Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for high WAF in-wall speakers!!

[Richard Bronosky]

Wow, great stuff.  I like the link you included. To answer the you're whipped... and, you should do what sounds best... arguments.  Let me say that I agree with her "ahem" (I don't think the following word is appropriate for her, but here goes) Logic.  I have never owned a surround system.  Just about anything I do is going to sound better than the speakers built into the plasma.  I'm just seeing the opportunity to step it up a notch as I am currently installing the crown molding.  (I didn't think of doing this while I had the sheet rock crew in replacing the popcorn ceilings with flat.)  I'm looking for an improvement not a pinnacle.  This is not the right room in the house for a home theater.  I have one of those.  I'll be investing in it later.  I want this space to look great and function for general TV viewing.  The quality sound for this space will be coming from a baby grand player piano.  The TV viewing is less of a feature.  My wife is an excellent decorator and I trust her. So, with that said, I'm shooting for the $1000 for all 5 and a sub range.  The greatest challenge is that there is no back wall or right wall to this viewing space.  You can see what I'm talking about on my flickr page.  The TV is going above the fireplace. http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454844/ http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454250/ http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454890/ that bare column stands at what used to be the corner of a separate room, seen in these before shots: http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/56052452/ http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/56052494/ The issue of not having a back wall (cause it's open to the kitchen) makes me think that speakers in the walls or in the ceiling will be hard to point toward the viewing space.  Suggestions? Meatwad wrote: Richard Bronosky wrote: Why is it that Bose can use those tiny little cube speakers for there flag ship product, but their in-wall speakers have to have a 8 3/4" by 6" face plate? Bose use tiny little cube speakers in their flagship product because a) they have a very high WAF, b)they are INSANELY inexpensive to manufacture and c)they are marketed towards upscale consumers who read high-brow magazines without bothering to learn even the most basic tenets* of proper loudspeaker design. Don't know why they took a traditional design approach to their in-walls seeing as nearly everything else they design is non-traditional. FWIW, they still sound absolutely awful. In-walls can sound fantastic when designed well with quality components. Look at Sonance, RBH, Polk or Niles just to name a few of the entry level players. If your budget allows and you want to get very accurate sound from in-ceiling speakers, look at Triad. Another in-wall/ceiling which has a very different approach with some amazingly detailed imagery are Cabasse iO coaxials. But please, please, please do your Myth system some justice and put something, ANYTHING, other than Bose in the room. * Here is the de facto article I refer prospective clients to when they bring up Bose. If they still have a thing for Bose, I know they are going to be PITA customer and I politely drop them like a hot potato. http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Thank you for your time, --==<< R i c h a r d B r o n o s k y >>==-- Nearly all viruses and spyware are designed to use Microsoft internet products. Protect yourself by avoiding Internet Explorer & Outlook/Outlook Express.

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