Alright, check this out people. A buddy of mine and his dad are wanting to put a decent home theater in their basement. I forget the exact dimensions, but it was something like 50 x 30 feet. A rather large room...

Anyway, they want a nice rear projector HDTV and 5.1 surround. His dad, however wants the two front mains mounting in the ceiling...and two rears mounted in the ceiling, and the center sitting above the TV...with a sub sitting on the floor...

I, personally, told him (in kinder words) he was crazy, and that with a room that big he would want some towers to direct the sound outward from the front. Not to mention that if the two front mains are sitting up in the ceiling and the center is sitting down lower, isn't that going to sound awfully funning when something moves across the screen, dipping in the middle and then coming back up?

I ALSO figured that there would be no way he's going to get the full sound that he could get from towers as the mains.

But what do I know? That's why I ask you folk.

What does everybody think of this? Will the in-ceilings work for all 4 channels with the center on top of the TV?

If so, any suggestions on in-wall speakers? The local shop (which sells Klipsch, Polk, and such) suggested Pardigm in-walls. Any ideas?

Please help. Thanks.