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My apologies for being the new guy and perhaps posting where it shouldn't be... any guidance is appreciated.
Problem: I have two young kids that mess with speakers/buttons/etc. Also, we just moved and I don't have a good place to house my turntable, etc.
Solution: I would like to build two wedge speakers, mounted near ceiling, to provide good listening experiences for multiple areas.
Primary Question for this forum: Does this even make sense, especially considering Priority Listening Area #1 (kitchen while cooking)? I feel like it's a lot of work for a potentially shit sound landscape.
Other Questions:Any other considerations I should have in the early planning stages?
Recommendations for speaker components, or shapes/plans?
FAQ Answers:• Yes, I have woodworking experience.
• Yes, I am cool with running cables from the ceiling and into walls.
• No, I don't have speaker building experience, but I am good with soldering, building, components.
• Yes, bookshelf speakers on a wall mount would work, but that's not much of a fun project.
Thanks!
Edits: 12/16/24Follow Ups:
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Situate the speakers centrally, around the halfway point in the long room.You could easily spin the speakers to point in any direction for best listening.
Shove them against the side walls when not in use, completely out of the way.
Move them out away from the side walls a couple of feet for "serious listening" and best imaging...
Sturdy small casters might require four short wood screws per wheel. The speaker cabinets would need to have panels that are least 3/4" thick, down there at the base.
Run the speaker cables neatly along the sidewalls to your component rack (near the large couch somewhere ?) .
Could be a very tidy arrangement.
Edits: 12/18/24
My family room is set up similar to what you're proposing with good results. I would recommend a nice 8" two way maybe Klipsch 9s and some EQ to tame any response issues.
I don't understand the magneplanar recommendations, as these tend to have narrow dispersion.
You want wide, even dispersion in both horizontal and vertical directions. I would look at coaxial designs.
Wow! You must have never owned Magneplanar speakers. Mine have an awesome soundstage with imagining that makes them completely disappear.
To each his own!
I have owned Maggies.
But as I understand the OP, he wants something that is not going to have huge changes in tonality when standing in the kitchen or sitting in the dining room. For that I'd recommend a speaker with wide horizontal and vertical dispersion.
Just a thought -- check out Ohm speakers. They are semi-omnidirectional which means they have a very wide radiation pattern. Further, the nature of their construction (driver inside a protective "hat" which is further inside a grill) makes them much more kid-proof than most other speakers. Finally, I love the way they sound.
my notion was similar to John's albeit perhaps a bit more practical. Maggies, yes but those that hang above the reach of small hands.
I use MC-1s as surrounds in the HT which is also our "kitchen radio". Dipoles project well in that shared space.
I'd recommend Magnepan 3.7i magnetic planar speakers located in the family room for listening from the sofa. Since these are dipole radiating speakers, you should get good sound in the kitchen, too. The speakers are represented by the red lines in the picture below. If you don't want to spend the money for the 3.7i speakers, there are less expensive models available, too. Check out the Magnepan website at the link below for less expensive 1.7i and 2.7i speakers
Edits: 12/15/24
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