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| Topic: | Speaker Enclosures This thread has 7 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Sunday January 26, 2003 at 20:53 |
Tim P Lurking Member |
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I need advice on enclosures. I am considering the sonance fire rated units for a new construction project. The speakers will be 622 tr and 622t sonance units driven by a russound 6.4 unit for now. I need to know if the enclosures are worth installing or is there a better value enclosure out there.
Thank You
Tim
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| Post 2 made on Monday January 27, 2003 at 00:06 |
Matt Founding Member |
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I would say they are probably designed specifically for the Symphony series speakers (which you are installing) and would probably sound better.
Is this a commercial job? If so, only the ceiling enclosures would need to be fire rated, and only if the ceiling is a Plenum design. Possibly the wall if it is a 'fire wall' Normally an exterior wall to a hallway etc.
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| OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday January 28, 2003 at 09:01 |
Tim P Lurking Member |
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Thanks Matt
This is a residential job. The speaker enclosures I am looking at are fire rated. there will be penetrations in the garage fire rated wall.
Thanks again
Tim
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| Post 4 made on Thursday January 30, 2003 at 20:36 |
NY hifi Long Time Member |
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Use the enclosures if you can. The speakers sound much better when installed in an enclosure.
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| Post 5 made on Thursday January 30, 2003 at 20:54 |
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I am not sure the fire rated enclosures would make the speakers sound better. They are far from optimum and exist for the purposes of meeting a fire rating. That's why they also sell wood enclosures and only promote the metal enclosures (which are actually much cheaper) for fire rated applications.
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| Post 6 made on Saturday February 15, 2003 at 16:19 |
NY hifi Long Time Member |
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Trust me...the speakers do sound much better when installed in an enclosure. Stop by, and I'll demo it for you.
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| Post 7 made on Saturday February 15, 2003 at 20:15 |
Jay In Chicago Founding Member |
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I find that the fire rated enclosures are not adequate in interior volume. I much prefer the wood enclosures also when using them. To me.. The cans are a compromise.
Don't forget that most speakers are designed for a much larger enclosure. That's why I cringe when I see them mounted under the windows in a dining room for instance..
I'm no expert, but I have built speakers from scratch before.
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| Post 8 made on Saturday February 15, 2003 at 20:54 |
McNasty Founding Member |
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It depends on what you use. A/D/S 400ax only require 2 cubic feet.
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