Well, I guess it comes down to this, the ceiling is too low to mount anything but a small speaker, the current speakers are yamaha's and they are about 8-10" L x 3" wide and are mounted on brackets sideways so they only hang down about 6" from the ceiling.

They have to be non obtrusive and not hang down too far. The area that they will be hung is a busy through way, and they can't go back any farther, and if I move them forward they will be too far forward (IMO)

Is there any problem having the side surrounds wall mounted, and the rear surrounds on stands that can be moved in and out of position, which means the rears will be a couple feet lower than the sides?

Also bearing in mind that I have a wife that doesn't want these "big, ugly" speakers hanging right in the way.



I realize this is an A