School bus / Tiny Home Speaker Recommendation?


Hey there,

 

I’m wondering if anyone has recommendations for speakers that are no bigger than 8 or 9 inches deep as I’m worried if it’s bigger than that, I’ll hit my head on them from my bed!

 

I’ve spent the last year building out my own tiny home in a school bus and have been trying to figure out what speakers to put in.

 

The setup: I have an 13 foot by 9 foot bedroom / living room where I have run speaker wire to have speakers on each corner of the living room (4 speakers) and 2 additional speakers up front near the drivers seat. I’ll also have a subwoofer installed somewhere. Though I don’t know which yet.

 

I’ve done a lot of research and after days of googling I feel more clueless than I did when I started - so I’m posting my first post here.

 

Thank you!!

theraisin

For tiny installations I recommend the SVS 300 micro subwoofer.

The KEF is the only slightly smaller decent one at double the price and no remote app for setup.

Can't rec small speakers as the ones I like are unavailable.

I’ve really got no recommendations, but just want to say how cool that is. I’d like to see some pics if you are so inclined.

 

 

I've been considering building a tinny home and this exact issue has been on my thoughts, as most tinny homes are no wider then 8" its hard to plan out a listening space. my conclusions are if you want the proper spatial q's, sound stage, etc. you need to go near field or have the room optimized acoustically. just about any smaller stand mounts should work fine. adding a sub for bass if you need it, note you may also use a sub to help with room nodes. 

the biggest thing to consider is room acoustic treatment to optimize room interaction. with that you can get a surprisingly large speaker in that space. bass is a concern too much will be noticeable. one other thing to consider is many tinny homes are all open so its actually a larger space to fill then you may at first consider.  its the width that is the limiting factor for most tinny homes. 

Personally I've decided to go wider with my build probably 10-12" so i wont be able to tow it as easily but I'll gain in listening space size. 

I'd recommend you use one of the room acoustic companies room size calculators ( GIK has one i believe)  and see what can fit in your space and where you may need room treatment. most of these are free to use.