ceiling speakers

chiefwiggum

hey hey ..im looking to buy 6 ceiling speakers roughly around 6 inches in diameter and around 75 watts.any advice on brands or places to buy apart from ebay?budget is mid range i suppose

axton1

Hi Chiefwiggum,

I may be able to help here .
Have some white 16cm coaxial with white grilles waterproof.

Let me know where you are using them and with what amp.
And I will get back

Cheers;)

chiefwiggum

hi axton, im going to use 2 in bathroom,2 in bedroom and 2 in sitting room,they are for use with the sonos wireless system which the amps are 55 rms

axton1

Hi Ciefwiggum,

Here is a spec for the speakers, they should match the Sonos amps quite well. The out put from the amps to the speakers should be about 27W rms.

]new waterproof speakers 16cm
Suitable for Multiple applications: Marine, bathrooms / steamrooms etcCOLOR

Colour : white
Size : 16cm
Impedance: nom 4 ohm
Frequency response :60>15,000 hz
Spl : 89db
Power 90w peak / 25 w Rms
Diaphram: polyproplene
]Basket / Grille : high temperature Abs
Mounting Debth : 63mm

Let me know if these will suit you

chiefwiggum

hi axton what make are they and how much a pair?

axton1

Brand is Phonocar

Take €98 per pair

cheers

axton1

danyosan

Just jumping onto this thread for a bit of advice.

I've just moved into a new build and we have 4 zones (2 zones - 2 speakers, 2 zones - 1 speaker) with local volume control. All the speaker wires have been run back to the same point.

My question is, can I connect these wires into a normal left/right speaker output of a semi decent wattage hifi, or would I need some sort of huib before connecting in.

Cheers in advance.

axton1

I am not quite clear as too how many speakers in total.
1 zone is normally 2 speakers. having said that you need to know what impedence they are 4 ohm / 8 ohm ?
Normally home audio amps are not stable below 4 ohm and will trip out.
the cheapest solution is a impedence matched speaker switching box.
they are are available in a few outlets but not all are impedence matched
this means that even if you have speakers that are different brands that are not all 8 ohm or 4 ohm the speaker switch unit will only give an 8 ohm signal to the amp thereby protecting it.
I saw 4 & 6 zone ones (with volume control for each zone) on www.acousticdimension.ie I can't remember the price around €160 or € 170 euro.
Otherwise you need a distribution amplifier with at least 4 zones and most are a lot more than the box.

minibob

axton1, Check out connectedhomes.ie for some really good value speakers.