HTM 200 Placement/Usage

[scarlettsdad]

Several questions here. (1) I would like to put the 200's in the wall and make them flush. Will this hurt performance? I am talking about side and back surround in a 7.1 setup. (2) I will have a 2 rows of seating. Do I still place the 200's behind the last row of listening? (3) Can I use 4 instead of 2 HTM 200 for side surround duties due to 2 rows of seats? (4) Would I be better off using a dipole instead of a direct radiating for the side surrounds? OK, 4 questions. Thanks for any help.

[Tom3123]

I have a construction project going on which includes the addition of a new system. Wife does not want to look at black boxes but I do not want to loose sound quality. Did you put the 200s in the wall and if so, how do they sound.

[R_Willis]

My HTM-200s are built into MDF columns in my dedicated home theater. They sound fine. They are mounted ~6' from the floor to the bottom of the speaker cabinet. The top half of the speaker is covered in GOM 701 acoustically transparent cloth/fabric.

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[S_rangeBrew]

I've heard there can be a baffle effect when the front of the speaker is too close to a large flat surface. I think this is why the 340c uses a special x-over to compensate for being on top of a TV.

I thought about putting my HTM-200s in the wall like you are, as it would look really slick. But I was worried about the baffle effect, so I'm putting them on B-Tech BT-33 wall mounts, which places the front of the speaker about 8" away from the wall.

I have absolutely no idea if it makes a difference or matters at all, but I figured if Dave F. designed a whole x-over to compensate for it, it must exist... ???