Thiel Owners

Happy Friday- All

Hey all, I’m in the process of building a new retirement home and have two Thiel Powerplane 1.2 in wall speakers that I want to install to use in a two channel system. I read the Thiel owners/instruction manual which states that you don’t just want to mount them to drywall alone due to vibration possibility. I contacted Rob Gillum and purchased two metal support templates that fit between 16” center wall studs. Looks like a good solution for support and so that the drywall people can cut the correct hole. 
I guess my concern is that the studs are 2x4’s which in reality are 3.5 inches wide and the speaker dimension for depth is 3 and 7/8. Now, the drywall itself is a half inch which should bring the width to 4 inches. It’s cutting it close, but my assumption is that it should fit….anybody out there that has mounted these and can validate? 
I plan to do a “dry fit” before running speaker wire, but thought I would ask.

cawgijoe

Good to see you here again.  Stay tuned until one of our Power plane experts chimes in to address your query. We have a few fans/owners of the PP on The Panel.

What other gear are you planning for your retirement home? Feel free to post and save pics for a Virtual Systems page. That would be very educational.

Happy Listening!

cawgijoe,

I installed PowerPlene 1.2 speakers in a conventional 2x4 wall cavity (studs 16" o.c.) without problem, though my sheetrock was 5/8" thick, not 1/2". Long dimension of the speakers are parallel to the studs. I don't think the additional 1/8" is a big deal but YMMV. They've been installed since 2016 without problem.

Good luck!

rojacob,

Speakers will be horizontal. I went over and measured today. I will have 1/8 inch clearance. So it will work. 
Need to figure out how to post pics.

Thanks!