Re: Re: Bathroom Speakers Installation...any tips please?!

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hopefully my kitchen speakers will arrive in time for the weekend and
I'll be able to offer some tips too :-) My kitchen ceiling is artexed
but I don't seem to have the stalagtites you describe... You probably
only need an inch of "flat" artex around the perimeter of the
hole.

Without being able to go & listen to any, I've gone for Russound
Atmosphere SPA5C's from www.cyberselect.com at =A3130/pair. The specs
look good so its fingers crossed.

You might want to look at buying an adjustable hole saw, but check the
max dia of the saw versus the hole you want to cut. I've seen saws
that will do a 200mm dia, but also some that only go to ~160mm. It's
another =A350 on the budget though :-/
I think I'm going to use a padsaw and patience, perhaps with some
chain-drilling of the circumference too.

You might find an amp on your local Freecycle group
(www.freecycle.org). There's a few that come up on the groups I belong
too. If it's going to be hidden then looks/age aren't really important
:-)

HTH,

Tim.


On 5/6/08, noel_pilot <HA@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Paul, hmm good point, might see if i can just cut to size the
> bigger spikes and make look reasonable!! Hoping to fully re do the
> bathroom in the next year or so so as long as it doesn't look
> horrendous then it'll be fine.
>
> Thanks Mark, had missed that article somehow!!
>
> Cheers
> Noel
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups2@...>
wrote:
> >
> > Re the lovely artex! You may have problems as you'll probably
need
> to cut a smooth area of artex up to the ceiling fabric (plasterboard?)
> for the flange of the speaker to sit flat on. Otherwise, the speaker
> installation is really easy and normally (depending on make), several
> screws are tightened which pulls some rear fixings into place. I think
> you may need to re-artex a round flat area around each speaker?
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behal=
f
> > > Of noel_pilot
> > > Sent: 06 May 2008 08:44
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Bathroom Speakers Installation...any tips
please?!
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > Well since my 'The Imp Magic Box' died on me last week I'm
thinking o=
f
> > > doing things properly and putting some ceiling speakers into
my
> > > bathroom driven from a receiver/amp and airport express in
the landin=
g
> > > cupboard.
> > >
> > > Few questions....
> > >
> > > 1 - Speakers i'm looking at (found through search of the
list) are
> > > http://www.rs100.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3D216
they seem o=
k
> > > and will do the job for me I think, unless anyone says
otherwise or
> > > anything better for sub =A350??
> > >
> > > 2 - Installation - Any tips, I've got an artexed (beyond
belief the
> > > spikes are up to 1.5inches!!) ceiling, assume I just cut a
nice hole
> > > and screw them in???!
> > >
> > > 3 - The amp/receiver =3D what i'd like is to have an amp
with radio
> > > tuner so I can switch between either radio or the airport
express on
> > > another input.  Question is how I could do that switch.  One
option i=
s
> > > a cheap harmony remote say with an IR receiver run to the
cupboard bu=
t
> > > that seems like overkill.  Only control I'm looking for is
volume and
> > > source just to swap between either radio and cd (for
airport) no
> > > control over radio stations required.
> > >
> > > Thoughts and assistance greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Needless to say it's VERY low budget, amp/receiver i intend
to find o=
n
> > > ebay or similar.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Noel

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