In-ceiling speakers

[nagooro]

In the process of building a home and have decided to put some speakers in the ensuite bathroom and living room/kitchen area on the main floor.

After some quick googling, I am leaning towards the ones below, but I am open to other suggestions.

Is there any reason to go with an 8" rather than a 6.5"?

Was thinking of doing the 6.5" in the bathroom since its a smaller space and the 8" in the living room/kitchen (9ft ceilings).

I will connect these to a Sonos Amp.

Thanks for any input.

RC60i 6.5" (https://www.amazon.ca/Polk-Audio-RC60i-Ceiling-Speakers/dp/B00005T3BD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495088353&sr=8-1&keywords=polk+rc60i)

Polk RC80i 8" (https://www.amazon.ca/Polk-Audio-RC60i-Ceiling-Speakers/dp/B00006BMQT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495088353&sr=8-1&keywords=polk%2Brc60i&th=1)

[Buster]

I got these...and prefer them to the RC60s I had. I went 8 inch. Depends on the size of your space and the height of ceilings. I'm happy that I did. Although they are significantly larger in the ceiling. I think I had to do an 11" hole for them?

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=109&cp_id=10837&cs_id=1083701&p_id=13683&seq=1&format=2

Also, I would skip Sonos and get a mult-channel amp and chromecast audios. Much more sophisticated setup.

[03ozwhip]

agreed on the no sonos. I almost went that route but decided to do a receiver etc. I went with visions brand soundstage speakers and triple sub.

I searched and reviewed and listened to a shit ton and for the price and sound quality out of them, I'm very happy. however, a lot of people have these monoprice ones and haven't been disappointed.

edir: I didn't realize you had the polk as an option, so did I ( albeit maybe not the same model, I don't remember) but I listened to the polk and soundstage back to back and the soundstage blew them away and were half the price.

[Thaco]

for value you cant beat the monoprice gear

[revelations]

Dont forget Cat6 cable as well while youre in there. One day that cable might be useful for other things besides network.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Go with Monoprice for the in-ceiling speakers and get all your cable/wire there (plus extras) while you're at it since it's unbelievably cheap even with the exchange rate.

[BigShow]

Went with sets of these and they sound incredible, you can come listen to my setup if you're curious.

https://www.bose.ca/en_ca/products/speakers/stereo_speakers/virtually-invisible-791-in-ceiling-speakers.html