What are the best speakers for a living room with a stone feature wall?

Slim surface-mount speakers that fix to the surrounding panels rather than the stone. XSCACE Cane is 43 mm wide and 23 mm deep, so it fits on a single timber panel and leaves the stone untouched.

How big is the XSCACE Cane?

Cane is 183.5 mm tall, 43 mm wide and 23 mm deep, in an anodised aerospace-aluminium housing.

What finishes does Cane come in?

Matte champagne, black and white as standard. The anodised housing can also be finished in any RAL colour; white is powder coated.

Does Cane need a subwoofer?

Cane plays from 150 Hz to 20 kHz. For full-range music in a living room, pair it with a subwoofer at the recommended 200 Hz crossover.

Can Cane cover both a living area and a dining table?

Yes. Several Cane units spaced along the walls give even level across an open living and dining room, with up to 110 dB maximum SPL per unit.

How do I plan speaker positions in an open-plan room?

Trace the floor plan in the XSCACE Configurator, place the speakers and check the predicted coverage at each seat before installation.

Case Study: Cane in a Luxury Living and Dining Room

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In a living room built around a book-matched onyx wall, the hardest brief for living room speakers is to add sound without adding objects. This open living and dining room pairs the stone with dark timber panelling, bronze trim and full-height glazing onto trees. XSCACE Cane was mounted on the timber panels flanking the onyx, where a 43 mm-wide speaker in matte champagne reads as part of the joinery rather than as equipment.

An open living and dining room with a book-matched onyx wall, dark timber panelling and floor-to-ceiling glass. XSCACE C

Living area with two sofas and the onyx feature wall, XSCACE Cane speakers on the timber panels — The onyx wall stays the focus; Cane sits on the timber either side.

Case study at a glance

Room: open-plan living and dining room with a book-matched onyx feature wall
Product: Cane slim-array speaker
Finish: matte champagne, matched to the bronze trim
Mounting surface: dark timber wall panels
Goal: full-range sound for music and conversation without a visible speaker cabinet

Why the panels, not the stone

Stone like this is chosen for its veining, and every fixing through it is permanent. Mounting on the timber either side keeps the onyx untouched and gives Cane a flat, serviceable surface. Cane is 183.5 mm tall, 43 mm wide and 23 mm deep, so it sits within the width of a single panel and reads as a bronze inlay from the seating.

XSCACE Cane in matte champagne mounted on a dark timber panel next to an onyx wall — Cane on the timber panel, 23 mm off the surface.

Close view of XSCACE Cane on a timber panel beside the onyx feature wall — Close view of the panel mounting.

One finish for stone, timber and bronze

The room already carries champagne and bronze in its trim and lighting. Cane comes in matte champagne, black and white as standard, and the anodised aerospace-aluminium housing can be finished in any RAL colour. Here the champagne finish ties the speakers to the existing metalwork, so nothing new enters the palette.

Sound across a living and dining space

Open living and dining rooms need even level from the sofa to the dining table rather than one ideal seat. Each Cane runs four Power Dense custom woofers from 150 Hz to 20 kHz with 92 dB sensitivity and up to 110 dB maximum SPL, which is ample for background music at dinner and for focused listening from the sofa. Below 150 Hz, Cane hands over to a subwoofer at the recommended 200 Hz crossover.

Seating area with the onyx wall, pendant lights and XSCACE Cane speakers on the timber panels — Seating, pendants and the onyx wall from the side.

Dining end of the room with a timber panel wall, pendant lights and garden views through floor-to-ceiling glass — The dining end, with garden views through full-height glass.

Round dining table in front of the timber panel wall — The dining table sits within the same coverage.

Planning a room like this

For rooms that mix hard stone, glass and timber, the XSCACE Configurator predicts coverage seat by seat and estimates reverberation before anything is fixed to a wall. See also how Cane was used in a private dining room and on a mirrored restaurant bar ceiling.