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In-wall speakers: staging? listening experiences? optimization targets?
- Thread starter Shefffield
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Looks pretty cool! Not sure what the fancy swirls infront of the woofer are though.
To stop you punching the driver I guess. I have all speakers behind a grill anyway.
I will soon replace the centre with an upside down C221 though. The height of the C222 is pushing the TV too high.
I should say so! And I thought I had a problem! Do you lower the LR to match??
No. I can’t localise the speakers. It feels like as if all sound comes from the large TV. I guess brain is fooled. When I listen to music, I only use the LR and it sounds like a normal stereo.
tuga
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Do you use them with subs?
Yes, I use two JBL SSW-3. They are only fed with the LFE channel.
tuga
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SCL-4 is an in wall speaker. Mine are normal speakers with relatively shallow enclosures.
I think JBL has been lazy for not producing centre speakers that are suitable for TV use. Their cinema range seems to be designed to be used behind a screen. When will they realise that when you can buy a 85" TV at Costco, the time has come for centre speakers to fit below the TV. There isn't a single centre speaker in their Cinema Range that is suitable for TV as the screen. Bonkers!
tuga
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Are they on-wall or free-standing?
I have a custom made ceiling-to-floor furniture unit that is built into a wide wall recess. It holds the LCR, the subwoofers, and the TV. Speakers are all flush with the furniture front, like in a sofit.
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It looks like I have completely missed the JBL Synthesis in-wall series. Stupid company splits their cinema range as Pro and Synthesis. Why? God knows! I will have some stern words with my dealer when he arrives tomorrow. Why hasn't he suggested these before?
Thanks to you I looked into the specs and found out that the model SCL-2 has a symmetrical horn. They even suggest the speakers to be mounted on their sides as well as upside down. This will allow me not only to be able to lower my TV but also align the speakers. I don't notice any issues but technically alignment should be better. It is possible that the low end may not go as far as with C22HP and I may have to use bass management. I have a Trinnov processor, hence that's not a problem. However, I hope I don't have to as I like simple signal paths.
The speakers are very shallow, less than half of the depth of C222HP. This means I can reduce the depth of my furniture and its visual impact to the room.
One more time: thank you!
But with the usual M-T-M horizontal compromises
I thought of that and asked JBL to send me the spinorama chart and the polar diagram. I will not spend almost £20K without having seen proof.
What in walls did you end up going with?
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