RE: Re: Cheap ceiling speakers

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My pessimistic nature comes to bear when looking at the plaster-over
speakers, I always think about the mess if you need to pull one out because
of a fault. Have only heard them at trade shows and they seem ok although I
always prefer to hear them in a real installation before passing any
comments. They are meant to work in standard UK type stud walls with
plaste=
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skim without cracking the finish.

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Neil B.

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tim Hawes
Sent: 05 September 2007 15:13
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap ceiling speakers

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Thanks Neil,

Artcoustic was one of the names I found - I bought a self-build mag
just before holiday and Mrs H liked the the idea of picture frames
etc. I found a price when I got back and although =A31500 per pair isn't
the most expensive pair of speakers I've seen, it's more than I was
hoping to pay... They do look very good though and it's nice to hear
(sorry!) that they sound good too.

"Ceiling speakers will make the lounge look like an airport..."
she said.
I protested and said you can't see the lear jet or helicopter from
downstairs, but it was no use... ;-)

There are also the speakers you build into stud walls and finsh over
(i.e. these http://www.stealtha
<http://www.stealthacoustics.com/pages/install.htm>
coustics.com/pages/install.htm). They
don't look suitable for a plaster skim finish and I wonder how they'd
perform in a ceiling...

Cheers,

Tim.

On 9/5/07, Neil Ball <neilball@btopenworl
<mailto:neilball%40btopenworld.com>
d.com> wrote:
> If you mean Artcoustic then yes, been in more than a few customers
houses
> that have them and they do sound very good. Not cheap though! They are
much
> more discrete than any other kind of speaker once you have photos or
artwork
> over the grilles, only those people who own them or have seen them
before
> would recognise them as speakers and generally only if they were
making a
> sound.
>
>
>
> Regarding ceiling acne then I can understand what she means - in our
bedroom
> we have 8 low voltage downlighters, 2 out of 5 ceiling speakers
installed
> plus the hole house ventilation terminal as well. In other rooms there
ar=
e
> ceiling speakers, ventilation terminals, downlights & smoke
alarms. IMO
you
> do not tend to notice them at all unless you specifically look up at
the
> ceiling.
>
>
>
> Neil B.
>
>
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>
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> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Cheap ceiling speakers
>
>
>
> Hijacking this thread slightly, has anyone got direct experience of
> the picture frame speakers?
>
> SWMBO now says she is not keen on "ceiling acne" although as
was
> mentioned in another thread, I don't think ceiling speakers would
> really get noticed that much at all...
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim.

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