|   Ceiling Speaker Placement | andy07045
Apr 18, 2003 2:45 PM | | I want to put ceiling-speakers in my finished basement. The ceiling is 7 ft. high, and the room is 21' x 26'. How many speakers do I need, and how far apart should I space them? |
| re: Ceiling Speaker Placement | billdean
Apr 20, 2003 8:30 AM | | I'll tell you what I did -
I have an 18' x 23' room with 9' ceilings. TV and main/center speakers are on the shorter wall. Rears are in the ceiling, about 6' in from the back wall, and roughly in line with the placement of the fronts, from a side-to-side perspective. This puts the rears slightly behind the "listening position", knowing that in a family room, there will be numerous listening positions, depending upon furniture placement.
Since you have a 7' ceiling, I would definately try to get the inwalls slightly behind any chairs or sofas in that area. I would also not take the rears out wider than the placement of the the fronts.
If possible, stuff insulation in the cutout hole to make a "speaker cabinet" inside the wall. I used fiberglass batting and where the joist or subfloor was close, I glued 1" thick sheet style fiberglass insulation to the joist or subfloor - You can get it that's made for insulating water heaters - get the unbacked kind, w/out the foil. It makes a big difference in the tightness of the bass.
May want to also look at some inwalls that have radiating characteristics rather than a single direct facing tweeter, since the ceiling is low.
Another unsolicited tip is to try to timbre match the rears to the front/center, if you can. I'm using NHT 1.5's for fronts, an NHT AudioCenter One, and NHT 1.5 inwalls for rears. It's a perfect match. I think these NHT's are discontinued, but you may be able to match up some inwalls to what you already have, so that they are close in timbre.
WAF is high - In fact, inwalls in the ceiling in the only thing she would agree to.
Good luck - I would be interested in hearing what you try! |
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