Surround sound

With sabbatical coming to an end, we've been busy trying to finish all the projects we had planned during our time off. Installing in ceiling speakers however, was not one of them. We had an energy audit done and as a resulted added installation to our attic along with some other improvements. Since I didn't want to be climbing in the attic after the extra insulation was put in, this project moved quickly to the top of the list. Here's one of the speakers before getting installed.


Here's the speaker after getting wrapped in quilt batting. This is to prevent any insulation from coming in contact with the speaker.


Bought some speaker cable from monoprice. Definitely the cheapest price for wire.


Here are the four runs before fishing them through the wall and up in to the attic.


I only had to make one cut in the wall so that I could drill through a 2" x 4" fire blocking.


Here are the two new surround speakers in the family room.


Here are the new outdoor speakers over our patio. Total time spent was probably ~7-8 hours which included fishing the speakers wires through the wall and up through the attic.