Kman Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) My first plan was to purchase RF7-RC64 for my front three once my room is done. I don't have a false wall, so speakers will be exposed. no biggie. But was wondering if I could save some room up front and maybe have a cleaner appearance. So was wondering If I have some enclosures built along the side of screen instead that would house some RB81ii's instead. having the front portion enclosed with some black speaker cloth to hide the speakers. I saw these pics online and was wondering if would be a good idea or not. will it affect the sound quality of the speaker a lot you think. Or maybe just stick to my original plan? side note-not sure its relevant. room is 14.5 x 23, surrounds will be RS62II. rear surrounds will be same or maybe RB61iis (haven't decided yet). main part of ceiling is 10ft. with 8ft. Tre ceiling encompassing room. I don't have subwoofers or receiver/amp picked out as of yet. Edited November 5, 2015 by Kman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 If you're willing to EQ those, I'd actually recommend placing the speakers flush with a baffle, not a cavity like shown in the pictures. That cavity around the speaker will create a FR dip problem, even though it's lined with foam. Also note that baffle-mounted speakers don't behave the same as free-standing speakers - so the comment about "re-EQing" above isn't just there for effect - it's real. Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kman Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 yeah- figured the sound would suffer-even with the surrounding foam and the fact they are from ported. only way like you said would be to encase all three sides with some sort of fabric-like a lot of people do on their side columns in home theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Too bad you can't move the ports to the front. You might could re-plumb the ports around to the front baffle using a stiff tube the diameter of the port that's u-shaped--such as PVC fittings & pipe. The added length of the port will change the acoustic resistance, inductance, and phase a bit of the bass port, but it might be worth a try. It's cheap to try if you can find a reversible way to connect to the existing ports. Chris Edited November 5, 2015 by Chris A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzydog Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I would only build an enclosure to hide a speaker if it were a really big ugly speaker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I would leave them as is. You don't want a cavity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kman Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 seems like the amount of work to do this with little payoff ( besides aesthetics) won't be worth it then. only other option is build columns upfront and incorporate in-walls speakers. I think that would require even more work though- would have to build a box around them and surround box with column-since I cannot place them into screen (already boarded and plastered). Looks like I may stick to original plan-which isn't so bad I guess, just takes up a lot more room upfront. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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