Can Cane be mounted on a ceiling instead of a wall?

Yes — Cane's mounting hardware supports ceiling and angled installations, useful in spaces like bars where wall space is fully committed to displays or fixtures.

Is Cane suitable for a hospitality or restaurant fit-out?

Yes — Cane is commonly specified in hospitality projects for its slim profile and IP66 outdoor rating, letting a single product line cover indoor bar areas, terraces, and private dining zones.

What colour finishes does Cane come in?

Cane is available in champagne, black, and white, with custom RAL colour matching for architectural projects.

Can one speaker system cover multiple zones in a restaurant?

Yes — with an appropriately zoned amplifier setup, a single Cane-based system can cover indoor, outdoor, and private dining areas as separate or combined zones.

Is Cane rated for outdoor terrace use?

Yes, Cane carries an IP66 rating and is marine-treatable, suitable for covered or semi-exposed terrace installations.

Does ceiling-mounted speaker placement work differently to wall-mounted?

Yes — a downward-aimed ceiling speaker typically disperses sound across a wider horizontal area below it, which suits spaces where listeners are seated in multiple directions rather than facing one direction.

Case Study: Cane on a Mirrored Restaurant Bar Ceiling

XSCACE Cane speaker flush-mounted on a mirrored mosaic-tile bar ceiling

Most architectural speaker installs are wall-mounted, but a cocktail bar with a mirrored, mosaic-tiled ceiling over the back bar presented a different opportunity: mounting Cane flush to the mirrored ceiling panel itself, angled down toward the bottle display and bar top below. It's an unconventional placement, but one that let the design keep every wall clear for the bar's own mirrored and lit shelving.

Case Study at a Glance

Zones: bar ceiling, outdoor terrace, private dining booth
Product: Cane (23mm slim-array, IP66)
Mounting surface: mirrored mosaic-tile ceiling + patio heater pole + painted wall
Finish: cream aluminium
Goal: one consistent audio system across three different hospitality zones

Ceiling mounting and directivity

Mounting a speaker to a ceiling rather than a wall changes its directivity relationship to the listening area — a ceiling speaker aimed down disperses across a wider horizontal area below it than the same speaker aimed across a room from a wall. That wider dispersion pattern suited this bar's layout, where guests are seated below the mirrored ceiling section in multiple directions rather than facing one direction as they might in a living room.

Why the ceiling, not the wall

The back bar's walls were already fully committed to bottle displays and backlit shelving — there was no wall real estate left that wouldn't obstruct the visual merchandising the bar was designed around. The mirrored ceiling, largely empty of other fixtures, became the practical mounting surface instead.

From ceiling to terrace to booth

The same install extended outdoors to a restaurant terrace, with a cream-finish Cane mounted on a patio heater pole beside an artificial floral wall, and into a private dining booth on a saffron-painted wall — three distinct zones, one speaker line, letting the venue run a single consistent audio system across very different design moments.

The system

An Air Amp powers the array across zones, with an Acacia 10 Powered subwoofer providing low-end support for the bar and terrace areas during service.