Mounting Audio Speakers in Garage Ceiling

[Mordi]

I am in the process of a garage makeover and am striving for a clean, uncluttered look . Therefore, I was thinking about mounting audio speakers in the ceiling. The garage is a two car garage, approx 400 sq ft and the new ceiling is 11Ft.

1) What type/brand of speakers is recommended?
2) How many speakers do I need ? - I was thinking 4 speakers - 1 in each corner?
3) Any other considerations?

Thanks,
Mordi

 

[topdeadcenter]

I would like to know about this too!

 

[troy]

I used these in my house. Easy to install and they are carried at some Home stores. I know Mendards has them in the midwest, not sure about CA. Great sound quality. I wired them up to a volume knob on the wall made by the same company. You could run them directly to a reciever.

4 is plenty for 400 sq. ft. The sound is dispersed well, and they can be turned up pretty loud.

http://www.buy.com/prod/phoenix-gol...y-in-ceiling-speakers/q/loc/101/90140503.html

 

[z28toz06]

You want one speaker per hundred square foot of floor space. However you want to run 4 wires (2 pair)to each speaker and get a true stereo speaker like this.
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=101500&i=108CS60RDT&tp=193

Other wise, you will only be getting the left or right sound at any location. This causes you to have the speaker cranking so you can hear it when you move away from the speaker and too loud when you are right near it.

You may need a speaker combiner for your stereo if you do it like this.
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?search=speaker+control&i=190SSVC4
This will give you the option of turning the power down to each set of speakers so the sound is even throughout the room.

Of course you could just wing it and splice everything together and deal with the volume and impedance issues, but this is the proper way to do it.

Radio sells a cheaper version of the switch
http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...+control&kw=speaker+control&parentPage=search

However I don't think they sell a true stereo speaker like the niles.

HTH

 

[tsbrewers]

I just have 4 pioneer bookshelf speakers in the corners and it works fine. I am tempted to install a IB Sub in the ceiling to get a little more bass, but haven't done it yet.

Brew

 

[jweller]

Back in college, I bought a pair of "$1000" floor speakers that guys sell out of the back of a truck for $100. Not stolen goods, but certainly not $1000 speakers. they are not great, but I was happy with them for $100. I've got them mounted on my ceiling with L shaped shelfing brackets. The garage is such a terrible acoustic environment, and subject to a lot of dirt, I can't see spending too much on speakers.