Sonos claims you can run up to three pairs of these speakers from a single Sonos Amp making them excellent value for money while still providing quality sound. No more arguments in the household about bulky surround sound systems! This means you could have a surround system with your front speakers hidden in the wall and the rears flush with the ceiling. The second is for use with a television thanks to the new Amp’s HDMI input. The first is for use as ambient speakers in the home, perhaps with several Amps running a number of speakers throughout the home. These speakers are designed with two setups in mind. This means no need for an electrician to run power throughout the room, you simply need suitable speaker cable to go in your walls or ceiling and you’re good to go. Instead, they draw power from the Sonos Amp via the connecting speaker cable. The difference with these speakers in comparison with other Sonos produced speakers is that they don’t require their own power socket. Get Sonos sound from speakers that ‘disappear’ with the Sonos In-Wall by Sonance speakers. In addition, Sonance has made these grilles paintable so you can blend them into your ceiling no matter the colour. You can however purchase the other shape if that better suits your style. The speakers look much like any other installation speakers with the in-wall speakers sporting a rectangular grille and the in-ceiling feature a circular one. With this in mind they have teamed up with well known installation brand Sonance to launch a pair of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers tailored to work with the new Sonos Amp. The Sonos Architectural range has come about thanks to the release of the new Sonos Amp and a drive by Sonos to move into the installation game. Read on to find out what we thought of the range. Looking for crystal clear sound from easily disguisable installation speakers? How about with all the functionality and ease of use of the Sonos app? The new Sonos Architectural speakers by Sonance promise all of this and more. But to be fair, at normal (background or ambient) listening levels, the 160's performed well.Product review: Sonos Architectural speakers by Sonance Delicate songs like "Blackbird" really shone on the 160's, while more rockin' tunes such as "Revolution" made me crave my full-bodied tower speakers. For ceiling-mounted speakers, the bottom end was adequate, although the audioholic in me wanted a subwoofer when we turned it up. The highs were excellent, while the mids and lows left a little to be desired. Having four Ci160QR's (installed as 2 stereo pairs) proved to blanket the room with sound, and provided excellent coverage at moderate listening levels. The great room often found us listening to the entire Beatles catalog on shuffle from our iTunes library. Since the grilles are held in place with magnets, it is very easy to rotate and position the grille with the logo exactly as you please. Each grille comes with a small KEF logo pin that can be removed, if so desired. Once in place, the metal grille easily snaps in place via hidden magnets. Each speaker has 3 recessed screws around the perimeter of the woofer, and after placing it into the hole, all you have to do is turn the screws counter-clockwise to tighten the built-in clamps, and that's it! It was a very smooth and simple process, and we never had any issues getting the speakers locked in flush with the ceiling. We dropped the speaker cable from the attic through each hole, then climbed a ladder in the room and terminated the ends of the cable and attached them to the Ci160QR's. Using the guideline from the round template we had traced on the ceiling, we used a small, hand-held drywall saw to cut the holes. We were able to measure out the spaces between the ceiling joists to choose a symmetrical array for the four speaker locations in the room - basically near what would be the four corners of the room. 75 inch aluminum dome tweeter with KEF's "tangerine" waveguide for high frequency dispersement. This speaker is comprised of a 6.5 inch woofer and a. We decided that four KEF Ci160QR speakers would provide the best possible coverage for the room. This room has 14 foot ceilings and is approximately 20 x 15. We began in the largest room of the house, the great room.
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