Thin Wall Mount Surrounds/Rears

[Hobbit]

I was looking at the idea of using a pair of ultra thin wall mount speakers for my rear surrounds in a 5.2 system. I know it would make my wife happy What's the prevailing thought on these types of speakers? Anyone have experience using something like this?

 

[Swerd]

In my experience, rear channel speakers have the smallest effect in sound quality when compared to the front three speakers. My own rear channel speakers have little or no bass below 90 Hz, and it doesn't matter at all for surround sound in movies. I suspect thin wall mount speakers might also lack bass. If using ultra thin wall mount speakers makes your wife happy, go with them. Its a win - win for both of you .

 

[Cos]

I have these in my bedroom as my rears and they work very will and will take up minimal space.

http://www.goldenear.com/products/supersat-series

(No, I am not a GE dealer )

 

[Hobbit]

Yes, my wife saw me looking at a pair of ultra thin wall mounted speakers and right away I can see in her eyes no more ugly (in her mind) speaker stands and speakers flanking the couch.

Is there any problem with volume with these? I don't play movies super loud, but I am concerned that they may break up with a dynamic volume surge. At ~2" thick they seem awfully small.

 

[Swerd]

Is there any problem with volume with these? I don't play movies super loud, but I am concerned that they may break up with a dynamic volume surge. At ~2" thick they seem awfully small.

Probably not. My front speakers, SongTowers have a sensitivity of about 88 dB. My rear speakers, NHT SuperZeros, are much less sensitive, at about 83-84 dB. I could easily adjust for those differences in the AVR.

 

[Cos]

Yes, my wife saw me looking at a pair of ultra thin wall mounted speakers and right away I can see in her eyes no more ugly (in her mind) speaker stands and speakers flanking the couch.

Is there any problem with volume with these? I don't play movies super loud, but I am concerned that they may break up with a dynamic volume surge. At ~2" thick they seem awfully small.

I Tested them as mains in my bedroom when I first got them and they now are the surrounds for my bedroom 5.1 setup. I got them for the same reason. I did crank them up when I was watching Dracula, the untold story and I definitely think they are up to the challenge for the dynamic push in movies.

At a price point of $500 retail/pair, ~375-400/pair if you negociate, they are effective little speakers. You could also upgrade to the Superstat 50, but those will take up more much space and will cost you twice as much and at that price point I don't think it is worth it

 

[Dargent0628]

http://soundapproach.com/speakers/on-wall-speakers.html

 

[slipperybidness]

I Tested them as mains in my bedroom when I first got them and they now are the surrounds for my bedroom 5.1 setup. I got them for the same reason. I did crank them up when I was watching Dracula, the untold story and I definitely think they are up to the challenge for the dynamic push in movies.

At a price point of $500 retail/pair, ~375-400/pair if you negociate, they are effective little speakers. You could also upgrade to the Superstat 50, but those will take up more much space and will cost you twice as much and at that price point I don't think it is worth it

+1

Supersat 50 just doesn't make much sense, especially at $500 a pop MSRP.

 

[DD66000]

I was looking at the idea of using a pair of ultra thin wall mount speakers for my rear surrounds in a 5.2 system. I know it would make my wife happy What's the prevailing thought on these types of speakers? Anyone have experience using something like this?

Take a look at the JBL Studio L810. They are 5" deep, 12.25" wide. But the baffle is only about 6" wide, with the L, R faces angled back to the wall. There are small ports on each of those angles to provide some good midbass.