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hi, I'm getting ready to revamp the bass traps in the corners of my studio. Currently they are 4'wide by 2' deep. It was recommended by my audio consultant that I install the mackie speakers in the actual bass traps, and I am considering doing it. I will eventually get a better set of speakers but I was wondering if the AA committee had any ideas or opinions regarding installing speakers in walls like that.
I'm pretty happy with the room acoustics, It is already pretty flat as-is. I have been using a pair of stacked advents for monitoring a realistic home stereo bass response.
the oher option is that I could revamp the room to have all three sets of speakers up there, with the advents off to the sides then the mackies (or future meyer hd-1's) then the ns-10's.
ideas?
Cheers
keny
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The best in-walls I have ever heard
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DanL
As far as replacement speakers go, I am a big fan of pro horn systems. A good 15" (preferably in a 6th order bass reflex design), along with a good midrange compression driver, such as the JBL 2446, and a horn loaded tweeter, would be the best in a studio monitor. Bi-amp them, and equalize them for your room. A pair of those built into the wall would be a first class monitor. There are other drivers that are less expensive than the JBL that also work great (such as Selenium), if budget is a concern.
yeah, thats pretty much the plan but it seems like a huge project, and i'm trying to get my bearing by doing something to hold me off in the meantime - so when I DO do that, it kicks all ass.
I don't really know what I want in there because I am new to the in-wall studio stuff. I don't have experience with biamped speakers, so i need a clue to know whats good and not good, before I make any sort of decision on what to do.
As for products to buy, I'd rather build and install it myself, as that is who I am by definition. Then again, without the experience, I don't know if my first biamp design should be my own recording studio mains.
So i guess that leaves me with these thoughts:
1. I need recommendations for basic level products to check out that serve this purpose. (designed for a quick solution, not to expensive, to hold me off, perhaps 1 - 2 grand?) - maybe I can buy some cheaper products and just hack and modify to improve on the basic design.
then
2. I need some sort of recommendations for literature to read regarding those types of systems from the basic consumer level all they way to the design level.
Thanks again for helping me figure out what i need to do...
Looking at the picture again, it seems the Mackies are farther away than I first thought. Near fields want to be closer to you than that, for best results.
The speakers are the 'old mackies' which was before they started using the cheap stuff inside. (824 series, not the smaller 624 series nearfields) The speaker manual suggests they are designed to be installed in a relatively large room. I do intend to replace them, so I want something that is more appropriate to the room.
I like the ns-10's where they are I actually spread them out a bit to get the phase right and a bigger image. I'm either going to get a larger monitor for where they are or install something cool in the wall behind them. (preferred)
I'm definitely disgusted with the way they sound where they are, thats for sure. I'll try and move them in (out from the wall and closer to center) a few inches and see what it does.
(and I'm in the process of designing an attenuator to replace that stupid giant volume knob under the cpu monitor)
I thought both the Mackies and the Yamahas were designed as near field monitors. If so, leave them where they are.
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