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Best In Wall Speakers

Hey Folks:

Looking for suggestions for a pair of high quality in-wall speakers that I intend to have integrated into a built in entertainment center in our living room. The floorplan is open-concept and and while the living room area is roughly 20 X 15 it opens into the dining area and kitchen beyond so the volume of space is pretty large. The entertainment center will be built into the corner of the room and I intend to have the two in wall speakers flanking the TV so I need speakers that are fairly narrow but perhaps with a MTM array to allow for sufficient bass energy. I will not be using a subwoofer so the in-walls will be run full range. Some research suggests KEF architectural speakers may be an answer. I've also seen Revel which look decent. I'd like to spend around $2K for the pair but could go higher if necessary. Also, do I need to create a box behind them or will the cavity created by the corner of the room work and should I have the entertainment center built to create the appropriate size cavity for the speakers?

dodgealum
elliottbnewcombjr
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Some wall speakers have the ability to 'aim' the tweeters.

Any woofer does better with more cubic feet in the enclosure. Some wall speakers can use the cavity within the studs, floor to ceiling, however, you need to construct that section specially for speaker use, i.e. vibrations.

Deeper Studs to increase cavity, 24" spacing at those locations, 16" spacing rest of wall, wood not sheetrock, ....

do some research about this if you care, perhaps others here know about this.

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akg_ca
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My experience: MARTIN LOGAN or MONITOR AUDIO

 

better sounding: ML all the way .I have their older model on-walls in my 7.2 HT mancave.


 


BETTER appearance in most rooms to satisfy WAF veto capability.%: MONITOR AUDIO SOUNDFRAME

 

 

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akg_ca
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MONITOR AUDIO,SOUNDFRAME 

 

 

 

dodgealum OP
1,398 posts
 

Thanks everyone so far. The Monitor Audio Soundframe 2's look like they might fit the bill. Are these available in-wall? Hard to tell from the website.

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