I'm considering going with a 5.0 HT setup. I live in an apartment, so no sub and no custom in-wall wiring. My front mains and center are more than capable of providing all the bass I need (or can get away with). The surround speakers must be mounted on the walls, providing for optimal placement (surrounds on stands won't work due to apt design), which I think I can pull off with no problems. Here's the deal: I don't want visible wires running all over the place. My questions (in order of importance):
1. How could I best hide/mask surround speaker wires along the floor and up the walls?
2. Would a direct reflecting or dipole surround be a better choice for surrounds? I have DR surrounds, but the dipole design looks a little sleeker and more natural as opposed to square boxes hanging off the walls. If dipoles aren't that great, then I guess I'll just have to deal with the boxes.
3. This might best left for another thread, but are there any acoustic tricks to 'contain' the sound within the apt due to it's dynamic nature, aside from keeping the volume extraordinarily low?
1. How could I best hide/mask surround speaker wires along the floor and up the walls?
2. Would a direct reflecting or dipole surround be a better choice for surrounds? I have DR surrounds, but the dipole design looks a little sleeker and more natural as opposed to square boxes hanging off the walls. If dipoles aren't that great, then I guess I'll just have to deal with the boxes.
3. This might best left for another thread, but are there any acoustic tricks to 'contain' the sound within the apt due to it's dynamic nature, aside from keeping the volume extraordinarily low?
