In ceiling center channel speaker?

[robert393]

Wow! Tough call since you say you don't have any other location to place the center speaker. Sounds like (no pun intended...lol) you may want to find another location for the entire system? Ceiling mounts are the worst physical location....especially for the center channel. Don't get me wrong...if you have no other choice then do it, but when you eventually get a room where you can position speakers appropriately you will notice a huge difference.
Robert

[MCF]

I was also faced with this problem....My fireplace does not have shelf above it. I can either add a shelf and then put the Plasma or I was thinking yesterday, I could set the center speaker on the ground on a very small shelf (2-3" high) that will match my wood floors and angle the center up. There is enough room from my floor to where the actual fireplace starts (~10") that would allow me to put my 7" tall center channel. It actually looked pretty decsent when I set it there yesterday just for kicks...this would have to sound better than in the ceiling..