burying Bose cubes in walls

leftwinger57
leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
edited April 2011 in Vintage Speakers
Hello again, I just need another opinion here of a practice of the co. I used to work for. We were primerily a high end alarm / security co. that branched out to become a Bose distributer. Now I've install the Lifestyle 30s and 50s and for some houses they were fine. For much bigger houses we installed these 3-room amps in the basement of most houses. These amps if you don't know look like car amps w/ the ability to handle 3 rooms and then be bonded to fit more amps depending on how much the customer wanted.
One customer did not want the cubes to show on a Lifestyle 50 system so we had to make an internal shelf to hide the cube to be covered by a common
flush type grill cover. Keep in mind all this work was pre-wired and then when they closed we finished up.
I don't know if any of you guys have heard of this technique and have an opinion either way. I am retired now and away from the co. for 9 yrs if that matters.......LW
2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E

H/T- Toshiba au40" flat- Yamaha RX- V665 avr- YSD-11 Dock- I-Pod- Klipsch #400HD Speaker set-

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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited April 2011
    I have heard of people doing this with all kinds of small bookshelf and mini speakers. At least until they started making in-wall speakers that actually sounded good.

    It is moot now with in-wall fronts, centers and subs that are designed to disappear into the aesthetics of the room and sound great doing it.

    I still prefer regular speakers so the compromise is not worth the sonic loss to me.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,420
    edited April 2011
    burying Bose cubes in walls


    I prefer burying them in the back yard...
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited April 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I prefer burying them in the back yard...

    You beat me to it !! :biggrin:
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited April 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I prefer burying them in the back yard...

    not worth the time spend with a shovel.

    and honestly any box speaker then placed into a wall will change the speakers performance. So normally its not recommended and to rather go with another type of inwall speaker.

    Also I don't think you can take the gril off the bose so you would have two grills then the speaker is playing through. Once again can change things...
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,420
    edited April 2011
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    not worth the time spend with a shovel.

    and honestly any box speaker then placed into a wall will change the speakers performance. So normally its not recommended and to rather go with another type of inwall speaker.

    Also I don't think you can take the gril off the bose so you would have two grills then the speaker is playing through. Once again can change things...

    I humbly disagree with all of the above, except the shovel part, as my dog will bury them for me.:biggrin:

    If you use MIT Oracles... http://www.mitcables.com/available-online/oracle-v3.3-speaker-cable.html


    ...these speakers really shine and sound better than any other speaker I have ever heard. It is actually beneficial to have two grills covering the speaker because otherwise they would sound so lifelike that your brain could not process the illusion and would turn to mush.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • slk55amg
    slk55amg Posts: 305
    edited April 2011
    I have a pair of Bose 301,s ( bought before I knew better) I plan on putting them in the fireplace on a cold evening, at least the room will be heated for an evening.......................................................
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited April 2011
    Thanks guys , remember this was not my idea, I did have bosses and the home owner
    always had the last say whether they were right. the boss would satisfy the customer for the sale.....LW
    2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E

    H/T- Toshiba au40" flat- Yamaha RX- V665 avr- YSD-11 Dock- I-Pod- Klipsch #400HD Speaker set-

    Bdrm- Nikko 6065 receiver- JBL -G-200s--Pioneer 305 headphones--Sony CE375-5 disc
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited April 2011
    :biggrin:....was going to say that the first three words of the title were appropriate without the rest....
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