Custom sound system?

[pitbull239]

hey guyz.. has anyone seen the home audio systems where the headunit is like a 10 inch touchscreen that gets mounted into the wall of your home, with ceiling speakers flush mounted in the ceiling? How much do they cost? and where could i find them? thanks.

[crispy_chick3n]

you could always ghetto rig something up with a car headunit and some speakers out of a car. that would proably be your cheapest bet. the only speakers i know of that actualy flush mount into the cieling are bose speakers, and you are talking OUTRAGEOUS ammounst of money for those bastards. other than that im useless in this topic. lol, but hopefuly someone else chimes in here, because i am curious as well.

[RooTxBeeR]

You can flush mount any speaker into your ceiling, just the cost and time to make it fit flush.

[Stee-Z]

you could always ghetto rig something up with a car headunit and some speakers out of a car. that would proably be your cheapest bet. the only speakers i know of that actualy flush mount into the cieling are bose speakers, and you are talking OUTRAGEOUS ammounst of money for those bastards. other than that im useless in this topic. lol, but hopefuly someone else chimes in here, because i am curious as well.

.. i was gunna do that .. lol!

[6berry]

boston acoustics makes flush mount ceiling speakers. you can probably find them from a lot of companies

[Maxim]

You could do a small media computer with a touchscreen similar to what Meade did in the Tahoe. Small HTPC with a big ass hard drive built into the wall or in a cabinet somewhere. Then grab a touchscreen, mount it wherever the hell you want, and wire the HTPC into a receiver. Run your wires and either flush-mount your speakers of your choice or go buy flush mount ones.

[fueledbysound]

There are hundreds of companies that make (and have been making for years) flush mount in-ceiling speakers. Even MTX, Polk, Pioneer, etc make in-cieling home speakers. If you are a car audio guy I would hope you are familiar with those brands. In-ceiling speakers have been around so long that there are also ultra cheap brands out there with all kinds of garbage (hey, sounds a lot like the car audio business). You can get them as cheap as $30 each, maybe even less.

As far as 10" touchpanels that go in your wall, there are many of these available too except you are talking a whole different price level than even what you would consider pricey home audio. Companies like Extron, Crestron and AMX all produce these panels.

Mounting a car audio head unit in the wall of a house.....thanks for the laugh, I needed a good one today.

hey guyz.. has anyone seen the home audio systems where the headunit is like a 10 inch touchscreen that gets mounted into the wall of your home, with ceiling speakers flush mounted in the ceiling? How much do they cost? and where could i find them? thanks.

[412 CVX]

go to a best buy magnolia store if you have one nearby. they might know something about that.

however, all of the things that would be specifically made to do just that would be outrageously pricey, and meant for much larger applications than what you sound like you're trying to do.

IMO, you could design something yourself that would do what you're trying to do.

i'm thinking either a computer (if they make touchscreen computers) or something like an iPad for controls.

[Clif]

Really you can actually get this setup for cheap. Check our a russound collage system. It's not a 10" screen but it's a in wall controller that has a built in amp for up to 4 I'm ceilings. Perfect for your bedroom, pool area, bathroom or even your game area. Urc Also has a bunch of stuff for either in wall touchpanels on desktop setups!