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Sometimes I am thinking about doing it by myself for the joy of DIY.

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Sometimes that joy of DIY turns into the pain of "Oh, God, why did I TRY to DIY!"

Bren R.

thanwu,

My house has trim/molding at the bottom of the sheetrock. As mdrew suggests it was easily pulled off to run the wires. Then up to surround height with the tool from Home Depot.

If your house has trim I think it's not too difficult for a beginner, I am not handy myself. Through the attic sounds difficult.

Home Depot also had speaker wire feed throughs which look like an AC socket plate.

If you could post some pic’s, I’m sure I could walk you through it and give you a detailed shopping list. Anything can be done……

I just did this for QS4's. The easiest wall was an inside wall where I measured and drilled into the wall cavity from my crawlspace. I picked a stud for the bracket and drilled a 1.5" role right next to it. Then, I pushed fish tape up thru the hole in the crawlspace until my wife could grab it. Then, 14ga in-wall wire came down.

The opposite wall was harder - it was an outside wall with insulation and a fire break. I ended up pulling a couple runs of the vinyl siding off the house and cutting into the sheathing to run the wire. Replace the sheathing and reinstall the siding - took about an hour.
-Brian

Hi, here is the floor plan for my living room area.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hongthan/detail?.dir=1f75&.dnm=62bb.jpg&.src=ph

Thanks,

Han

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Han, you still need to answer some of the questions we have asked of you. For starters is the room already finished? If so, do you have access to a basement or attic to run the wires. Otherwise, it will be difficult.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hongthan/detail?.dir=1f75&.dnm=62bb.jpg&.src=ph

Just out of curiosity, has anyone run any of that flat speaker wire that can be painted? Flatwire

Does this help?

Just brainstorming form the floorplan... This is a short, interior wall, so if you don't have access to the top or bottom to drill into the wall cavities you're going to have to get creative.

It looks like you're placing the speakers very near to the corners. I don't know what this means accoustically, but you might be able to bring wire up inside corner trim pieces if you're careful about not nailing thru the wire.

Perhaps you could come up with a clever wall treatment or wall hanging behind the sofa to conceal wires behind.

Or finally, mount the QS4's on stands on either side of the sofa?

This will be an interesting listening arrangement. I'm no expert but I wonder how sharp the imaging will be with the wide open spaces on either side and behind the area. Can the kitchen or dining room be closed off from the A/V area?

-Brian

Hi, Brian:

The speakers drew in the floor plan are not exactly what I have now. I have not bought the QS8 yet and use one pair of Paradigm tower speakers on both sides of my sofa as sorrund speakers. I plan to buy the QS8s for sorrund back speakers and will move the sofa a little bit closer to the TV, probablly one or two feet away from the wall. I don't think i can insert the wire into the trim in the floor since the two open areas to the kitchen and dining room.
By the way, the QS8s will be closer to the middle than it is showed in the floor plan.

Thanks,

Han