How can a speaker be hidden on a marble feature wall?

Rather than trying to match the marble's veining directly, matching an adjacent architectural material — like brass or bronze fluted trim — gives the speaker a natural place to blend in using the room's existing design language.

What subwoofer extends QuadCane's low end?

The Juniper (350W RMS, 25Hz–200Hz) is commonly paired with QuadCane to extend bass response below its native 150Hz lower limit.

Does QuadCane need a DSP amplifier?

It's not required, but a Xylem DSP amplifier allows for room correction and crossover tuning between QuadCane and a paired subwoofer, which is recommended for full-range listening rooms.

What is QuadCane's depth?

QuadCane is 21mm deep, among the thinnest 4-driver architectural speakers available.

Does a general living room need a different speaker spec than a dedicated media room?

Not necessarily a different model, but the system should be chosen for range of use — casual background listening through to louder film or music sessions — rather than optimised narrowly for one scenario the way a dedicated media room system might be.

Case Study: QuadCane on a Marble and Brass Feature Wall

Q: Is QuadCane suitable for a general living room, not just dedicated media rooms?

Yes — QuadCane's 100W RMS and full 150Hz–20kHz range suit both casual background listening and more demanding film or music sessions in a general living space.

XSCACE QuadCane speaker blended into vertical brass fluted trim on a marble feature wall

A living room feature wall combining a white-and-grey Calacatta-style marble slab with vertical bronze and brass fluted trim strips gave this install a natural place to hide a speaker in plain sight: champagne-finish QuadCane was positioned directly within the metal fluting, using the trim's own vertical lines as camouflage rather than trying to disappear against the marble itself.

Case Study at a Glance

Room: living room feature wall
Product: QuadCane (21mm, 4-driver, 100W RMS)
Mounting surface: Calacatta-style marble with vertical brass fluted trim
Finish: champagne aluminium
Goal: use existing architectural trim as camouflage rather than matching the marble

Full-range listening in a general living space

Unlike a dedicated media room built around one activity, a general living room needs to handle a wider range of use cases — casual background music at low volume, a film night at higher volume with more low-frequency demand, occasional louder entertaining. QuadCane's full 150Hz–20kHz range and 100W RMS ceiling give it the flexibility to cover that range of uses well, rather than being optimised narrowly for one listening scenario.

Using architectural trim as camouflage

Rather than matching the marble's white-and-grey veining — difficult for any speaker finish to do convincingly — this install matched the adjacent brass fluting instead. QuadCane's slim vertical profile sat naturally within the metal trim's rhythm, effectively using the room's own architectural detailing as cover.

A living room built for both film and music

The room's tan velvet sofa, olive and houndstooth cushions, and crystal decor objects suggest a room used for both everyday living and more considered entertaining — QuadCane's 100W RMS and full 150Hz–20kHz range give it the headroom to handle both casual background listening and more demanding film or music sessions.

The system

A Juniper subwoofer (350W RMS, 25Hz–200Hz) extends the room's low end below QuadCane's native range, driven alongside the QuadCane array by a Xylem DSP amplifier for full room correction.