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post #1 of 15
12/7/07 at 8:38am
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I know you can get a speaker in the wall and apply a thin coat of plaster over it to conceal it. Do I need a specific speaker to do this or a shield of some sort so the plaster doesn't damage the speaker?

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post #2 of 15
12/7/07 at 9:27am
I've heard of this before. But I have to wonder, if an object is made to move air and you cover it so it can't, doesn't that defeat the function of that object? I personally wouldn't do it.
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post #3 of 15
12/7/07 at 10:47am
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Originally Posted by jls944 View Post

I know you can get a speaker in the wall and apply a thin coat of plaster over it to conceal it. Do I need a specific speaker to do this or a shield of some sort so the plaster doesn't damage the speaker?
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Sorta like speaking with your lips shut?
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post #4 of 15
12/7/07 at 11:20am
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Sorta like speaking with your lips shut?

There's already an audio product called the "Ventriloquist."

At CEDIA last year, I got to hear the product you're describing, from a very good custom speaker company, and it didn't sound horrible, but it sounded bad. In choosing a speaker, the application is very important. These are speakers you wind up with when the wife and the designer insist that nothing be seen.
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post #5 of 15
12/7/07 at 11:23am
I'd rather watch a movie with someone giving flag signals in front of the screen then listen through a wall.

There are much nicer AT ways to hide speakers.
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post #6 of 15
12/7/07 at 11:43am
I think I'd rather just listen to the TV's built in speakers....

I take that back. I'd go with the literally in-wall speakers, turn off the TV and let house guests wonder exactly how many people I have boarded up in the walls. You know...just as a conversation piece.


Scott
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post #7 of 15
12/7/07 at 11:45am
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I'd rather watch a movie with someone giving flag signals in front of the screen then listen through a wall.

There are much nicer AT ways to hide speakers.

Some things you have no choice but to listen through the wall!
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post #8 of 15
12/7/07 at 11:48am
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Some things you have no choice but to listen through the wall!

Darn newlyweds in the townhouse adjacent to mine.
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post #9 of 15
12/7/07 at 1:12pm
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So your telling me this isn't an ideal spot to put my speakers? Just kidding....I am putting together a whole house audio system for my parents and my mother doesn't want to see the speaker son the wall. We would do ceiling speakers but we can't get to the ceiling space. Thanks for the help and jokes.
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post #10 of 15
12/7/07 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by jls944 View Post

So your telling me this isn't an ideal spot to put my speakers? Just kidding....I am putting together a whole house audio system for my parents and my mother doesn't want to see the speaker son the wall. We would do ceiling speakers but we can't get to the ceiling space. Thanks for the help and jokes.

All right...since I was enough of a wise guy to make a joke...

Is THIS what you were talking about?


Scott
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post #11 of 15
12/7/07 at 2:09pm
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Thanks ssteel
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post #12 of 15
12/7/07 at 2:51pm
One of the "features" of that Amina speakers is listed as:
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Professional butt splice crimp for permanent connection

Permanently??? By a Pro? OMG!

Craig
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post #13 of 15
12/7/07 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by jls944 View Post

So your telling me this isn't an ideal spot to put my speakers? Just kidding....I am putting together a whole house audio system for my parents and my mother doesn't want to see the speaker son the wall. We would do ceiling speakers but we can't get to the ceiling space. Thanks for the help and jokes.

There are quality in-wall speakers and most of them can be installed with paintable grilles. The only thing one (mother) would see is that a portion of the wall surface is perforated.
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post #14 of 15
12/7/07 at 2:58pm
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Originally Posted by jls944 View Post

I know you can get a speaker in the wall and apply a thin coat of plaster over it to conceal it. Do I need a specific speaker to do this or a shield of some sort so the plaster doesn't damage the speaker?

Thanks.

http://www.stealthacoustics.com/

These are exactly what you are describing. I just started working for a dealer and I have spent the past week roughing in several pairs of FX8s and B1630 subs into a large home. Unfortunately, I have not yet gotten the opportunity to listen to them in a finished installation so I cannot comment on their sound.
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post #15 of 15
12/7/07 at 3:10pm
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http://www.stealthacoustics.com/

These are exactly what you are describing. I just started working for a dealer and I have spent the past week roughing in several pairs of FX8s and B1630 subs into a large home. Unfortunately, I have not yet gotten the opportunity to listen to them in a finished installation so I cannot comment on their sound.

Oh I hope you get to listen to them and report back here when you do.
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