Thiel Owners

Hey all, I’m in the process of building a new retirement home and have two Thiel Powerplane 1.2 in wall speakers that I want to install to use in a two channel system. I read the Thiel owners/instruction manual which states that you don’t just want to mount them to drywall alone due to vibration possibility. I contacted Rob Gillum and purchased two metal support templates that fit between 16” center wall studs. Looks like a good solution for support and so that the drywall people can cut the correct hole. 
I guess my concern is that the studs are 2x4’s which in reality are 3.5 inches wide and the speaker dimension for depth is 3 and 7/8. Now, the drywall itself is a half inch which should bring the width to 4 inches. It’s cutting it close, but my assumption is that it should fit….anybody out there that has mounted these and can validate? 
I plan to do a “dry fit” before running speaker wire, but thought I would ask.

cawgijoe

Good to see you here again.  Stay tuned until one of our Power plane experts chimes in to address your query. We have a few fans/owners of the PP on The Panel.

What other gear are you planning for your retirement home? Feel free to post and save pics for a Virtual Systems page. That would be very educational.

Happy Listening!

cawgijoe,

I installed PowerPlene 1.2 speakers in a conventional 2x4 wall cavity (studs 16" o.c.) without problem, though my sheetrock was 5/8" thick, not 1/2". Long dimension of the speakers are parallel to the studs. I don't think the additional 1/8" is a big deal but YMMV. They've been installed since 2016 without problem.

Good luck!

rojacob,

Speakers will be horizontal. I went over and measured today. I will have 1/8 inch clearance. So it will work. 
Need to figure out how to post pics.

Thanks!

@tomthiel thats unfortunate - thanks for looking!

@prof regarding 2.7 vs 3.7 is the latter that much better in the bass?  I'm looking at either upgrading to 3.7 or building custom subs.  This will be to fill out the bottom in large scale orchestra and organ works.