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Long time lurker looking for HT opinions

So, looking at doing a feature wall in living room.  Need WAF for whatever I decide.  Current setup is an Onkyo TX NR686 driving Focal 707S bookshelfs, Mirage OMC2 center, and focal 300 ICW6 in ceiling speakers as well as an SVS PB1000 sub.  Very modest and certainly not to the levels most are running here, but it serves me well.  That being said, doing about a 12 inch bump out to mount TV on wall and add some kind of stone look.  Have been considering in wall Focals, namely the 300 LCR for L/R/C and then potentially the new 300 ICA6 at the top of the wall for Atmos.  Is this just a bad idea all the way around?  I'm a fan of the laid back sound of the focals hence having a Mirage center in the mix.  Thoughts, comments are welcome.  Not a ton of In Wall reviews.  Sorry for the long post as a first post.

tigheandjudi
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jastralfu
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I’m not aware of Focals being laid back.  I’ve not owned them but I’ve never read or heard anyone say that about them.  I’ve heard forward and bright though.  Not that neat helps you at all.  They are well reviewed on Crutchfield for whatever that’s worth.  They have a great return policy.  I read on an AV forum that someone compared them favorably to the B&W 805s they replaced them with if that helps at all.

ghdprentice
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Yes, the house sonic character of Focal is not laid back.

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wsrrsw
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Focal's are fast too.

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2psyop
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I do like Focal speakers and my vote goes to the L/C/R approach where all speakers are totally matched (same brand). I read that with HT movie soundtracks, when sounds move from speaker to speaker, it makes sense to have all speakers totally matched. That’s just my HT two cents…

ronboco
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We have all Focal speakers in our home theatre and it sounds great ! Music sounds good as well. Good luck!

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