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Post 1 made on Saturday December 11, 1999 at 19:23
Ralph
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Since there are limited choices in hearing in-wall speakers in my area can anyone suggest brands of speakers that they have sucess with for whole house audio and home theater. The best free standing speakers i have heard for the money is the Joseph's to give a comparison.
OP | Post 2 made on Sunday December 12, 1999 at 09:26
Eric
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I'm pretty sure B&W loudspeakers make great in wall speakers, bwspeakers.com
OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday December 15, 1999 at 23:29
Marc
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The way my room is set up will not allow free standing or on wall surrounds. I had no choice but to install in walls in the ceiling. After doing some listening I picked a pair of Boston Acoustics. About $175 a pair. I am really pleased with their sound, and they mate with my Def Tech's quite well. Don't remember the model #, but they are somewhere in the middle of their line. Very easy to install, too.
BTW, I listened to some very expensive in walls that really sounded quite bad. Don't buy a name - let your ears decide.
OP | Post 4 made on Thursday December 16, 1999 at 22:25
Brian
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As a home theater installer I have heard over 20 brands of inwalls. The best value that I have came across is Sonance, NHT, and SpeakerCraft. You will have to spend more for these than the "big name brands" (entry pairs start around $200) but you will not be disapointed with the quality. After all, if you put in bad inwalls it will be hard to replace them with a better brand if (which most likely they are) the holes are different sizes.

Brian
OP | Post 5 made on Friday December 17, 1999 at 14:01
Nathan Robinson
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I have a pair of Parasound CST-280A's installed in my set up. I use dipoles normally, but wanted some direct-radiating rears as well. I was limited by space so I chose in-walls.

Each 280A has an 8" woofer and a 1.5" voice coil with polycarbon cones and polyurethane surrounds. Installation is EASY. You just cut out a hole using the supplied template, put the speakers in there, screw down 6 screws that flip out "dog heads" to grab the wall, and tighten. They can be removed with ease at any time. There's even over .5" margain for error in cuttin the hole! Very easy. They also provide a small cut out to allow for an IR receiver to be installed in the speakers in case you want to aim your remotes at the speakers for system control. Very cool.

I'm really happy with the Parasounds. They're undoubtably made by another company. Visually they look identical to SpeakerCraft, both the grill and "under the hood". It would not surprise me in the least if they had the same drivers. They certainly look the same...

Anyway, the pair is around $450-$500US/pair.

Here's the product page:

[Link: parasound.com]
OP | Post 6 made on Wednesday December 22, 1999 at 23:12
paul
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Go for the SpeakerCraft speakers! They have a great range of prices and model's and they all sound great.
OP | Post 7 made on Saturday December 25, 1999 at 09:46
Mike M
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I use NHT in walls to match my NHT front, center and sub. I love them! I recently decided to convert an unusd room to a dedicated HT and will be using the inwalls as the mains for my living room. Just a sub and away we go!
OP | Post 8 made on Thursday December 30, 1999 at 04:47
n-vision
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The problem I have with high-end in-walls is that they are commonly used for background sound and at very low volume levels. As a custom installer for about the last 10 yrs, I have used almost every brand you can think of. I have found that most entry level models are virtually identical (many look as though they are built in the same factory) with the mid-line offering some sonic improvements. The top end can sound surprisingly good (my 2 favorites are B&W and MB Quart) My advice to you is to figure out what your usage is first, and then make sure you don't spend a wad of cash for speakers you will never really 'listen' to.


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