tower speaker placement
I have a pair of rti 150 tower speakers. While I like them very much, placement is difficult due to their size. I'm starting a remodel project, building a wall of bookcases and cabinetry, and wonder about recessing the speakers into the wall. Is this a reasonable idea or would it be a mistake?
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Mistake....if you want speakers in the wall, and since your remodeling, why not just plan for some in-wall speakers and be done with it ? Putting a tower recessed into a wall will sound like poo.HT SYSTEM-
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Well.....I have the rti 150 speakers and don't really want to replace them with something else. Unfortunately they have a very large presence in the room and I'd like them to be less prominent.
I understand that placing them in a recess might not be optimal, but are there actions that I can take to minimize the damage and still get reasonably good results? -
In a word,no. The speakers need room to breathe for lack of a better term.If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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Who said anything about being 7 feet up?
oldcoyote, that's a bad idea all around. As suggested, if you want in-walls, buy in-walls.Political Correctness'.........defined
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can you test it first before commitment?
I find all this placement talk incredibly overblown. I've moved my towers all the way in the corner just to hear the difference and I could not. And the A7 is ported in the back. My sub.. I can detect difference but it's nothing earth shattering. Anyway.. I see that it's unpleasant to throw speakers that you already like and pay money for new.. so perhaps give it some kind of test and let us know?
Are these towers sealed or ported? If sealed.. you might be alright..I have found that tube based computers provide the best sound quality. ENIAC and MANIAC I offer a smooth, well defined and articulated sound unmatched by the current silicon based CPUs.
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can you test it first before commitment?
I find all this placement talk incredibly overblown. I've moved my towers all the way in the corner just to hear the difference and I could not. And the A7 is ported in the back. My sub.. I can detect difference but it's nothing earth shattering. Anyway.. I see that it's unpleasant to throw speakers that you already like and pay money for new.. so perhaps give it some kind of test and let us know?
Are these towers sealed or ported? If sealed.. you might be alright..
You may find it incredibly overblown but others don't,myself included. I do agree with you on the test run if it is possible. How about it oldcoyote, can you do some sort of simulation and get an idea of how it sounds to YOU? BTW, I still stand by my original post to this thread.If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money. -
The RTi 150 speakers are ported underneath with a gap of about 1.5 inches between the base of the speaker cabinet and the built in base. The speakers are 47 inches high and 16 inches. I was considering lining the sides of the enclosure with sound absorbing material and leaving a few inches airspace on the sides and back.
I can probably mock up something and test it out. That would be well worth the effort. In an earlier situation, I needed to have the speakers backs against the wall and put fabric behind them. It wasn't perfect but helped a lot and I wondered if the same technique couldn't be used on the sides as well. -
A further update on my thread:
I've spent a little time experimenting and have a comment on my preliminary findings. I mocked up a crude simulation of what my RTi 150 speakers might sound like against a wall in between bookcases/cabinets. I then compared the sound against a more ideal placement ( 3 feet from back, 2 feet from sidewalls) using a good jazz cd.
There was a definite change in the sound. Not sure I have the vocabulary to properly describe the difference, but the more ideal setup sounded clearer, more crisp. There seemed to be a "boomy" effect against the wall between cabinets. How significant the difference was, I'm not sure yet but it was noticeable. Also unclear was whether or not there are actions I could take to mitigate the problems in the potential setup.
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It's a road traveled by those before you and it doesn't work.Political Correctness'.........defined
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You place those speakers in an "inset" you're gonna end up with the boomiest bass ever. TIFWIW.Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
