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By *lassy pair OP Couple
over a year ago
Greenwich London |
We are refurbishing our kitchen living room to make it open plan, we decided to put a ceiling speakers and just found out each speakers cost £220 for good one kef ci160QR and middle range aqustic cost £100
Really
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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago
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Ceiling speakers mean you'll be tied in to the placement of the speakers as soon as you start to cut holes.
Have you thought about flat panel? They're discreet and you can upgrade in a few years if needed without hassle. looking around quickly the Kef T series is wall mountable and offers wireless connectivity via a universal hub |
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I don't think the sound coming down from the ceiling will be that good. Better for your listening experience to have the sound at ear level - why not have them built in to a couple of fake cupboards? |
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Ceiling speakers are for people who don't care about audio quality, channel separation and so on.
Sure, they have their place and usage, but make very sure that you are not someone who cares about audio qiality before you go to the trouble and expense.
You do not *have* to have two phone box size speakers with 18" reflex drivers dominating your room to get decent sound, quite small upper range or flat panel (as another poster suggested) speakers combined with a discrete subwoofer can be very clean and minimalist.
Speakers in celings can also lead to all sorts of resonation and transmission issues, think car steroes that sound great from the inside but bloody awful with rattling body panels from the outside.
One of the best ones I have seen was a pair of flat panel speakers disguised as artwork on the walls, you genuinely had no idea what they were until the music came on. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I did my own last year didn't go top of the range but stuck to quality car speakers and put in Bluetooth amp so kept it as wireless as possible plus play my music from most devices and from my computer |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My friend got a wireless new speaker last year, it is about the size of a can. Once you decide where you want to put it, you have to walk around the room with your mobile, telling it where all the corners are, and if possible where the roof is.
It then does some fancy calculation on its'surroundings to ensure it doesn't echo, or play to dead surfaces etc.
I have to admit, i have never heard anything close to the sound quality that comes off this. He throws his music from his phone onto it.
We kept stopping and looking at it, as we couldn't believe that the sound and quality was coming from this tiny speaker.
I don't know if it would be able to carry a thrash metal tune quite as well, but certainly impressive.
Also portable, but needs set up for best results any time you move it. (From room to room, not for dusting)
I can't remember what it is called, but if you are interested pm me and i'll find out.
(It was about £200)
It is very unobtrusive, and discrete.
I can't recommend it enough. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My friend got a wireless new speaker last year, it is about the size of a can. Once you decide where you want to put it, you have to walk around the room with your mobile, telling it where all the corners are, and if possible where the roof is.
It then does some fancy calculation on its'surroundings to ensure it doesn't echo, or play to dead surfaces etc.
I have to admit, i have never heard anything close to the sound quality that comes off this. He throws his music from his phone onto it.
We kept stopping and looking at it, as we couldn't believe that the sound and quality was coming from this tiny speaker.
I don't know if it would be able to carry a thrash metal tune quite as well, but certainly impressive.
Also portable, but needs set up for best results any time you move it. (From room to room, not for dusting)
I can't remember what it is called, but if you are interested pm me and i'll find out.
(It was about £200)
It is very unobtrusive, and discrete.
I can't recommend it enough. "
To be honest ceiling speakers are are pretty ALLHAT these days. If you want localised quality from a piece of audioequipment then I would suggest something from the Bang and Olufsen range which although expensive is excellent quality, wireless and more and portable. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ceiling speakers are good in the bathroom, but seriously would not recomend them anywhere else.
speaker tech. has come a long way for great sound from small devices, and is moving further in the wireless / Bluetooth options, you are best keeping options open. |
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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago
a quandary, could you change my mind? |
Do you have a local audio store with a sound room, go and see what is on offer.
So many brilliant sounding speaker types out there now. Am impressed with some of the soundbar systems.
I'm never sure about Bluetooth / WiFi for speakers because of time lag so prefer hardwire (but they must be good due to the number available as whole house systems, spent an hour or two  in John Lewis yesterday looking at various speakers / set ups) |
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