Shefffield
Member
Hello forum,
I'm working on a concept for my next digital DIY speaker. Based on recommendations and listening experience from a friend I am leaning towards an in-wall design.
I aim for highest acoustic quality and don't care much about looks or practical issues. For crossovers, filtering and time alignment I use a gidital suite: www.acourate.com by Dr Uli Brüggemann. This software is already driving my current DIY system (see avatar), so I can just reuse the DAC and amps setup. The main question right now is the general concept and the driver selection.
In trying to avoid early reflections there are only two realistic options: get away from rear and side walls, or merge into the rear wall. The latter makes a system inflexible, but it has inherent benefits.
A major question that I would like to have answered by a more numerous jury is how an in-wall system reproduces the 'staging' or 'room' of a recording. A German DIY hifi magazine developped two speakers some 15 years ago with identical drivers (a fullrange and a woofer), crossed over at the same frequency, one built into a very small tower, the other into a 45 cm wide one. Both got specific passive XOs for flat responses on axis. Measurements looked rather similar for both. However, the listening review stated that the narrow speakers had a narrower, but more precise and deeper 'stage', while the wide speakers had a wider, more opulent, but also flatter and less precise 'stage'.
Can anybody chime in with first-hand listening experience of properly done in-wall speakers?
Cheers,
Axel
I'm working on a concept for my next digital DIY speaker. Based on recommendations and listening experience from a friend I am leaning towards an in-wall design.
I aim for highest acoustic quality and don't care much about looks or practical issues. For crossovers, filtering and time alignment I use a gidital suite: www.acourate.com by Dr Uli Brüggemann. This software is already driving my current DIY system (see avatar), so I can just reuse the DAC and amps setup. The main question right now is the general concept and the driver selection.
In trying to avoid early reflections there are only two realistic options: get away from rear and side walls, or merge into the rear wall. The latter makes a system inflexible, but it has inherent benefits.
A major question that I would like to have answered by a more numerous jury is how an in-wall system reproduces the 'staging' or 'room' of a recording. A German DIY hifi magazine developped two speakers some 15 years ago with identical drivers (a fullrange and a woofer), crossed over at the same frequency, one built into a very small tower, the other into a 45 cm wide one. Both got specific passive XOs for flat responses on axis. Measurements looked rather similar for both. However, the listening review stated that the narrow speakers had a narrower, but more precise and deeper 'stage', while the wide speakers had a wider, more opulent, but also flatter and less precise 'stage'.
Can anybody chime in with first-hand listening experience of properly done in-wall speakers?
Cheers,
Axel