Inglenook Quandary - UK

Inglenook Quandary

As the focus for period properties a traditional inglenook fire place is hard to beat. But for the audiophile owner of this 350 year old converted bakery it left a quandary.

The best listening positions for his high quality Kef speakers were either side of the inglenook. The only problem was that at over 1m tall the Kef speakers dominated the room.

Although moving elsewhere in the room looked better, it didn’t give the quality. The solution to this dilemma was Amina Plaster-In wall loudspeakers mounted in the inglenook itself!
Amina’s unique technology means the loudspeakers can be installed in to walls or ceilings and skimmed with 1.5 mm layer of plaster skim to the face of the speaker surface without the plaster or the sound produced being affected.
 

Amina invisible loudspeakers are designed for fitting in cavity and solid walls, as on this occasion. The solid wall back box makes installation into solid walls or ceilings easy. It is designed for pre-installation and readies the room for speaker installation during earlier building stages. This back box, is just 50mm deep is constructed from 1.2mm think steel and is designed to be fixed directly to the inside of the solid cavity such that the front edge is level with the rest of the wall immediately prior to the final skim of plaster being applied.
 

The way Amina Plaster-in wall loudspeakers create sound means not only are they invisible they produce a larger “sweet spot” to listen and better sound gradients. This means that the coverage through out the space is more even and ambient. Even off axis, i.e. not directly in front of the speaker, the fall-off in volume is much less severe.
 

It makes Amina’s the ideal solution when listening quality and aesthetics are important.