Hello Guys,

Im trying to build an in wall system for my new sound setup. I will make the cables go through the wall - (house is still under construction), so i hope it will look better, no cables.

The only option for this is: using switches like this:

http://www.makel.com.tr/makel/hafun/urunler/1170064814.jpghttp://www.thea.com.tr/urunler/urunler/muzik_yayin_b.jpg

Do you think - this one more connection will decrease sound quality even %5? What I mean is - definitly it is better to connect it directly to the speakers. But otherwise, I will use looking nice advantage of switchs. So, do you think should I go with switchs - or without switchs, cable coming to speaker directly?

Im a little bit crazy I know. But im trying to do the best, it is quite important to me - the sound.

Best!

As long as the connection is secure and the wire is right, I don't see any issues.

Yep, no audible decrease in sound quality.

Can you get ones with binding post instead of sprig terminal?

Mark

I second CAVX, go with binding posts!

Where are the switches?

Where are the switches?
C'mon.... cut the guy a break! :rolleyes:

littlebuddha1,

Do you have everything planned out for that listening/theater room? If not, in-wall wiring might not be the best thing. You will have more flexibility placing and moving things around in your room without having things set in stone, so to speak. I personally do not like in-wall wiring, or built-in entertainment nooks that commonly are sold with new home construction packages.

I also would not recommend the spring-loaded speaker wire terminal junctions. They usually cannot hold a thick speaker wire - if you don't have them on your receiver, why have them in your wall?

- Steve O.

hi scorch!

thanks for the tip. but I never tought to set them in stone. I though - especially for surround speakers, cable coming from recevier to speaker could be long and problematic. so - from anfi to wall cable. inwall cable. from wall to speaker cable. so, I can move or change the place of speakers whenever I want.

may I ask what spring-loaded speaker wire terminal junctions are? :) forgive me for my ignorance.

Originally Posted by Targus
Where are the switches?

i didnt understand this question :)

now Im researching for binding posts. why they are better, may I ask?

littlebuddha,

Sorry for the confusion. "Set in stone" was not meant to be taken literally.

The spring terminals usually have a hole large enough for about an 18 gauge wire and use a spring lever to apply pressure on the wire. Typical 5-way binding posts allow for a bare wire loop, spade connection, or banana plug connection for the speaker wire - more options with bigger speaker wire.

- Steve O.

this is a binding post setup for a 7.1 channel system...

http://www.partsexpress.com/images/300-618m.jpg


close-up of a binding post

http://www.partsexpress.com/images/091-1206m.jpg


www.partsexpress.com has a great selection of wall plates. some are predesigned and some are blanks that allow you to design your own combo.
http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&WebPage_ID=251&CFID=6238659&CFTOKEN=62799035

http://www.wbtusa.com/

check this out. I bought this brand - and im very happy with it. very high quality. they produce just audio connectors - binding posts etc.

I wanna thanks to everybody who helped me here in this topic :) with these, there is definitly very minimal quality loss.

Best!