Cover holes left after removing wall-mounted surround-sound speakers?
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Comments (15)Thank you for all your responses and to anyone who checks back and reads further... I tried my best to make that brief but it was so long, and yet theres more I want to say after reading some responses! jakuvall...I appreciate your response, I too don't think the KD would suggest him if he was not trustworthy, she spoke really highly of him. And I assume, and its too early to tell, he had a plan for those soffits...do you mind telling me some solutions you have used? I know that all the plumbing for our 2 upstairs bathrooms is housed in those soffits. And a heating duct going into an upstairs bathroom runs through it too. However. As a KD Im sure your opinion of him might change if you hear that in my conversation with him, he was making it clear that even if I don't hire the KD who referred him to me, he'd still do the job, in fact he told me of another cabinet supplier who will be cheaper, pointing out she has a big markup on her cabinets to pay for her interior design expertise. So...is that a huge no no?! I would feel horrible hiring him if I don't use the KD. However, I was thinking about it because once I get some estimates, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to afford the luxury of a true KD/interior designer. I'm thinking I'm going to be relying on the wonderful GW and hopefully a decent cabinet place to come up with the best layout. Haha, as I write it, he sounds like a real jerk, but I swear I don't think he is. And, as for contractor "A", I cant help but wonder if he's being so thorough bc Im asking him to do stuff hes not sure how to do. I have this in my head, because when he first looked in those soffits he had a look like, ohhhhh crap. Afraid he was going to tell me we couldn't remove them, I instantly pulled up a picture I have showing my neighbors identical kitchen where they recently had them removed. He looked at the picture and then realized what they did was build the wall out a few inches to deal with all the pipes. So, now that became his solution. I cannot help it, I am overly cynical of people, but I wonder if I hadn't shown him that if he'd have even come up with a plan. I really didn't give him much of a chance to arrive at a solution but I watched his face as he "learned" what to do by looking at the picture. So, all his other careful investigating makes me wonder. Is he seeing all the duct work inside my load bearing walls that I want cut down and thinking to himself ohhhh crap?! Or is he just looking close because he knows more than most what to look for and what to be prepared for. Uggh, this is stupid, after writing it out I think its obvious I just need to get 3rd and 4th opinions. great, then I can scrutinize and obsess over every single thing they say too and find any reason I can find to not trust them too and then this project will never get started! OK, thanks for letting me ramble and vent. :-/...See MoreCan I see your room with surround sound?
Comments (11)We have the "black bats" in our gathering room too, which is where the television is located. When my husband talked of installing the surround system, we looked at some of the new ones on the market. I really liked the Sony system, where the speakers are slightly larger than silver dollars. The sound quality was not that great. The Bose systems weren't either, unless you went in the 2K range, which we were not willing to do. We looked at the wall installed speakers, but neither one of us wanted to cut large holes in the walls when later we might want to change out the speakers. My DH and I discuss all the improvements and even decor together. In only two rooms of our home however, do his desires carry more weight than mine-the office and our gathering room. I get my way in the rest of the house because he trusts my opinion and is pleased with the choices I've made. I nixed a television in our formal living room and the master bedroom. I sometimes gave him choices among the fabrics and furniture in our home; knowing no matter which he chose, I would love either one because I had found them first. However, in the office he puts whatever he wants on the walls. I chose the fabric for the daybed and drapes, and the bookcase. We chose the file cabinet together, and we are still looking for a new desk that fits our decor but is what he likes best. (and I am the one who works from home!) In the gathering room he chose the television (52" flat screen) and I furnished the rest of the room as I wanted. So...to make a long story short, he got his way on the surround system. The speakers look exactly like yours except the center speaker is mounted below the flat screen on the wall. I also wanted to think about getting new white ones, but they looked cheap to us. We decided to stay with the Polk Audio black ones we already owned on our light neutral walls with white crown molding. When he first put them up, I didn't like them at all. But I loved my husband more, and guess what? Now that they've been up a little over a month, I really don't pay that much attention to them any more. You may very well find the same thing for you, once you stop looking at them all the time (my eyes were always drawn to them in the beginning). Our room is only 12x12, no where near as large as yours appears. Like Parma said, surround sound is important to us, for watching films as well as college football. We chose the quality of sound over the look. It's what works for us, but each person is different. Once you get your room decorated as you like it, you may find you don't mind the speakers as much as you do now. Since he bought the television and mounted the speakers while he was home for 20 days of leave (first in a year), the wires are still hanging down from where he tested the system. I'll REALLY love it once the electrician runs the wires and moves the component equipment to the back corner of the room! LOL Hope this......See MoreHow to make surround sound speakers less lame looking
Comments (21)Beagles - I think we had that before as well. TV was smaller though so it fit the length perfectly. I think our TV is also a 70" - the true measurements are 37 1/2" x 65 13/16". Yours looks nicer than I think ours would (being unevenly matched in width) because you have the cabinet to define the boundaries, plus the shadows help. I will have to look around for side speakers like RoseAbbey has - if they match the height, I could definitely accept that. Homepro, thanks for the link. Those would be OK, again, ideally if it's the right length....See Moreceiling speakers
Comments (5)If installing a TV, spec out your TV size, determine vert. & horiz lengths, pull a wire left & right and center (above or below TV depending on TV location, fireplace, etc.). Leave extra wire so you can decide on whether or not you want in-wall or "on-wall" speakers. For "in-ceiling" LCRs, space accordingly in reference to your TV center. Install left and right in-ceiling or in-wall surrounds in reference to your seating area. Without knowing the layout of your room, I can't specify exact distances, the above are just generalities and are based upon a installing a flat panel TV, not a projection screen. Sub-woofer placement - although low frequencies are omni-directional, they always have a "sweet spot" - to be on the safe side, for powered subs, pull two RG6 cables, far left & right corner front of room. Also, maybe pull two 14/2 wires in the event you're using an in-wall mono-sub with an external amp. This will allow you to use either location for the best placement of sub. Two subs are always better but not always needed. make sure the contractor installs AC receptacles in these areas as well. Room aesthetics are most certainly are a factor - know where the furniture is being placed. There are also wireless options if things get rough and go south after the fact - Sunfire makes a decent wireless sub kit if you have to go that route. There are lots of others options to consider for speakers such as installing "back' speakers for 7.1, Dolby Atmos front height speakers, it all depends upon your final design. And yes #16 wire will work, but have your contractor pull at least #14 speaker wire. Don't forget a few CAT6 wires (for HDMI extenders if needed, network data & control) behind the TV. A dedicated media closet would be nice for your components, but a quality low profile audio cabinet will work fine - such as Salamander Design. Pre-wire as much as you can - pre-wiring is cheaper than opening up walls later on - it's all up to you. Plan the work, work the plan. -FP...See MoreRelated Professionals
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