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Dan Thomas
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In
Wall Speaker Systems
The first thing to do is make a decision on which rooms you want to place
your in wall speakers and if they should be in-wall or in-ceiling speakers.
In-wall speakers have a better quality of sound than in-ceiling speakers
but they are harder to integrate into the room and they also take up valuable
wall space that you could use for art or furniture.
In-Ceiling speaker systems tend to be round and are much easy to hide or
have blend in to your room. Another good point is round speakers have
coaxially located drivers. You are the same distance from the speakers no
matter where in the room you are. Being the same distance gives you an even
frequency through out the whole room.
Try keeping you speakers about 2 feet from any adjacent walls. Your in-wall
speakers are best at ear level or at least close to ear level. In-ceiling
speakers should be symmetrical with your other ceiling fixtures such as
lights, fans etc.
Most in-wall in-ceiling speaker systems come in stereo pairs. But if you
don't like the way one plays only the left channel you can try to sum the
signals into mono. The mono approach will give you a more uniform coverage.
There are dual voice coils but if you are going to sum the mono signals the
single voice coil works the best.
You will need multi room speakers to set up a multi zone system A multi
zone system means you can have 3 different sources of music in 3 different
areas.
You may want to consider having a volume control in each room so that you
can increase, decrease, or shut off the speakers in any room. The come in
round knobs and sliders and will give you complete control for each room.
Multi zone systems are more expensive and are usually controlled by some
type of remote control or wall mounted touch screen or key pad.
