A covered terrace with a timber ceiling and an open louvred roof, two speakers set flush in the timber above a dining table, a dark pool and the sea beyond

Speakers That Belong to the Architecture.

In-ceiling and in-wall speakers chosen for the room and finished to vanish.

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In-ceiling, in-wall or invisible?

Three ways a speaker meets a wall, and the room decides between them.

A round Crestron Reference in-ceiling speaker, seen at an angle

In-ceiling

Where it sitsFlush in the ceiling

What you seeA slim grille, painted with the ceiling

How it soundsEven, room-filling sound from above

Best roomsKitchens, living rooms, bedrooms

When it is plannedBefore the ceiling is closed

Reach for it whenMusic should fill the whole room

A rectangular Crestron Reference in-wall speaker behind its white grille

In-wall

Where it sitsFlush in the wall, between the studs

What you seeA slim grille, painted with the wall

How it soundsSound in front of you, at ear height

Best roomsMedia rooms and walls with a screen

When it is plannedBefore the drywall is closed

Reach for it whenThe sound belongs with a screen or a seat

A plain plastered wall beside a living room, a woman touching a small panel set into it

Invisible

Where it sitsBehind the plaster or the finish

What you seeNothing at all

How it soundsGentle and wide, for music and background listening

Best roomsRooms where nothing may show

When it is plannedBefore the plaster, so it is skimmed with the wall

Reach for it whenThe wall must stay perfectly plain

From a hole in the drywall to a speaker you cannot find.

In-ceiling speaker installation in five steps, most of them finished before the room is painted.

Placement from the plans
Every speaker is drawn on the plans first, spaced to the room and clear of the lights and the beams.
Back-boxes and wiring before the drywall
Cable and back-boxes go in while the walls are open, so nothing needs to be revisited.
Cut in and mounted
The opening is cut to the speaker, which is fixed flush with the surface around it.
A grille painted to match
Grilles are painted with the ceiling or the wall, so they read as part of it.
Tuned to the room
Each room is calibrated from where you sit, for natural, balanced sound.

Three ceilings, no speakers in sight.

Grilles are finished with the ceiling around them, so the only clue is the music.

A whitewashed pine ceiling with a small square speaker grille set among the boards — Pine boards, and a grille no larger than a downlight.

A reclaimed timber plank ceiling with a slim slotted speaker grille beside a downlight — Reclaimed planks, the grille cut into a single board.

A long open-plan penthouse with a marble kitchen island, a grand piano and walls of glass at dusk — A penthouse from the kitchen to the piano, with speakers flush in the ceiling throughout.

Architectural speaker questions, answered.

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Do in-ceiling speakers sound as good as cabinet speakers?

For music through the house, they fill every corner of a room with balanced sound while it keeps its lines. Where the speaker can be part of the room, a floorstanding pair still brings more scale, depth and presence.

Can the speakers match the ceiling?

Yes. In-wall and in-ceiling speakers sit flush with the architecture behind paintable grilles, finished with the wall or ceiling around them, so the room keeps its lines.

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