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First post. Sorry it's so long. I'm getting ready to build an entertainment center with room for a 46" plasma, left, right, and center speakers, and a limited number of components. I'm building the cabinet from scratch, but it needs to fit into a 6' wide space between a fireplace and an exterior wall. I've decided to also build the speakers that go into the cabinet. Since I've never done it before, of course I'll build a proven design. I think I've found most of the designs available, and I've entered a state of analysis paralysis.
As far as requirements go, the cabinet is going into a medium to large-sized room with dimensions of about 25' by 25' with 10' ceilings, but it opens up to other rooms with large doorways, half walls, and a wide hallway. So I think I'll need something big enough to fill a pretty large room with sound. The speakers will be going into a cabinet, which will be built flush with a fireplace, so I'm assuming I need to go with something that doesn't do any baffle step compensation. I'm currently using some cheap 6.5 inch in-ceiling speakers that I'm sharing with a multi-room audio system as surrounds. I'll be using a Denon AVR-1909, so either 4-ohm or 8-ohm impedance should be fine. The music to movie ratio will be about 60-40.
I have a cheap Yamaha subwoofer outside the cabinet that I'll replace sooner or later, so I'm okay with using a reasonable MTM design, and I'll fill in the low-end with the sub. But I'd like them to go as low as reasonably possible, so I think I'd prefer a vented enclosure or transmission line if possible. I can fit some relatively large speakers into the cabinets (as big as 10" or 11" by 50" by 18").
So with all that being said, I've considered the Zaph ZA5 in-walls, Aviatrix, Statement Monitors, GR-Research AV/2 or AV/3, In-Khan-Neato, NatalieP in-walls, 3 pi's, and Sietecerocero. I was just about to pull the trigger on ZA5 in-walls because they appear to be the best fit and value, and then went back and looked one last time at the In-Khan-Neato's and NatialieP's. And that led to another look at the Statement Mini's (because I have enough room for them), but redesigning the crossover is way beyond my beginner knowledge. And they'd probably be overkill. So I guess the question is: how to choose?
Jeff
As far as requirements go, the cabinet is going into a medium to large-sized room with dimensions of about 25' by 25' with 10' ceilings, but it opens up to other rooms with large doorways, half walls, and a wide hallway. So I think I'll need something big enough to fill a pretty large room with sound. The speakers will be going into a cabinet, which will be built flush with a fireplace, so I'm assuming I need to go with something that doesn't do any baffle step compensation. I'm currently using some cheap 6.5 inch in-ceiling speakers that I'm sharing with a multi-room audio system as surrounds. I'll be using a Denon AVR-1909, so either 4-ohm or 8-ohm impedance should be fine. The music to movie ratio will be about 60-40.
I have a cheap Yamaha subwoofer outside the cabinet that I'll replace sooner or later, so I'm okay with using a reasonable MTM design, and I'll fill in the low-end with the sub. But I'd like them to go as low as reasonably possible, so I think I'd prefer a vented enclosure or transmission line if possible. I can fit some relatively large speakers into the cabinets (as big as 10" or 11" by 50" by 18").
So with all that being said, I've considered the Zaph ZA5 in-walls, Aviatrix, Statement Monitors, GR-Research AV/2 or AV/3, In-Khan-Neato, NatalieP in-walls, 3 pi's, and Sietecerocero. I was just about to pull the trigger on ZA5 in-walls because they appear to be the best fit and value, and then went back and looked one last time at the In-Khan-Neato's and NatialieP's. And that led to another look at the Statement Mini's (because I have enough room for them), but redesigning the crossover is way beyond my beginner knowledge. And they'd probably be overkill. So I guess the question is: how to choose?
Jeff
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