Dale I
11-15-2004, 05:20 AM
I just need to see if I am thinking correctly. I am no audiophile, but I do love good, clean, crisp sound. I am planning on installing a stereo in my shop to get rid of the ghetto blaster on the shelf. We build performance parts for trucks and I just can't spend another week with that box playing what we would like to call music, but sounds more like a 1950's Desoto single speaker dash mount turned up too loud. I picked up a basic Onkyo reciever (TX-8511) pretty cheap ($100) that pushes 100w x 4 stereo, basic A or B speaker option.
The speakers: I listend to a few and picked a set of Monitor 30 for the office (12' x 14' room) and a couple Monitor 40 for the main shop (30' x 50').
In the office, I was going to mount the 30's from the wall opposite my desk, one in the left corner and one to the right, slighlty angled towards the center of the room - basic setup. If that sounds like it will work, great.
The shop is where I am a little lost. I have 14' high walls, which make the roof in the 16 to 17' high range in the middle. It is a metal building, so I have a clear span cieling, which means that there are no trusses going across the center. I have two support rafters (beams), one that is 15' from the front and one that is 15' from the back, seperated by a 20' span between them. They maybe stick down 18 inches from the ceiling and follow the pitch of the roof. The front of the shop has two 12' by 12' roll up doors. The first 20' is where trucks we are working on will be parked and the rear 30' is where the office and fabrication equipment is located.
I was going to mount the 40's on the front wall, one in the upper right corner and one in the left. However, if the roll ups are open (summertime for sure) it would block the sound. Next plan was to lower them so the doors wouldn't block the sound. But, that would stick them in a position to be hit during inventory and equipment handling. So, I thought I would mount them from the first support rafter angled down at about 45 degrees. Then, a neighbor stopped by and said if I mount them on opposite sides, they can cancel frequecies in the middle where the sound crosses. He suggested I mount both of them at the peak of the cieling, pointing down at the 45 degree, but pointing away from each other slightly.
Any opinions? Would I need more than just the two 40's in the main shop? Would the center mount idea still lend itself to the stereo sound? I've seen speakers mounted this way at churches and amphitheaters - just don't know if it will work for me. :confused:
While we are at it. Would the speaker wire I pick up at Home Depot (I think it is 14 or 12 gauge) be sufficient? Or, should I spend the big bucks to get the "audio" cable from the local Circuit City or Best Buy?
Right now the main problem I have is that I rigged up the speakers and receiver in my house, just to make sure everything works before installing them at the shop, and I need to talk my wife out of keeping them at home.... those things rock for such small size.
The speakers: I listend to a few and picked a set of Monitor 30 for the office (12' x 14' room) and a couple Monitor 40 for the main shop (30' x 50').
In the office, I was going to mount the 30's from the wall opposite my desk, one in the left corner and one to the right, slighlty angled towards the center of the room - basic setup. If that sounds like it will work, great.
The shop is where I am a little lost. I have 14' high walls, which make the roof in the 16 to 17' high range in the middle. It is a metal building, so I have a clear span cieling, which means that there are no trusses going across the center. I have two support rafters (beams), one that is 15' from the front and one that is 15' from the back, seperated by a 20' span between them. They maybe stick down 18 inches from the ceiling and follow the pitch of the roof. The front of the shop has two 12' by 12' roll up doors. The first 20' is where trucks we are working on will be parked and the rear 30' is where the office and fabrication equipment is located.
I was going to mount the 40's on the front wall, one in the upper right corner and one in the left. However, if the roll ups are open (summertime for sure) it would block the sound. Next plan was to lower them so the doors wouldn't block the sound. But, that would stick them in a position to be hit during inventory and equipment handling. So, I thought I would mount them from the first support rafter angled down at about 45 degrees. Then, a neighbor stopped by and said if I mount them on opposite sides, they can cancel frequecies in the middle where the sound crosses. He suggested I mount both of them at the peak of the cieling, pointing down at the 45 degree, but pointing away from each other slightly.
Any opinions? Would I need more than just the two 40's in the main shop? Would the center mount idea still lend itself to the stereo sound? I've seen speakers mounted this way at churches and amphitheaters - just don't know if it will work for me. :confused:
While we are at it. Would the speaker wire I pick up at Home Depot (I think it is 14 or 12 gauge) be sufficient? Or, should I spend the big bucks to get the "audio" cable from the local Circuit City or Best Buy?
Right now the main problem I have is that I rigged up the speakers and receiver in my house, just to make sure everything works before installing them at the shop, and I need to talk my wife out of keeping them at home.... those things rock for such small size.