NoCal NoBoat
06-22-2006, 09:49 AM
I don't want to jack the other HT thread, and I wouldn't presume to PM board members who don't know me. But there's a good group of people here who know their stuff, and I'd like to hear their ideas for this:
I moved into my family home about 18 months ago. My late mom bought the house from the original owner, who had it built around 1964-1965. He apparently had a few bucks, and had a carpenter/cabinet maker build him the 1960's version of the home entertainment center. Everything (Zenith 25 inch
TV - probably not the original), amp/tuner, turntable, Viking reel-to-reel, and two speakers were all installed in the wall between the living room and the laundry room. Later, he added a dual-deck cassette recorder and an 8 track player. Cabinet doors in the laundry room open up to give you full access to the back of the cabinets for wiring, maintenance, etc.
This week, my uncle was able to hook me up with a great carpenter, who was able to reconfigure things and get our Samsung big-screen into the wall.
He did a great job - it looks like the wall was originally built to house it.
I'm now inspired to finish a few more things. The speaker boxes (cubes) are approx 28Lx23Wx17Deep. Judging from other in-wall speakers in the house, I think he mounted 1-12" & 1-5" speaker to a plywood face and installed it flush in the wall. Then he covered it with grill cloth, and trimmed them out with picture molding to match the veneer.
The question is - what would you do for speakers ?
I'd like to keep the existing speaker boxes, cubes, whatever. They're a little high on the wall, not the best location, but I don't want to demo anything, other than to move out the old equipment. Put in modern bookshelf speakers that fit and recover the box or ???
I may keep the reel to reel just for a historical reference and conversation. I'm pretty sure it still works, though.
The living room is 21' long x 14' wide. Hardwood floors, big picture window,
sliding glass door, and rock fireplace. Looking to go in-ceiling with the surround speakers and new wire has recently been run.
This "wall of sound" has a kind of "Rat Pack" vibe to it, and the carpenters and decorator who've looked it over say "carefully update it, but keep it"
O/K, long read, but I appreciate your time and consideration. Tom
I moved into my family home about 18 months ago. My late mom bought the house from the original owner, who had it built around 1964-1965. He apparently had a few bucks, and had a carpenter/cabinet maker build him the 1960's version of the home entertainment center. Everything (Zenith 25 inch
TV - probably not the original), amp/tuner, turntable, Viking reel-to-reel, and two speakers were all installed in the wall between the living room and the laundry room. Later, he added a dual-deck cassette recorder and an 8 track player. Cabinet doors in the laundry room open up to give you full access to the back of the cabinets for wiring, maintenance, etc.
This week, my uncle was able to hook me up with a great carpenter, who was able to reconfigure things and get our Samsung big-screen into the wall.
He did a great job - it looks like the wall was originally built to house it.
I'm now inspired to finish a few more things. The speaker boxes (cubes) are approx 28Lx23Wx17Deep. Judging from other in-wall speakers in the house, I think he mounted 1-12" & 1-5" speaker to a plywood face and installed it flush in the wall. Then he covered it with grill cloth, and trimmed them out with picture molding to match the veneer.
The question is - what would you do for speakers ?
I'd like to keep the existing speaker boxes, cubes, whatever. They're a little high on the wall, not the best location, but I don't want to demo anything, other than to move out the old equipment. Put in modern bookshelf speakers that fit and recover the box or ???
I may keep the reel to reel just for a historical reference and conversation. I'm pretty sure it still works, though.
The living room is 21' long x 14' wide. Hardwood floors, big picture window,
sliding glass door, and rock fireplace. Looking to go in-ceiling with the surround speakers and new wire has recently been run.
This "wall of sound" has a kind of "Rat Pack" vibe to it, and the carpenters and decorator who've looked it over say "carefully update it, but keep it"
O/K, long read, but I appreciate your time and consideration. Tom