"Stubud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for advice on designing home theater towers and center
speaker console around my projection screen. I'm designing a left and
right tower to go on each side of the screen. Across the top will be a
panel (approx. 6-8" ) behind which my center speaker will be mounted
and some recessed lighting to light up the wall area when the screen is
up/not in use. The area at the bottom between the towers will have a
storage bench across the bottom as well (bench for sitting when screen
not in use, storage for vinyls, DVDs, Videos's etc.)

Here's the question. In each tower I'm planning to place my left and
right front speakers which are Infinity SM-12's. These speakers are
rear ported. Above the speakers would be storage for videos/DVDs (left
side) etc and the audio components (right side). In regards to the
rear ports, would it best to try to just leave the back open with space
allowed between wall and tower to allow sound out OR should I build a
baffle system that would capture the rear port sound and project it
forward?

IMO it would be best to let the speaker vent as designed. No reason to
re-engineer the work done by the original desingers.

Personally, I wouldn't put the speakers inside of anything, as this would
make it impossible to experiment with placement at a later date or in a
different space, if need arises.