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New System for Pool Table Room

Hello,

I have gotten the go ahead to put a pool table in our family room. Right now this room has a 8 ft diameter trampoline and is filled with kids toys for our 3 year old. The living room also is filled with toys and kids stuff. Basically the entire downstairs of our home looks like the apt from BIG lol. Trampoline is going outside and dads gonna get a pool table! Need some tunes in there. 
No real good place for speaker placement. I was thinking KEF LS50W in the bookshelf that would be close to ear height while standing. I have outlets in the bookshelf so this solution would be pretty clean. But....... It is a bookshelf and it is off to one side of the room and it is offset to one side. So obviously far from ideal. I hear the KEF has good dispersion and thought some DSP tweaking may make this a descent sounding little system. Ohh and probably put a small sub in one of the corners. maybe something wireless.
The other option which I have not investigated very much is getting some in ceiling speakers or possibly some on wall speakers and a small sub. I don't like the idea of figuring out how to route all the wiring etc but if this would be a better solution which I am guessing it probably is would it be worth the trouble? The wife has begrudgingly agreed to my middle of the house upstairs man cave plan so I don't wanna poke the bear by making it unsightly ;-). 
Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks!
Ohh and room is 27x18x8 and is open to kitchen which is about 4 steps up.  
mofojo
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mijostyn
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#1 Do not put the Trampoline outside. If your insurance company sees it your liability insurance will double!

Just hang two Sonos speakers and one of their subs. They all have built in DSPs. Put a Connect on your main system and anything you play on your main system will go to the pool table room.
mrdecibel
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The sound of pool balls is wonderful. Why mask it ? A boom box should do. Unless, you intend to spend much more time in this area listening to music. You have not made that clear, unless I do not know how to read. Just try to simulate a pool " bar ", where sound quality is generally 2ndary, and is " background ".
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yogiboy
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Ceiling speakers is the route I would take!
mofojo OP
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I hear ya about the ceiling speakers. I just dont wanna brand new big project. On the bottom floor of 2 story house so no attic to run wires. I'm sure I can figure it out without too much drywall cutting if I put in the time. But I suuuuuuck at drywall repair. Damn the sound of some great ceiling speakers with a hidden sub sound pretty awesome. On that note any suggestions about an in ceiling option below 3k. 
Mr D,
I agree that the sound of pool balls is great. 
That being said this room will be used a lot and there will most certainly be music playing most of the time while we play. Obviously no sitting in the sweet spot critical listening but I still feel a good setup could be appreciated somewhat vs a boombox.
Millercarbon,
I like the idea of the small system in the corner although I dont think it will work out in this particular room. 

Thanks for the suggestions 
mrdecibel
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I would mount a few " bipole " speakers on the walls to cover the length of the room. B & W, Klipsch, so many to choose from. Adding a sub, well, that could easily be located somewhere centered in the room, or, get a pair of subs. Start with the speakers, and see ( hear ) if a sub is actually necessary. Looking for specific left or right ? It is still, imo, a background listening type of area. I am assuming you have another dedicated type listening room. And btw, when the kitchen is occupied, the sub ( s ) might be felt, as well as heard, to those kitchen occupants. Be gentle on the wife, as she is giving you a lot of latitude.
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