Housing Floorstanders in Cabinets


Does anyone here have any experience with housing floorstanding speakers in cabinets or behind sonically transparent cloth?

I am thinking about building a theater/music room and housing the speakers in a built-in cabinet designed to hide the speakers. Are there any rules of thumb for doing this such as building the cabinets just large enough for the speakers or conversely leaving a lot of room for them? Should the speakers by surrounded by isolating foam and mounted flush with the cabinet front(soffet mounting)?

I've seen several companies like B+W who make "architectural" speakers that are not meant to be seen. How are these typically installed? Should I ask a home theater installer for ideas?

My speakers are Linn Ninkas and a Trikan center if that helps.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.
bmdduck

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Thanks for the responses.

Shadorne, I'll looked at the pictures of your virtual system, it's very nice! My goal is to achieve something like you have...a cabinet that hides the system and looks like it could be part of a library. I'll keep in mind the advice.