In-ceiling speaker install

hochpt21
hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
edited February 2013 in Speakers
Hello all.

Just wanted to share a few pics of my RC80i in-ceiling speaker install project. This is in the basement area of our new house.

I was a little intimidated at first as I am fairly handy, but by no means a professional, but once I dug in...it actually turned out to be pretty fun, and very rewarding.

Here goes...

I got pretty lucky A) that there was drop ceiling and B) there were floor/ceiling joists that were perfectly spaced for the project.
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I took some 1"x8" boards and cut and nailed them to create a 'box' for the speaker.
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Next I stapled some insulation in said box.
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Then I attached some MDF to the ceiling tile to help support the weight of the speaker.
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Then I just slid that sucker back up in the ceiling and ran the speaker wire through the ceiling tiles to the back of the room where the AVR is.
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Hope you like...

Once we fix our little water pipe incident, I will post pics of the whole basement home theater project!
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2013
    Well done. I'm sure those will sound very nice.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited February 2013
    Nice, installed some inceilings myself and came to realize its was a very easy process. All in all it took me less than 1 hours to install and run wires.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited February 2013
    cool beans. Looks good.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    edited February 2013
    Very nice job well done!
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited February 2013
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Nice, installed some inceilings myself and came to realize its was a very easy process. All in all it took me less than 1 hours to install and run wires.

    Took me more than an hour, but wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I only got to enjoy them for about 5 min before the water pipe burst. I've since listened more and they sound really nice. Won't be able to fully calibrate until we get that pipe fixed soon.
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited February 2013
    Nice work Baller !!!
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