beelzerob
Senior Member
I'm very close to pulling the trigger on getting some in-wall speakers. We're tired of having the ugly speakers stands and ugly wall brackets, and want the nice clean look of in-wall speakers. In our greatroom, the inwalls will work great for front L/R (and we'll get a bookshelf center). However, I'm concerned about the surrounds.
They'll be about 10' off the floor on a wall, and about 10' back behind the listening area. It's the geometry of the room, it can't be helped. That means to have those speakers actually face the listening area, they'd have to be pointed down about 45 deg. (actually a little less, since the listening area isn't on the floor).
One thought I had was to get some Proficient audio ceiling speakers, since they have a fixed 15 deg angle and a swiveling tweeter. So, I could mount those in the wall and get a good 15 deg angle on the woofer, maybe more on the tweeter. I called Proficient to make sure in-ceiling speakers would work ok in a wall mount, and he said they would....however, he also said the thing I have to look out for is that in-ceiling speakers are deeper than in-wall. Sure enough, the ones I'd been considering have over a 4" depth. That won't work well with a 3 1/2" wall. So, here are what I consider my options to be:
1) Get the ceiling speakers and cut all the way through the wall, then create a box around the back of the speaker where it sticks through (the other side of the great room wall where the speakers will go is the master bedroom closet, so it'd be concealed).
2) Get the regular in-wall speakers which have swiveling tweeters and swivel them for all their worth..though the woofers will still be straight forward
3) Don't worry about the angle because it's just surround anyway
4) Get something smaller and surface mount it on a bracket (ick)
Any suggestions?
They'll be about 10' off the floor on a wall, and about 10' back behind the listening area. It's the geometry of the room, it can't be helped. That means to have those speakers actually face the listening area, they'd have to be pointed down about 45 deg. (actually a little less, since the listening area isn't on the floor).
One thought I had was to get some Proficient audio ceiling speakers, since they have a fixed 15 deg angle and a swiveling tweeter. So, I could mount those in the wall and get a good 15 deg angle on the woofer, maybe more on the tweeter. I called Proficient to make sure in-ceiling speakers would work ok in a wall mount, and he said they would....however, he also said the thing I have to look out for is that in-ceiling speakers are deeper than in-wall. Sure enough, the ones I'd been considering have over a 4" depth. That won't work well with a 3 1/2" wall. So, here are what I consider my options to be:
1) Get the ceiling speakers and cut all the way through the wall, then create a box around the back of the speaker where it sticks through (the other side of the great room wall where the speakers will go is the master bedroom closet, so it'd be concealed).
2) Get the regular in-wall speakers which have swiveling tweeters and swivel them for all their worth..though the woofers will still be straight forward
3) Don't worry about the angle because it's just surround anyway
4) Get something smaller and surface mount it on a bracket (ick)
Any suggestions?