A kitchen refit means that my existing Mission wall-mounted
speakers, which I feed from my hi-fi via a speaker switch box,
are too large.

Has anybody had good experience with either ceiling, or very
small wall-mount speakers? A sub-woofer is out of the question,
by the way.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon wrote:
A kitchen refit means that my existing Mission wall-mounted
speakers, which I feed from my hi-fi via a speaker switch box,
are too large.

Has anybody had good experience with either ceiling, or very
small wall-mount speakers? A sub-woofer is out of the question,
by the way.

I've got ceiling speakers in the bathroom. Came from CPC - but not sure if
they're still available. They're single 8" units and came with 100v line
transformers which I removed. Driven with their own amp (home made) which
I eq'd to get the best from them. No shortage of 'bass' from an infinite
baffle, though. Sound quite reasonable - far better than the average
portable.

If I were doing it again I'd probably go for these:-

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Aerials_Index/Loud_Speakers_Wall/index.html

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Chris J Dixon wrote:

Has anybody had good experience with either ceiling, or very
small wall-mount speakers? A sub-woofer is out of the question,
by the way.

I've got A-Part 8" speakers fitted in my kitchen and bathroom
(distributed by Sennheiser I think). Got them at the Sound & Vision show
a couple of years back for £30 each (so £60 per pair), I think they're
normally around £50 per speaker. Co-axial design with a tweeter (sadly
not adjustable) in the centre.

Visually they blend in perfectly and sonically, while not full-blown
"hi-fi", they'll easily outperform your average kitchen ghetto blaster.

The kitchen speakers are driven from a Technics SU-VX500 amplifier, the
bathrooms from a Kenwood KA-3020SE. Because the ceiling is a less than
ideal place for speakers I've turned on the Loudness button on the
Technics amp and given a quarter turn of bass lift on the Kenwood.

Both amps are fed from their own Slim Devices Squeezebox 3. They'll go
pretty loud, won't distort below the pain threshold and most importantly
won't get covered in grease (in the kitchen) or water (in the bathroom).

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"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
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A kitchen refit means that my existing Mission wall-mounted
speakers, which I feed from my hi-fi via a speaker switch box,
are too large.

Has anybody had good experience with either ceiling, or very
small wall-mount speakers? A sub-woofer is out of the question,
by the way.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

I had very good results from KEF in-ceiling units a few years ago. Far
better than any small wall-mounted speakers, as essentially you are buying
just drive units and putting them into a ginormous infinite baffle box -
you sure won't need a sub!

Geoff MacK

Geoff Mackenzie wrote:

I had very good results from KEF in-ceiling units a few years ago. Far
better than any small wall-mounted speakers, as essentially you are buying
just drive units and putting them into a ginormous infinite baffle box -
you sure won't need a sub!

Thanks for that, those seem really good, and the Ci50 looks like
is should be barely noticeable.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.