NEW IDEA FOR HOME AUDIO

[Godsmack 361]

Jusat had this run across my kind and now I think it may have already been done numerous times.

Flush mount the speakers into the wall and hang paintings over it........Make people ask "why is your oil reproduction of the Mona Lisa singing "When Skin Turns blue by SFU"?

Is this the dumbest idea ever, one thats been around for AGES and I was too stupid to realize it, or new idea and a damn good one?

J

[ramos 2]

IF you were to have the paintings painted on some grill cloth or other acoustically transparent material it would be pretty cool . But I bet canvas blocks the sound , and god knows people running glowing amplifiers wouldn't have that chit lol

[///M5 2,833]

Why not behind an acoustically transparent movie screen with changing pictures on it?

[Robert_J 0]

I've seen the idea pop up a few times over the last 10 or 15 years. It never catches on though. Art is very personal. My tastes may not match yours. That means the company doing this must have a huge selection. Second, in-wall speakers are not the most popular. Famous paintings that would be popular require licensing agreements. Huge selection and low popularity of the speaker means you can't get large volume price breaks from a factory or reach economies of scale if you are producing the product yourself. Even though you use some type of acoustically transparent cloth, it still has an effect on the sound. By adding multiple layers of paint via a silk screening process would just block more of the the highs. In fact, to get proper sound reproduction, you should not use a speaker grill at all.

Good idea that has failed numerous times.

-Robert

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Anyone have some grill cloth and some paint to try it out?

[JimJ 11]

Maybe for someone who really can't stand looking at speakers, but...

There are a lot of good speaker designs that require distance from walls. Putting the speakers in the walls also kills any chance of easily adjusting toe-in, although you could experiment and then finalize it.

Besides, what's wrong at looking at speakers in the first place?

and god knows people running glowing amplifiers wouldn't have that chit lol

[sundownz 197]

Nick @ SI sells "invisible speakers" that go behind your drywall and excite the entire wall to act as a speaker... he installs them along with projector screens and will mount them behind the screen. Great for movies so the voices actually come FROM the screen itself

[mrray13 30]

i see a glow bug junkie reading this...

* awaits jim's response*

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[mrray13 30]

wow, was i slow...

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[JimJ 11]

Nick @ SI sells "invisible speakers" that go behind your drywall and excite the entire wall to act as a speaker... he installs them along with projector screens and will mount them behind the screen. Great for movies so the voices actually come FROM the screen itself

That's how the big Altec Voice of the Theater cabinets were used, three set up behind the screen...sure, the screen attenuated the treble somewhat, but when the horns are 113-115dB/W sensitive anyway, it's acting like a big EQ