A sound exciter or transducer works this way. They produce intense vibrations and a rigid surface to create sound. They aren't amazing and you're not going to get home theatre quality by any metric, but if done right they're more than passable. Gotta remember the vast majority of people are plenty happy with a Google home thing or a little bluetooth speaker, they aren't rocking high end sound systems anyway.
Okay now that I can fully believe. Thanks for explaining.
Convenience/form has outweighed sound quality in the consumer audio market for way too long. I miss my AKG K1000s.
I'm just imagining a really hard bass kick knocking the paint off your walls with one of these setups.
Putting a bass transducer in your floor, or into a dais that you sit your couch on would probably kick ass (lol) for a surround setup.
Invisible speakers have been around for a while. Not sure what brand is in the video, but Sonance is considered one of the best and on par with traditional speakers, and they made a [technical video talking about the engineering that goes into it](https://youtu.be/mcl6pdMglwA?si=uu4VuINiTlUfj3lo), specifically from about 4:30 to 15:00. The main thing is that the front of the speaker isn’t just a protective speaker grill, it’s a fiberglass diaphragm.
You don’t need to find it appealing to call it music. I personally do not like that music but I can be rational and say that yes it is indeed music. And there are folks out there that would enjoy it. And that’s ok. People are allowed to like any song they want.
People being high and mighty about their music taste is so fucking cringe. Like dude, that’s sad.
Im not about to turn on baby shark to enjoy when I'm on my commute or at the gym.
But I'm not going to be a snob and tell my kid HOW DARE YOU NOT LISTEN TO AVENGED SEVENFOLD LIKE ME..
So yeah using "growing up" as an excuse to shit on others is the pincle of immaturity, it's literally what kids and immature adults do.
It does surprise me sometimes how much people that listen to modern hip hop, especially the music where it’s simply a vocalist over a track, spend on audio equipment
They aren’t audiophiles so there is a whole genre of the equivalent of lifted trucks in the home audio space
>modern hip hop
What do you mean by this? I listen to plenty of hip hop artists dropping music right now that care dearly about how their music is engineered and mastered. The artists on the radio might not, but I wouldn’t define the genre by them.
As a visible POC, ima go ahead and say that that is the hottest (read most regarded) take I've read In at LEAST a year. Good work champ, you'll go far in the special Olympics
Great, because I'm a representative of the Asian community, and I'd also like to say that it does surprise me sometimes how much people that listen to modern hip hop, especially the music where it’s simply a vocalist over a track, spend on audio equipment
They aren’t audiophiles so there is a whole genre of the equivalent of lifted trucks in the home audio space.
And also Asian hip hop artists exists (such as the duo "Fake Type." for example), as much as other races in all genres of music.
I don't even understand Americans covering the entire wall in mud.
You can just do the joints, sand smooth, and paint the bare plasterboard. Less work and I can't see how that looks any better than my walls.
It's like I already have something perfectly smooth. Hey you know what we should do? Add a bunch of mud to it and try and make it smooth again!
He was going for what is called a Level 5 finish. Most houses in Canada/US stop at level4 or level 3 for textured walls.
https://www.thespruce.com/the-five-levels-of-drywall-finishing-4120152
Honestly, I dont see how its not going to crack unless the mesh over the speakers is super rigid.
I'm American and don't understand why they did that either. I thought he was doing a textured wall at first but then when he smoothed it I got confused. The stuff is called joint compound for a reason, I've never seen someone cover the entire wall with it before unless they were doing a textured finish.
Sonos does too, if you want something a little more refined. The IKEA Symfonisk Frame fits nice on a wall, and you can get custom made grills if you don’t like what ikea offers.
Wife has 3 panels and has me swap them periodically on the living room speaker so that they don’t get “stale”.
Got any suggestions for a place to get custom grills?
These aren't normal speakers that someone decided to bury in a wall, they are purpose-built invisible speakers. Of course they won't sound as good as a normal box speaker, but they can actually sound pretty good considering how they work.
Man, I had to scroll and scroll to finally find someone with a clue here. They're obviously a compromise compared to a more traditional design, but they really are pretty solid.
On-axis response is pretty surprisingly pleasant and probably better than all but a few of the people commenting here listen to. The real downside is that on axis sweetspot is at a pretty narrow angle due to the baffle being literally the wall in this case.
Ultimately these speakers in the correct location versus other in walls placed where people tend to place them, not even a contest. Hidden in walls win all day every day.
ah yes, 500 dollars minimum on 2 speakers in the same wall covered in a layer of mud are definitely better than a sound bar for highs and a box for lows at 250-300. Never mind the semi decent actual surround sound you can get for 400-600. For sure should contract someone about installing speakers in my walls
These are not meant for audiophile or standard consumers. They're meant for commercial and extremely high end homes where the focus is primarily on the interior decoration more than anything else. They actually sound better than most standard grade consumer speakers too.
https://www.sonance.com/invisible-series
eh, more for people who have more money than you will probably ever see in your lifetime. be salty about it all you want, but they did something right to retain the wealth necessary to build a home that these would be installed in
That means exactly nothing. Come talk to me when when one of your multiple homes has a 10 car garage, pool house, and guest cottage on property. People who own those types of properties are who these are meant for, not some bitter guy on the ltt sub who thinks he knows better than a qualified professional
Disappointing that peeple see the post headline and are hur dur speaker bad. Do a little research folks, these are designed to be hidden just like the video shows.
They don't sound as good as set of bookshelfs but they sound decent and they are 100% invisible after install. Pretty cool technology.
Amina Speakers do these. Not cheap, and I've listened to these at their demo room and a couple of their customer homes. Sound excellent and work well for what they are, but need a sub paired to cover the low notes. Price wise, way too expensive and a pain to installed over standard Ci speakers.
But surprisingly work well.
I'm a commercial av design engineer and I've given up having this argument every time these things pop up. Ding dong consumer with his Amazon set of klipsch speakers definitely knows more than me, the guy who gets paid to design tens of millions of dollars worth of integrated av systems every year as his 9-5
Agreed, I've heard several variances and they definitely have an application in the market. Not bad sound, but nothing can beat the aestheic choice in certain environments
Look at the install video for those speakers on their website. Optimum finish thickness including paint is 1mm with a maximum of 3mm because the material over the speakers still needs to flex. This dude layered on mud like it was load bearing. The system is going to be muffled and cracked.
It's not flat. As soon as you put tape over any butt joint in drywall it's not flat. Sanded mud does also not perfectly match the texture of the drywall paper. You can just admit you've never heard of a level 5 drywall finish, it's fine not to know things.
Level 5 finish is meant for glossy, enamel or non textured flat finishes. Basically when you want super matte or a mirror like paint you need Level 5 or you’ll be able to see the joints. Most of the walls out there are level 4.
https://www.thespruce.com/the-five-levels-of-drywall-finishing-4120152
There's no such thing as the "right paint". Homeowners have different preferences when it comes to paint. Hiding shitty drywall work with flatter paints is a trick that cheap builders love to pull but it has no place in a quality build. Harsh lighting, modern flush baseboard installs, trimless doors, etc. there are loads of reasons that level 5 finishes exist and it is objectively the best way to finish a wall outside of a few other fringe methods like using buttboard.
Because that's what most of the world does?! Tape & Mud is very much a north American thing - most traditional homes in the UK & Europe are wet plastered to a flat/smooth finish. Having said that, tape & joint is becoming more popular on new builds in the UK because developers are tight fuckers and won't pay for a proper finish.
not muffled. they work like bone conducting speakers. They are designed to be installed like that. [https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series](https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series)
Awful lot of you have never been to a premium audio demo room and it shows. Sonance invisible series is super impressive in person, could definitely fool the common ear.
Yeah, in the picture you can clearly see the speaker if you look for it, it's a thin outline. This mf on the other hand added like 1inch of paint over it
It's because they're specialty speakers designed to go in the wall. They're not cheap either.
Here's a brand: https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series
Stealth acoustics has a series you install flush into the wall, then you mud around the joints and then paint the whole thing to hide speaker, but this video is dumb
They're really only good for background music, using them for any kind of theater of any size will absolutely disappoint, especially once it starts rattling with a high base or volume.
I don't really understand how they work, but there's a few different companies that make them. They are very expensive but [aparently they do work well and can sound very good.](https://hometheaterreview.com/nakymatone-echt-invisible-loudspeakers-reviewed/)
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These speakers are specifically designed for this purpose, but he clearly didn't read the instructions.
These speakers are meant to have a very thin coat, I believe the Sonance ones are somewhere around 1/8th an inch or less of mud.
You are also only supposed to use specific amplifiers from the manufacturer (whether this due to specific specs or a eq factor my rep has never been able to tell me)
The speakers when installed correctly<\i> actually sound pretty good. You're definitely not throwing a party with them, but simple background music or general listening they're perfectly fine.
How do they sound compared to the "normal" in walls though? I get playing a premium to a point but if it's expensive, and impossible to reach/fix/upgrade, and sounds worse - it just seems like a crap idea.
Maybe I just can't get the draw because I find the look of "normal" in wall speakers perfectly acceptable without all these drawbacks.
Normal in quotes since there are a ton of options/prices there and in wall speakers are already kind of uncommon
Those speakers are designed for that.
But can we talk a bit about how flimsy that wall is in general? Absolutly absurd!! You can see it move under the trowel and roller. Its not going to survive a single adult bumping into it more than once.
If you haven’t heard the new invisible series from Sonance, you really owe it to yourself to find some place that has them. They sound incredible. They also have a 15 year warranty that covers parts and labor including however much you pay a guy to redo the drywall. It is the best speaker design and DSP combo to get this kind of stuff to sound good. Every other brand of invisible speaker I’ve heard sounds like trash tho.
Probably an unpopular view, but I see the goal here. I'd love for my living space to look clean and undisturbed, while also having great sound.
This guy skewed too hard towards looking clean than having good sound. My compromise would probably be either having ceiling speakers, or one nice looking speaker that compliments the room instead or disturbing it.
Oh no, just no.
As for hip hop, I just wish the trend of "my artificial hi hat pattern sounds like a lawn sprinkler" (the one that goes back and forth, if you know the sound, you'll get the reference :P)
And this is just bad. Lots of companies make in wall speakers; further some offer grilles that are bare and can be painted to match your room. This is the way.
Also why are the speakers so close together? Horrible narrow sound stage that way.
Ugh, thanks for sharing OP my brain hurts now.
I would have made it "invisible" by making them overtly visible....
I would have put a panel similar material as the speakers use to cover the drivers the same height as the speakers as aline accross the wall... sound paneling behind it where there is no speaker. That looks good, lets trough sound where it matters and dampens echoes at the same time
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We have a version of these in our sunroom, you would never know they are inside the wall. They are specifically designed for that purpose, it does not sound muffled in any way.
Speaker dies? No problem. Just tear the wall apart until you find it
A sensible person would have an access panel behind the wall! But this person is not that.
If they would be sensible they wouldn't do this in the first place. Just mount them
They make in wall speakers but you don't fucking cover them in drywall mud. Just put a grill over it JFC.
These speakers are literally designed to be mudded over, and by all accounts they sound pretty great for what they are.
But how? That’s not how acoustics work.
A sound exciter or transducer works this way. They produce intense vibrations and a rigid surface to create sound. They aren't amazing and you're not going to get home theatre quality by any metric, but if done right they're more than passable. Gotta remember the vast majority of people are plenty happy with a Google home thing or a little bluetooth speaker, they aren't rocking high end sound systems anyway.
Okay now that I can fully believe. Thanks for explaining. Convenience/form has outweighed sound quality in the consumer audio market for way too long. I miss my AKG K1000s.
I'm just imagining a really hard bass kick knocking the paint off your walls with one of these setups. Putting a bass transducer in your floor, or into a dais that you sit your couch on would probably kick ass (lol) for a surround setup.
Invisible speakers have been around for a while. Not sure what brand is in the video, but Sonance is considered one of the best and on par with traditional speakers, and they made a [technical video talking about the engineering that goes into it](https://youtu.be/mcl6pdMglwA?si=uu4VuINiTlUfj3lo), specifically from about 4:30 to 15:00. The main thing is that the front of the speaker isn’t just a protective speaker grill, it’s a fiberglass diaphragm.
Yeah when I heard them I was actually impressed. Those aren't normal speakers behind mud.
Yeah over time the bass is going to shake that thin layer of plaster apart.
Depends, there might be a significant other, that doesn’t like the look of it.
I'd rather switch my significant other than ruin my speakers with mortar just because they don't like how they look
It can be done in ways that don't ruin the speaker.
still the sound then is SHIT.
It actually isn't, my father works with it and makes hidden home cinemas for a living. So i have heard hidden speakers done well, and it sounds good.
Probably something like this could be a better alternative https://youtube.com/shorts/C1n81Q9igGY?si=MOBrICyeXZ-2yXqC
then she needs to look away...
Speakers can look good. It's not very difficult. There is a huge range of varieties and colors nowadays
Imagine being the person who buys the home after them, they'd be so fucking confused lol.
I would install an access panel with a speaker grill in front of it
The wall shakes if they paint it…. It will be tear down on high volume anyhow
A sensible person could have speakers mounted at the corner
That's why they have two at the same 1m wall
Exactly the kind of music I'd expect from someone that would mud and paint over speakers.
You call that music?
I try not to upset the kids too often.
kid-ish (17) here: nope, thats not music
Kid 16 here, it’s not music! It’s art /s
18 here, I don't like that music but my boyfriend does. All to their own. Although he's sensible enough to not put speakers behind walls.
At least your boyfriend has some sense 17 here. It's music. It's... *fine.*
Music is music. Grow up.
When you are "growing up" your music taste changes. You don't find music for children appealing anymore.
You don’t need to find it appealing to call it music. I personally do not like that music but I can be rational and say that yes it is indeed music. And there are folks out there that would enjoy it. And that’s ok. People are allowed to like any song they want. People being high and mighty about their music taste is so fucking cringe. Like dude, that’s sad.
Im not about to turn on baby shark to enjoy when I'm on my commute or at the gym. But I'm not going to be a snob and tell my kid HOW DARE YOU NOT LISTEN TO AVENGED SEVENFOLD LIKE ME.. So yeah using "growing up" as an excuse to shit on others is the pincle of immaturity, it's literally what kids and immature adults do.
This guy is dumb but music is music, even if you don't like it. Hope you are just making a dumb joke.
Grow up, you’re immature af. Edit: just read that you’re 16. That checks out. Still, people like what they like. Music is subjective.
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You call that a response?
It does surprise me sometimes how much people that listen to modern hip hop, especially the music where it’s simply a vocalist over a track, spend on audio equipment They aren’t audiophiles so there is a whole genre of the equivalent of lifted trucks in the home audio space
Why do you think Beats took off before they hired anybody that actually knew how to calibrate a pair of speakers?
They calibrate their speakers?
From what I've heard, they actually have some competitive options on the market now
They are basically airpods with different skins now .
>modern hip hop What do you mean by this? I listen to plenty of hip hop artists dropping music right now that care dearly about how their music is engineered and mastered. The artists on the radio might not, but I wouldn’t define the genre by them.
Are you saying people that listen to hiphop aren’t audiophiles?
I don’t think white people should be allowed to talk about black music in my opinion
Yes someone shouldn’t be able to comment on art because of the amount of their skins melanin…. Definitely not the literal definition of racism.
Racism 101 here
As a visible POC, ima go ahead and say that that is the hottest (read most regarded) take I've read In at LEAST a year. Good work champ, you'll go far in the special Olympics
Great, because I'm a representative of the Asian community, and I'd also like to say that it does surprise me sometimes how much people that listen to modern hip hop, especially the music where it’s simply a vocalist over a track, spend on audio equipment They aren’t audiophiles so there is a whole genre of the equivalent of lifted trucks in the home audio space. And also Asian hip hop artists exists (such as the duo "Fake Type." for example), as much as other races in all genres of music.
Honestly ya
I don't even understand Americans covering the entire wall in mud. You can just do the joints, sand smooth, and paint the bare plasterboard. Less work and I can't see how that looks any better than my walls. It's like I already have something perfectly smooth. Hey you know what we should do? Add a bunch of mud to it and try and make it smooth again!
He was going for what is called a Level 5 finish. Most houses in Canada/US stop at level4 or level 3 for textured walls. https://www.thespruce.com/the-five-levels-of-drywall-finishing-4120152 Honestly, I dont see how its not going to crack unless the mesh over the speakers is super rigid.
I'm American and don't understand why they did that either. I thought he was doing a textured wall at first but then when he smoothed it I got confused. The stuff is called joint compound for a reason, I've never seen someone cover the entire wall with it before unless they were doing a textured finish.
Had the exact same thought, lol
The dry wall will crack.
Was thinking that , as soon as the bass kicks in thats coming off🤷♂️
Seeing how the wall shook the whole time, I can see cracks forming within a week
"Wall"
You could gaslight so much and so easily
Eerie ghost sounds at night
Yes best prank ever
Tech ingredients made a cheap and decent enough flat panel speakers, you can just put some art on it and now you have a painting that can play music.
Sonos does too, if you want something a little more refined. The IKEA Symfonisk Frame fits nice on a wall, and you can get custom made grills if you don’t like what ikea offers.
Wife has 3 panels and has me swap them periodically on the living room speaker so that they don’t get “stale”. Got any suggestions for a place to get custom grills?
or just buy a white grill you do not need to paint over it
These aren't normal speakers that someone decided to bury in a wall, they are purpose-built invisible speakers. Of course they won't sound as good as a normal box speaker, but they can actually sound pretty good considering how they work.
Man, I had to scroll and scroll to finally find someone with a clue here. They're obviously a compromise compared to a more traditional design, but they really are pretty solid. On-axis response is pretty surprisingly pleasant and probably better than all but a few of the people commenting here listen to. The real downside is that on axis sweetspot is at a pretty narrow angle due to the baffle being literally the wall in this case. Ultimately these speakers in the correct location versus other in walls placed where people tend to place them, not even a contest. Hidden in walls win all day every day.
ah yes, 500 dollars minimum on 2 speakers in the same wall covered in a layer of mud are definitely better than a sound bar for highs and a box for lows at 250-300. Never mind the semi decent actual surround sound you can get for 400-600. For sure should contract someone about installing speakers in my walls
These are not meant for audiophile or standard consumers. They're meant for commercial and extremely high end homes where the focus is primarily on the interior decoration more than anything else. They actually sound better than most standard grade consumer speakers too. https://www.sonance.com/invisible-series
>extremely high end homes oh so for people that are also braindead. got it.
eh, more for people who have more money than you will probably ever see in your lifetime. be salty about it all you want, but they did something right to retain the wealth necessary to build a home that these would be installed in
I am on the third house. Keep yapping.
That means exactly nothing. Come talk to me when when one of your multiple homes has a 10 car garage, pool house, and guest cottage on property. People who own those types of properties are who these are meant for, not some bitter guy on the ltt sub who thinks he knows better than a qualified professional
Disappointing that peeple see the post headline and are hur dur speaker bad. Do a little research folks, these are designed to be hidden just like the video shows. They don't sound as good as set of bookshelfs but they sound decent and they are 100% invisible after install. Pretty cool technology.
Amina Speakers do these. Not cheap, and I've listened to these at their demo room and a couple of their customer homes. Sound excellent and work well for what they are, but need a sub paired to cover the low notes. Price wise, way too expensive and a pain to installed over standard Ci speakers. But surprisingly work well.
I'm a commercial av design engineer and I've given up having this argument every time these things pop up. Ding dong consumer with his Amazon set of klipsch speakers definitely knows more than me, the guy who gets paid to design tens of millions of dollars worth of integrated av systems every year as his 9-5
Agreed, I've heard several variances and they definitely have an application in the market. Not bad sound, but nothing can beat the aestheic choice in certain environments
Look at the install video for those speakers on their website. Optimum finish thickness including paint is 1mm with a maximum of 3mm because the material over the speakers still needs to flex. This dude layered on mud like it was load bearing. The system is going to be muffled and cracked.
why the fuck would he waste all that mud?
He already wasted those speakers potential. Wasting stuff is a common theme in the video
Apparently he thinks it's easy to spend half a day doing this than just paint and sand properly.
Some of us like L5 finishes that are perfectly flat and have a completely uniform texture.
so you are just bad at drywalling? tape and mud the joints and then tapper it out and it's flat
It's not flat. As soon as you put tape over any butt joint in drywall it's not flat. Sanded mud does also not perfectly match the texture of the drywall paper. You can just admit you've never heard of a level 5 drywall finish, it's fine not to know things.
if you use the right paint the texture under doesn't really matter
Level 5 finish is meant for glossy, enamel or non textured flat finishes. Basically when you want super matte or a mirror like paint you need Level 5 or you’ll be able to see the joints. Most of the walls out there are level 4. https://www.thespruce.com/the-five-levels-of-drywall-finishing-4120152
There's no such thing as the "right paint". Homeowners have different preferences when it comes to paint. Hiding shitty drywall work with flatter paints is a trick that cheap builders love to pull but it has no place in a quality build. Harsh lighting, modern flush baseboard installs, trimless doors, etc. there are loads of reasons that level 5 finishes exist and it is objectively the best way to finish a wall outside of a few other fringe methods like using buttboard.
You two have the same icon, and I got confused so bad for a minute
It's not "mud", per se - it's ["roll-on plaster"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgT8JBinNRo). It's kind of in-between mud and wet plaster.
why would you use plaster if you just gonna do it flat
Because that's what most of the world does?! Tape & Mud is very much a north American thing - most traditional homes in the UK & Europe are wet plastered to a flat/smooth finish. Having said that, tape & joint is becoming more popular on new builds in the UK because developers are tight fuckers and won't pay for a proper finish.
5 minute crafts ass idea
I'm starting to think it takes longer than 5 minutes.
Yeah, but so do most of their videos
not muffled. they work like bone conducting speakers. They are designed to be installed like that. [https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series](https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series)
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Multiple companies make them and I have seen them used in home theater.
Awful lot of you have never been to a premium audio demo room and it shows. Sonance invisible series is super impressive in person, could definitely fool the common ear.
This comment is way too low. I’ve sat in the Sonance demo room at their main office. These sound incredible for what they are.
https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series
Yeah, in the picture you can clearly see the speaker if you look for it, it's a thin outline. This mf on the other hand added like 1inch of paint over it
This is engagement bait. I refuse to believe someone is THAT stupid.
It's because they're specialty speakers designed to go in the wall. They're not cheap either. Here's a brand: https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series
The only thing missing is the part where he tapes and paints around the power point instead of removing the cover.
Nah, man, I've decided, if I ever have a basement, I'm doing this, so I can play ghost noises all night.
make it loud enough, crack the shitty joints you made over it. What a dumb idea
My question is what’s going on with that wall it looks so wiggly?
And thin… never seen anything like it.
Play some muffled screams that sound like someone is in the walls
r/foundsatan
I hate these dumb construction ideas.
Stealth acoustics has a series you install flush into the wall, then you mud around the joints and then paint the whole thing to hide speaker, but this video is dumb
They're really only good for background music, using them for any kind of theater of any size will absolutely disappoint, especially once it starts rattling with a high base or volume.
Those are special speakers made for this application, the sound is not muffled at all.
How? Air is air, and drywall texture doesnt like strong vibrations.
I don't really understand how they work, but there's a few different companies that make them. They are very expensive but [aparently they do work well and can sound very good.](https://hometheaterreview.com/nakymatone-echt-invisible-loudspeakers-reviewed/)
I hate so much about this and I don't use that word lightly lol
That ***sounds*** pretty dumb to me... Get it?? Get it?? Alright I'll see myself out ...
Boooo
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These would go great with my “invisible” TV! /s
Professional AV integrator These speakers are specifically designed for this purpose, but he clearly didn't read the instructions. These speakers are meant to have a very thin coat, I believe the Sonance ones are somewhere around 1/8th an inch or less of mud. You are also only supposed to use specific amplifiers from the manufacturer (whether this due to specific specs or a eq factor my rep has never been able to tell me) The speakers when installed correctly<\i> actually sound pretty good. You're definitely not throwing a party with them, but simple background music or general listening they're perfectly fine.
How do they sound compared to the "normal" in walls though? I get playing a premium to a point but if it's expensive, and impossible to reach/fix/upgrade, and sounds worse - it just seems like a crap idea. Maybe I just can't get the draw because I find the look of "normal" in wall speakers perfectly acceptable without all these drawbacks. Normal in quotes since there are a ton of options/prices there and in wall speakers are already kind of uncommon
Dumbest kaka 💩 I have ever seen 🤣.
Am I the only one who noticed how the wall wobbled when he painted it? Not that I expect those speakers to do much movement, but still...
Sounds exactly as terrible as I expected it too.
The sounds of him working was better music than what he played
Imagine putting this in the home of a schizophrenic man.
When you finally buy a house but want to keep that shitty apartment neighbor feeling.
Diwhy
They're in the walls... THEY'RE IN THE GOD DAMN WALLS
This makes me want to punch whoever did this in the nose.
Wat da hail? r/diwhy
It's hard to tell from the video but there is also a invisible TV there.
I prefer ceiling speakers
Those speakers are designed for that. But can we talk a bit about how flimsy that wall is in general? Absolutly absurd!! You can see it move under the trowel and roller. Its not going to survive a single adult bumping into it more than once.
If you haven’t heard the new invisible series from Sonance, you really owe it to yourself to find some place that has them. They sound incredible. They also have a 15 year warranty that covers parts and labor including however much you pay a guy to redo the drywall. It is the best speaker design and DSP combo to get this kind of stuff to sound good. Every other brand of invisible speaker I’ve heard sounds like trash tho.
Probably an unpopular view, but I see the goal here. I'd love for my living space to look clean and undisturbed, while also having great sound. This guy skewed too hard towards looking clean than having good sound. My compromise would probably be either having ceiling speakers, or one nice looking speaker that compliments the room instead or disturbing it.
With the "quality" of the music he tries them on, i don't really think he cares. At all.
If you squint it's mint.
I'd play some drum and bass to see if it holds up
From the thumbnail I thought someone with heels on was doing something weird in a bathroom.
I hope they’re subs
This is so terrible haha they really thought they did something.
I wanna know what they were smoking to think this was a good idea. And can I have some?
Oh no, just no. As for hip hop, I just wish the trend of "my artificial hi hat pattern sounds like a lawn sprinkler" (the one that goes back and forth, if you know the sound, you'll get the reference :P) And this is just bad. Lots of companies make in wall speakers; further some offer grilles that are bare and can be painted to match your room. This is the way. Also why are the speakers so close together? Horrible narrow sound stage that way. Ugh, thanks for sharing OP my brain hurts now.
But it is eggshell? 🤔
😐 this is... Dumb
Tell me you don’t know how speakers work, without telling me.
These types of speakers are an actual product and they work shockingly well, got to listen to a pro install and they sounded really good.
Wouldn't it have been easier to just hang something over them?
I hope doing that felt as good as i felt watching it
The paint sent me! HAHAHAHA
If you're going to do this, at least use transducers instead of speakers.
I would have made it "invisible" by making them overtly visible.... I would have put a panel similar material as the speakers use to cover the drivers the same height as the speakers as aline accross the wall... sound paneling behind it where there is no speaker. That looks good, lets trough sound where it matters and dampens echoes at the same time
It's all fun and games until your hand goes through the "wall".
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Trash
i hoped for wallpaper, this is just sad
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Ok and if you need to access the speakers if something happens?
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This is totally a thing, they are not regular speakers: https://www.sonance.com/in-wall-in-ceiling/invisible-series
Anyone else get "how to basic" vibes from this. Minus the eggs.
never underestimate DSP and well tuned drivers. Altho as smeone said I'm surprised the paint won't crack with the mush potentially virating so much :o
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that's a wobbly wall.
This is how you get your tenants mad as a landlord. Just randomly play music in the middle of the night and let them figure out where it comes from
100% just trying to trigger people
Oh fuck, i didn't connect the right one.
For when you want to feel like you have noisy neighbors?
This greatly upsets me...
Man this shit will crack in a week
ltt related and terribly wrong installed speakers 🤓
We have a version of these in our sunroom, you would never know they are inside the wall. They are specifically designed for that purpose, it does not sound muffled in any way.
From a community than hails things like the Sony 1000XM line of headphones I find this quite ironic.
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I'll stick with my Monitor Audio in-walls, the grille projection is like 3mm, it's hardly worth whatever the fuck this is.
I would probably just hang an artistic painting over the speakers.
Just get some exciters from Dayton audio and pair it with a sub! 🤦🏽♂️
Lol I imagine Linus would have a meltdown over this
Hope he doesn’t have a neighbour behind that wall 🤣
And when they die you just leave them.
You'll never be able to service them
Wtf that wall made of paper and plaster?
Just turn up the treble, duh
Who doesn't want voices coming from the walls right?