RE: Re: Intro & Ceiling Speakers

["Simon Randall" <srandall@xxxxxxx>]

Hi

Ive had some experience mounting several types of speakers.

If your wall mounting or ceiling mounting speakers your not going for
the audio freeks perfect choice, but you are going for something that
gives you ok sound and discreet speakers.

If you go to mount speakers in a solid wall - we have found that there
is nothing to allow any base as the speaker is very tight to the wall,
this is worse in a solid stone or concrete wall.  Plaster / stud
partitions are ok as there is room in the wall to create the cabinet
effect a speaker would usually have.

Ceiling mounted works well as you have the ceiling acting as a speaker
chamber.

Where we have mounted flush speakers in a solid wall we have also had to
fit an EQ to boost the base and make it sound acceptable.

Ive mounted some traditional  mordant short speaker in to a false
plaster wall above a fitted wardrobe b4 and they worked fine,  which
would be similar although many speakers have a base tube in the rear of
the cabinet that you can loose in the mounting.

We have also for a budget reasons/ ( ie built in amp) mounted some high
end PC speakers in smaller rooms like bathrooms with the base speaker in
the ceiling and a small round vent whole to let the base out these have
given far better results than we thought and we have been pleased with
that,  even if the idea sounds tacky - the sound is ok!
regards
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: panheadscrew@xxxxxxx [mailto:panheadscrew@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 December 2003 00:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Intro & Ceiling Speakers

Hi Ade,

I thought about doing something like that but then I realised that
when the speakers were not visible, I wouldn't be there to not see
them.

I still can't figure out what the difference is between normal
speakers and ceiling speakers and so I am going to experiment in my
office and mount some normal speakers in the ceiling and see what
they sound like.  I will report back in case anyone is interested.

Cheers

Mik


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ade" <yahoo@n...> wrote:
> Mik
>
> I also had a similiar dilema with some speakers as didnt want them
on show
> and mountng them on walls was not an option (due to wrong shape of
room -
> these are my surround speakers). My result (if bit extreme but its
all about
> automation) is they appear flush with the ceiling, wouldnt know
they were
> there (just a hairline crack around the hole) and at the press of
a button,
> they lower 400mm into the room (mission m7ds) to correct listening
position.
>
> Ade
> >
> > I am new in here and reading back through the archive I see that
> > everyone is allowed (at least) one dumb question so I thought I
> > would get mine in early.
> >
> > Is this a daft idea?  Have I missed something?  Is there more to
a
> > ceiling speaker apart from its lower profile?
> >
>
>
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