I'm not much of an audiophile, nor am I a house designer, but my wife & I find ourselves completely renovating a century old house. The first two floors are gutted and we will have structured wiring installed. The floor plan is mostly finalized and we are making decisions about windows.
I currently use one SB3 and intend to use it on the main floor, with the addition of more SB on the top portion of the house. I've got a few ideas and questions regarding the main floor. The kitchen will be the social centre of the house. I want pretty good sound. My idea is to have a laptop at the desk area with the SB3 close at hand. An amp with tuner (we like to listen to local radio) will be discretely placed nearby with access to tuner, power, and A/B channels selectors on the amp. One channel will drive speakers in kitchen, a second in the living room. I'm thinking of flush mounted "in ceiling" speakers in a bulkhead that carries plumbing (see pic). Am I correct to assume that the speakers will sound better if they are mounted on the side of the bulkhead in similar orientation to an in wall speaker so that the speaker are pointing out horizontally, rather than vertically downward? I hope I am making myself clear. I am thinking of a budget of $200-300 for these speakers. Perhps about the same for the amp/tuner Any suggestions? I am in Canada. Winnipeg to be exact. In the future, as our budget allows, we would like to place some speakers in the living room, driven by the amp/tuner in the kitchen. Although we won't get then now, I would like suggestions about placement for pre-wiring. Last, we don't have a fancy TV or surround sound audio, but I would like to pre-wire the family room for this. Comments on speaker placement are welcome. I don't think I will purchase/install any "in wall" or "in ceiling" speakers, but merely place wires for future speakers. Any comments appreciated. Greg +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: speaker questions copy.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4074| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- grego.speiser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ grego.speiser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11844 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42250 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
