Floor Standing or In Wall speakers

Trickey question, Remember 50% of the sound is the room so if the inwalls work in the room and the regular do not or are not in a good spot they can sound better but in general I have found you can not get better sound from a inwall. The trouble is they are limited by size and by not controling the enclosure the way the wall is built effects the sound.

I see you are using Magnepane for HT, these are not known for good base and smooth sound. Something you want in HT. These speakers are better for vocals and things without alot of bass. Also what are you using for a center?

I would start looking at your center, your sub and the room for main speakers although not ideal the Magnepane should be fine. Remember 70% of the sound in a HT cames form the center speaker.

I have heard many such systems and they can be quite fine but they are rarely made from consumer stuff. Even so, the best studios I have heard (in) used stand-alone monitors in controlled environments. I am thinking of Bob Ludwig's big room in Portland and some of the rooms at Sound Mirror near Boston. Besides, once the budget and space accomodations get into this realm, there are few limits other than the intelligence and art of the designer.

For the vast majority of people who even ask this question, though, my answer is more relevant, I believe.

Kal

I have heard many such [in wall] systems and they can be quite fine but they are rarely made from consumer stuff.

Agreed. You may not prefer them but they can sound good too. To me the absence of edge diffraction and rear quarter wave cancellation is a big plus for in walls, however, room modes can be more of a problem in this configuration and it can't be done as cheaply as a conventional setup.

The average consumer audiophile lacks the sophistication and money to design a room (and thus the in-wall speaker enclosures and their placement) to achieve what he could by experimenting both with his choice of free-standing speakers and their placement. For him, the best results will be achieved by trial and error, a strategy not well-suited to in-wall placement. Most people who choose in-wall are ruled by WAF, wife acceptance factor; the aesthetics of the room trump the quality of the reproduction.

Thanks To everyone who responded to my question , Iam going to stay with foor standing speakers, because there are more choices to upgrade .