Anyone have any experience with in-wall speakers?

Thanks for the insight. This office is going to be for working at home. I am in the music business and have to listen often for work, make dubs, assemble track selections, send tracks on computer, etc. The room will be a bit of a pleasure room for listening late at night, etc. I just thought that if I could get reasonalble sound quality and save some space, it would be a good thing. I checked the threads and saw that others have recommended Snell, Triad, and James speakers. Since we are building the room I think I can get the stud spacing where I want. I am even thinking of putting my Mini-Utopias in the wall and upgrading my main system speakers.The good news is that we are re-doing the electric into the house and I am running 30 amp lines into the living room and the office.

I have heard good things about Thiel Powerpoints (on-wall) and Thiel Powerplanes (in-wall). Also, There are some great little speakers that are meant to be used with a computer. Monsoon makes a set-up that includes a pair of desk-top planar monitors and a matching subwoofer. Also, Apple sounsticks and complimentary subwoofer also sound excellent.

Don't get me wrong, these do not compare with a hi-end system, but they are great for use with a computer, and would not require a whole system of components. Good Luck,

If you like JM Labs, they have an in-wall speaker now. I have not heard it though.

The only in walls that I would consider are ones with cabinets/baffles. I wired up my whole house with nice in walls and got lots of bass problems (needed an equalizer for each room!) Too much, I'm living with boomy bass. The other problems are that in walls don't point at your listening position. Imaging can stink with in walls too.
Good Luck and happy listening.

I installed in walls for years. None of them, repeat NONE of them sound as good as a "box" speaker of 35% the cost in terms of tonal accuracy, soundstaging, bass performance (accurate, not just bass volume).

I echo the advice to build in-wall enclosures for whatever you ultimately choose, and suggest you do so with the input of the speaker manufacturer-- if it's a high end inwall they've been asked and have answered this question, or should at minimum be able to point you at an installer who can give you some pointers on real-world implementation of that model.

Contrary to most "box" speakers, response contouring switches on most inwalls, when properly implemented, are a good thing to help you deal with the nasty acoustics. Parasound also makes (or made) an affordable mini EQ suitable for insertion in a tape loop or between pre and amp with parametric bands designed specifically for correcting inwall problems. It was called the R/EQ-150 or something.

All of this aside, if you can possibly set up your office for box speakers, even if their placement is less than optimal, do it. If you go with inwalls, forget the high-zoot hardware- go midfi unless your long term plans include those electronics going elsewhere-the sonic gains of high end electronics are totally lost on inwalls IMHO.

Just my .02. Good luck. If you find a killer inwall, share it with us, please.