Does anybody know how to conceal in-wall speakers.
If you wish to conceal the speakers you will need to use acoustically transparent fabric. I'm not sure if this would be exactly the same as used in grills and screens but anyone offering home-theater installation would know best.
Apart from the Polk suggested above, you also have:
Mordaunt Short Architect series (Avant Architect / Products / Mordaunt Short)
Wharfedale has their sound panels (Wharfedale) and in-wall speakers (Wharfedale)
Finally, there's also Monitor Audio (Monitor Audio HI-FI Loudspeakers, Surround Sound Systems, AV Systems - Monitor Audio Ltd Essex, UK)
Along with "in-wall" you also have "on-wall" speakers that are rather flat like the PSB VisionSound series.
As I have never dealt with this sort of speakers I do not have much to add.
For that you would first need, well in-wall speakers!
Do you (and all) think that there would be some sound deterioration? I am planning to in-wall something similar to Boss Accoustimass:
I would also be using glass wool in the cavity (for early reflections..may be..).
For that you would first need, well in-wall speakers!
Do you (and all) think that there would be some sound deterioration? I am planning to in-wall something similar to Boss Accoustimass:
I would also be using glass wool in the cavity (for early reflections..may be..).
In-wall speakers can only be a replacement for bookshelves.
Well designed in-wall speakers can be a bit-for-bit match for their bookshelf counterpart.
Trying to conceal something like Boss Accoustimass in a wall is gonna be a poor decision.
In-wall speakers can only be a replacement for bookshelves.
Well designed in-wall speakers can be a bit-for-bit match for their bookshelf counterpart.
Trying to conceal something like Boss Accoustimass in a wall is gonna be a poor decision.
Thanks ranjeetrain.. for the valuable input. Any reasoning/reference for this, or an article you can refer me to.
Does anyone else also second this? (It will be a big change in plan)
Thanks ranjeetrain.. for the valuable input. Any reasoning/reference for this, or an article you can refer me to.
Does anyone else also second this? (It will be a big change in plan)
I can tell you the logic behind this. I'll post that later, slightly tied up right now.
I can tell you the logic behind this. I'll post that later, slightly tied up right now.
Ok. I'll be waiting.
Note: Cavity will be not be more than 15 cm deep. It will not be a tight box enclosing the speakers. Approx dimentions: 16" x 20" (wxh).
If you have decent budget, you could consider Artcoustic flat speakers, that are extremely good.
Artcoustic
A loudspeaker contains a transducer. A transducer has a voice coil. The voice coil is suspended in a static magnetic field. A cone is attached to the voice coil. When current is applied to the voice coil, it moves and the motion generates sound waves by pressurizing the surrounding air.
The quantity and quality of the sound wave generated depends on the cone movement. The quantity depends on the cone area. How big an area the cone is able to cover by its movement. Or as a whole, how much of air the cone is able to apply pressure to.
To enhance the quantity of output, transducers are enclosed in cabinets. Enclosing the transducer in a cabinet limits the amount of air to which the cone will apply its pressure, thus resulting in a better efficiency. That's in simplest terms. There is a lot more to cabinet design. In a nutshell, the cabinet or the enclosure plays an extremely important role in speaker design.
When you choose to wall install (vs wall mount) a speaker, you essentially eliminate the enclosure part. A speaker in a wall enclosure is much like a bookshelf in a sealed enclosure design. Less efficient but more controlled.
The design of bookshelves is such that it can work in a shallow cabinet or wall installation, but the basic requirements of sub-woofer design is such that, it requires larger drivers and larger cabinet. Additional volume in the cabinet helps in bringing down the frequency response by several dBs.
When you say you want to install a Bose Accoustimass in-wall, I suspect it will work.
If I remember it correctly, Bose Accoustimass uses a band pass enclosure of 6th order. That design, I believe, is simply impossible to achieve (unless may be you have walls 10-20 inches deep and are open to idea of drilling through it). Even then I doubt if it will be successful in a wall installation.
That's all me Lord!
Thanks ranjeetrain.. for the valuable input. Any reasoning/reference for this, or an article you can refer me to.
Does anyone else also second this? (It will be a big change in plan)
I might have misunderstood your original question
Can you post link to the exact speakers you want to conceal?
I intend to dug out a cavity large enough for a portrait (16 x20) to cover, and simply place each satellite in each cavity. The sub will however be placed on the floor besides the entertainment cabinet.
Will this work?
I am ref to:
I intend to dug out a cavity large enough for a portrait (16 x20) to cover, and simply place each satellite in each cavity. The sub will however be placed on the floor besides the entertainment cabinet.
Will this work?
Raman