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Dreaded wall unit

In order to purchase my stereo equipment I had to make an agreement with my wife. Stereo stuff is find as long as it can not be seen. I had a really nice wall unit made to order using my equipment dimensions to dictate design. Here is my quandry. The speaker monitors are inside an enclosure. The speaker mesh covers are removed and the face of the speakers are 1 inch behind custom speaker mesh plates that are attached to the face of the cabnet. Would lining the speaker enclosure with sound absorbing material make any difference in sound quality? If so what would I use? I was looking at Dynamat but it is designed for cars,is quite expensive,and looks lke aluminum foil. Any suggestions aside from removing the wall unit would be appreciated
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buconero117
2,311 posts
 
How about a different approach, Like a modified agreement. The speakers will never sound right in the cabinet, no matter what you do, not withstanding the suggestions being provided. See if she will agree to letting you take them out of the cabinet for listening purposes only. When not listening, they should be stored in your custom 'ark'. Be sure to get her to agree to a sub being a part of the deal.
shakeydeal
979 posts
 
Doesn't sound like much of an agreement to me. You have bigger problems than your stereo system......

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rwwear
2,873 posts
 
It's a sad situation for you.
hifitime
715 posts
 
It would be a lot better if you could bring the speakers out 1 inch to make them even with the front.This is causing a sound imaging problem.I don't know if yours could be front mounted like a regular speaker.That Dynamat material may be mostly for thin metal that a car is made of to get rid of the tinny metal resonance if its what I think it is.If the cabinet is thin and vibrating away,something like that may damping it some.There are speaker filler materials(the filling in pillows looks and feels real similar))that could dampen bass resonance problems. Fiberglass is used too,but not user friendly.I think moving the speakers out 1 inch for starters if possible would sound more open and natural.Here is the filler material link.>>[http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=260-330]
kencalgary
45 posts
 
I agree with Hifitime that the front of your speakers should be at least equal to the edge of your cabinet. If not you will get reflections off the edges that will distort the sound.
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