you won't be disappointed they are very directional speakers and considering they're just pointed down to the floor you'll notice more direct music when walking within that vicinity under that particular speaker they don't necessarily fill up a room even at high value but they still provide music throughout the room for casual listening and the benefit of that though it creates again an of what you're playing but still being able to talk to others at a reasonable level now you can turn them up pretty loud though and I haven't heard any distortion to the mids and especially the high notes there's no tinging or hissing that would eventually fatigue you and your guests ears after prolonged listening so overall for in-ceiling speakers at this price range clear audio with no distortion and with the ease of installation this is in my opinion on the best bang for your buck so be sure to comment below and tell me what you think about these speakers and for those who are considering of purchasing I hope that helped you out in some way and as always be sure to subscribe to my channel for more content and like or follow me on my Facebook or Google+ page this is Jimmy from Jim's review room thanks for the support take care bye Oh