Don’t think building a box to plunk them in will tell anything meaningful
There are two distinct camps of in-walls: good and BAD!
in the former case, Martin Logan and the like are a safe bet
but you only get what you pay for
I have yet to hear any in the latter camp that I would even bother with.... and I’ve heard a lot of choices. ML had fine in-wall units I must admit, along with other major brands.
For all the many reasons highlighting the warts affecting in-walls (a well travelled plethora of posts) I ended up going with the Martin Logan’s on-walls .....
Easy to install on the wall,
easy WAF aesthetically, and
generally superior in performance to in-walls ....
but
they ranged in price from > $1000 per unit across the front, and $600 apiece for the four surrounds and $600 for the sub.
Choose wisely. Personally I would not gamble on chewing up the walls on an emotional flyer based on grabbing cheapos based on price.
There are two distinct camps of in-walls: good and BAD!
in the former case, Martin Logan and the like are a safe bet
but you only get what you pay for
I have yet to hear any in the latter camp that I would even bother with.... and I’ve heard a lot of choices. ML had fine in-wall units I must admit, along with other major brands.
For all the many reasons highlighting the warts affecting in-walls (a well travelled plethora of posts) I ended up going with the Martin Logan’s on-walls .....
Easy to install on the wall,
easy WAF aesthetically, and
generally superior in performance to in-walls ....
but
they ranged in price from > $1000 per unit across the front, and $600 apiece for the four surrounds and $600 for the sub.
Choose wisely. Personally I would not gamble on chewing up the walls on an emotional flyer based on grabbing cheapos based on price.
