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| Frontal in-situ view of Stealth Acoustics invisible speaker system |
One of those technologies was the so-called invisible or in-wall speakers designed to be flush-mounted inside a gyprock wall, giving the full range of sound including up to 20Hz of sub-woofer sound and allowing the speakers to be painted over or even washed with solvents when doing a new interior design.
According to Len Wallis from Len Wallis Audio, even though the actual technology has been around for some 15 years, the potential for the new application of this technology is "enormous". "This is a totally invisible solution that looks like its actually part of the wall", says Wallis, adding, "we have some fairly big numbers in terms of orders for these speakers already in the system".
In terms of changing the position of the speaker or removing it entirely, Wallis notes that this is not a problem, as the system comes with a template which is used to cut section out of the wall. If a speaker has to be taken out of one section, the cut-out gyprock piece is simply replaced and painted over. Furthermore he says his company gives a 10 year/ $6000 on-site warranty to ensure that any speaker changing is done with minimum cost and annoyance, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘out of sight, out of mind'.
