tower system on a budget

[av-man]

Here's a brand that I haven't seen posted on this board. Tru-Audio was founded by a man who had a successful custom business. He saw the problem we have getting decent in-wall and in-ceiling speakers at a marketable price, and decided to tackle the problem himself. I've been using their in wall/ceiling stuff for 3 or 4 years now and couldn't be happier with them. We use them for theater and distributed audio. In every model I have used so far the speaker has played like speakers costing 50% more.
They now have a Tower/bookshelf system called Blu. The full retail price on the set is $1200. If these are anything like their previous speakers then they would be an outstanding deal for the theater on a budget.
http://www.truaudio.com/

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Ikon ???

AV-Man,

Was reading the history of this Truaudio shop. Wonder if this Ikon is the same Ikon that mfg's speakers in Canada?

Ronald G. Davies
CEO
Ron brings two decades of outstanding business leadership to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Sound Vision Technologies. His responsibilities with TruAudio include: oversight of all corporate financial operations, direction and coordination of department management and supervision of the marketing efforts.

Most recently, Ron served as Vice President of National Operations for Ikon Office Solutions, Telecommunications Business Unit. Ikon is a publicly traded company with annual revenues of 5.4 billion dollars. He has twice grown companies from start-ups to significant and profitable ventures.

 

[Tom Andry]

Thier in-wall subs only rated down to 37Hz? Freestanding subs down to 30Hz? Not much of a sub.

 

[av-man]

buckeyefan1,
I don't know but I could ask.

mrnomas,
I agree completely. Ive only used one of their subs because I had to have one in white. I only use subs from Reel Acoustics in that price range. They have however told me that they have completely revamped their sub line. I'll probably never know because I'll stay with the Reel brand.

 

[ducker]

I started digging around to see what I could come up with... not too much... There is no mention of their speakers anywhere else on the web. (not the norm these days)
I googled the phone number for their International sales guy and he deals with a couple of different types of speakers.. One that came up was Triad. Now I haven't heard of these but after looking in to these a bit it appears that they are a legitmate speaker. At least at first glance.

I personally have my reservations. The pictures on the Tru Audio and Triad look quite similar. They seem to be more focused on the look of the room then the actual speaker; gives the impression that these speakers are for the wealthy!! Gotta have them!! see how you can hardly notice them in the room!!!

I couldn't even find the speaker in some of the pictures!

Anyways... my .02

 

[Tom Andry]

The thing about in-walls, and I know that I'm unjustly categorizing them, is that I can't get the memory of the in-wall PA system at every school I've ever attended out of my head. I'm sure these and other in-walls sound fine, but whenever I think of in-wall speakers, I get a mental image of the round, metal, perforated, squawk-box from hell that was always set at 105dbs. I'm cringing just thinking about it.

 

[av-man]

ducker,
you won't find Tru-Audio on the web. They are very careful to protect their dealers. As far as Triad I also deal those. I'm suprised you haven't heard of them. They have speakers that range from $300 ea. to $6000 ea. Their Gold monitors have the same speaker cone design as the really high end krells. Their Platnum LCR @ $6000 ea. will stand up to anything in that price range. They also have some good high end in-walls that are completely enclosed. The inwall speakers are supposed to be an exact match to their in-room counter parts.
http://www.triadspeakers.com/products/productreviews.html#

 

[av-man]

Here are some reveiws from this site:
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/TriadGoldMiniMonitorsp1.html
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/TriadGoldMiniMonitorsp3.html

 

[Tex-amp]

Triad and Snell have been the cream of in-walls for years. Many other high-end companies have jumped into that market now.

 

[Leprkon]

The thing about in-walls, and I know that I'm unjustly categorizing them, is that I can't get the memory of the in-wall PA system at every school I've ever attended out of my head. I'm sure these and other in-walls sound fine, but whenever I think of in-wall speakers, I get a mental image of the round, metal, perforated, squawk-box from hell that was always set at 105dbs. I'm cringing just thinking about it.

MrNormas... report to the principal's office immediately.....

 

[RLA]

These will make you forget about all the bad you have heard from an in-wall

http://www.rbhsound.com/si6100.shtml

 

[Tom Andry]

These will make you forget about all the bad you have heard from an in-wall

The real question is, are they load-bearing?

 

[RLA]

The real question is, are they load-bearing

Uhhh.
You may have to clean the load out of your shorts after you hear them
So yea I would say they are load-bearing