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Here's some photos of the living room, where I'd want the TV space. I'm considering pulling the whole fire bit out when I get the boiler changed and possibly having that as the TV space
Opportunity for in ceiling/wall speakers; Advice?
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The cupboard? There's a hot water tank, which will be removed when I change boiler
I would fill the door in on the front....create a small door on the side and house all av gear in the cupboard out of sight..
Get rid of the fireplace...mount the TV and put the in wall speakers in place...
easy install....I had to get my mate with a diamond saw to come and cut holes in breeze block for my in walls speakers !
I’ll post a pic of my setup in a bit...I’ve upgraded my in walls anyway so I need to update my thread...
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Sounds a reasonable use of the space
I had considered tucking everything in the cupboard in bedroom 3? Is that just going to cause me problems running cables /controlling things?
I had considered tucking everything in the cupboard in bedroom 3? Is that just going to cause me problems running cables /controlling things?
No point if you have that central cupboard...all the cables could route back to there centrally..
TVs look cool on a wall with nothing underneath them...no wires, no boxes....no cabinets just a centre in wall speaker
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Well, It was one of the considerations for the new boiler haha
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So, if I go with fireplace goes, TV there, cabinet for the equipment etc.
As there is a window to the right, what would the best plan be for the rest of the speakers? Would in ceiling ones be good? Or is that just a fad when going for surround sound?
As there is a window to the right, what would the best plan be for the rest of the speakers? Would in ceiling ones be good? Or is that just a fad when going for surround sound?
Depends if you go the Atmos route...
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Well I suppose I need to know the options
Atmos the dolby solution I assume?
Atmos the dolby solution I assume?
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Right, had a wee read
So 5.1.2 sounds my thing I think for the TV space. Atmos sounds nice haha
Now would the rears being mounted in the wall be reasonable? Ideally I'd like everything as unobtrusive as possible, but front right and left being bookshelf /free standing sounds fine.
So, if I had that, then 2 speakers in my kitchen ceiling for general music, and ideally another 2 in the small bedroom (gym)
Could I drive that all from one unit in the living room, or am I looking at pre amps at this stage? Or is that all down to speaker choice?
So 5.1.2 sounds my thing I think for the TV space. Atmos sounds nice haha
Now would the rears being mounted in the wall be reasonable? Ideally I'd like everything as unobtrusive as possible, but front right and left being bookshelf /free standing sounds fine.
So, if I had that, then 2 speakers in my kitchen ceiling for general music, and ideally another 2 in the small bedroom (gym)
Could I drive that all from one unit in the living room, or am I looking at pre amps at this stage? Or is that all down to speaker choice?
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I was only thinking about:
1. whether the chimney stack was wide enough for the side speakers
2. if I could actually cut into the brick
1. whether the chimney stack was wide enough for the side speakers
2. if I could actually cut into the brick