I’ve bought a house from a builder and i can still make changes to the wiring of the house.

The livingroom will be 40m2 (430sqft) of open shape with an L extension (another 8 m2 or so). Kitchen will be at one end, sofa on the other.

I’m trying to plan the wiring and what kind of speakers i want to attatch.

Is it better to have the speakers on the ceiling or at the wall for an evenly distributed background music (mono?) in the room? What speakers would work great in this setting. How many speakers and where to put them?

Criteria: small form factor, good sound for a relatively low price. I’m willing to have one subwoofer somewhere in the room. Willing to spend 1000-2000€ for the system (including the subwoofer and the amp).

There is a separate room with tv and some big studio monitors. THis will be for radio/background music when hanging out etc.