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Posted on 1/5/15 at 3:33 pm
Posted by Broketec
Dumpster Fire
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 1/5/15 at 3:33 pm
I'm looking for some opinions on flush in-wall speakers.

My living room is essentially our movie room, 135" projector and we're building our own media rack to sit underneath the screen. My father in law is a capable carpenter so he's going to hook us up. However when I mocked up the surround sound, my wife gawked at the idea of having "clunky" speakers either mounted on the wall or stand-up towers traversing the screen and the room. She's decided she wants to have flush in-wall speakers installed instead.

I have an A-frame ceiling in my living room and the plan seems to be to move to a 7.1 or .2 system and put the mids in the ceiling and the rears in the wall behind us etc.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the quality of flush in-wall speakers or what brand I should target? Budget is not an issue...yet. I'm not looking for IMAX quality sound but I don't want total dumpster fire simply for the sake of having it look good.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
78068 posts
Posted on 1/5/15 at 3:37 pm to
Polk Audio

Klipsch

Martin Logan Speakers if you want higher end.

BG Radia


This post was edited on 1/5/15 at 3:46 pm
Posted by XanderCrews
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 1/5/15 at 3:52 pm to
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Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35607 posts
Posted on 1/5/15 at 4:13 pm to
Triad makes a very nice range of inwall speakers and they have several levels for budgeting. They are excellent speakers and made in the USA.

Triad Speakers
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35607 posts
Posted on 1/5/15 at 4:14 pm to
Cabinet

Have the openings made larger and deeper than you think you need. Make sure there is ventilation. If at all possible keep the cable box (if you have one) in its own compartment. Cable boxes generate a ton of heat.
Posted by Srbtiger06
Member since Apr 2006
28273 posts
Posted on 1/5/15 at 7:45 pm to
My favorite setup has basically a cutout in the wall for a speaker. Like a built-in shelf. It sounds like it would be shitty but IMO it looks pretty solid.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39062 posts
Posted on 1/6/15 at 7:06 am to
And this is what you get when you involve the wife in speaker decisions. It's going to sound like shite for music and football and normal TV. People want shite they don't need and they compromise the things they want for them. Good luck.
Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1083 posts
Posted on 1/6/15 at 7:42 am to
I helped a friend with his audio and video set up in a newly built house last year.

Used monoprice for the wiring and flush mount ceiling speakers. He bought the TV, receiver, powered sub and center channel speaker elsewhere. The only problem I see you having is running the wires into the walls, unless your FIL is talented doing that as well.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11430 posts
Posted on 1/6/15 at 5:44 pm to
I am partial to Focal--they have an entire in-wall series.
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