Premade Speaker boxes

[rudee]

ok i need some advice- I need surrounds- after spending many months building a dedicated HT room i have wired for two rear sides, two rear back wall and two rear centers. I have already taken care of the rear centers with inwalls- this was the best "fit" for the placement. Now i have no will to cut/build/finish some diy speakers for the rears- i am spent! What i would like is some advice on pre assembled enclosures- drivers, tweets and assembled crossover for the surrounds that would not break the bank.
I have looked at the parts express cabs and could handle the assembly but would rather not-
oh i would like to do bipole for the wall rears and direct for the sides.

ANY advice would be appreciated!

rudee

[ThomasW]

The nicest boxes are made by Woodstyle and are available from Madisound. Although they don't make a box suitable for a dipole.

http://www.madisound.com/woodstyle.html

If you're doing a 6.1/7.1 system, dipoles wouldn't seem very desirable.




theAudioWorx
Klone-Audio

[rudee]

Thomas-
Thanks for the link- the boxes look good and are a good price-
Could you recommend some decent components with a specific enclosure based on your experience?
Here's what i would like to do- I have a pair of Klipsch Chorus II's that i will use for mains and a Klipsch KV2 that i will use for a center- for now that is. I would like to "put together" 2 rear sides, two rear walls and a center for now. I would like to use the same components all the way around and replace the chorus II's later with the same center- video is fp so a vertical center is possible if it's not too high- say under 20".
LFE is a Tempest and i also have an M&K v90 sub if that helps in factoring. The dedicated room is 20Wx25Lx8H. Power provided by 2 Yamaha M60's and 2 M50's.

$$ is an object since this room has cost more than planned and the kids expect Santa to bring more than a few wooden boxes :-)

Anything come to mind??

rudee

[ThomasW]

rudee

I'm afraid that timbre matching the Klipsch Chorus going to be very very difficult, unless you go with a Klipsch product. I don't know the cost of the newer Klipsch in-wall speakers. But you might consider using the in-wall units mounted in a box.

Now if timbre matching isn't important, then anyones 6" 2-way kit would probably be fine. Madisound, Zalytron, Speaker City, all have pretty good 6" 2-way kits




theAudioWorx
Klone-Audio

[rudee]

Thanks Thomas- I think i'm going to try the Home Theater Direct Level III's and see how they perform- seems to be a lot of bang for the buck and i just don't have the time to start another project. If you have any knowledge of the HTD's please share if you can.

Thanks for the info-
rudee

[ThomasW]

Hi

I don't know anything about those. Hank Frankenberg likes their speakers. That's a pretty good recommendation




theAudioWorx
Klone-Audio