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I'll speak generally. An open ceiling, cathedral type room is never going to give you the sound that a lower ceiling, closed in "media" type room offers. I've got two home theaters in my house. One is my main familiy room that is 20x18 with 18' ceiling and large openings going into a kitchen and hallway. I used Definitive Technology powered front towers and center channel and in wall rear surrounds. It does sound great but the intensity is just not there. In my kids downstairs room, I used relatively cheap Polk Surrounds and a Panasonic Digital receiver. The room is maybe 18'x12' with low 7'ceilings and only one opening into the room. The imaging in this room is fantastic, especially the rear surrounds. Everything just seems focused on the listener while upstairs, the sound seems to dissapear unless played at very high levels.
This is why others, like the nice room shown above, dedicate a room just for this reason. If you still want to do the large room anyway, I wouldn't go too high end. Unless you want everyone in the house involved with the show.
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