Speaker enclosure and mounting method for isolating and insulating faceplate and heavy speakers from surrounding mounting surface

A speaker enclosure comprising:

• a speaker box presenting an opening and mountable beneath a surface such that the opening is accessible through the surface;
• a compressible gasket affixed to a perimeter of the opening such that the compressible gasket, when uncompressed, protrudes beyond the surface;
• a faceplate attachable to the box over the opening;
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• a plurality of coupling mechanisms, each being independently adjustable to cause the faceplate to contact and compress the gasket leaving a substantially uniform degree of separation between the faceplate and the surface, with at least a lower coupling mechanism of the plurality of coupling mechanisms including a spring, having a spring constant of between approximately 1 lb/in and 50 lbs/in, operable to resist over-compression of the compressible gasket, and a spacer operable to maintain the spring in an operating position.

A method of mounting a speaker enclosure within a surface, the speaker enclosure comprising a speaker box, a gasket, a faceplate and a plurality of independently adjustable coupling mechanism, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a hole in the surface operable to receive the speaker box;
• (b) securing the speaker box beneath the surface;
• (c) coupling the faceplate to the speaker box by adjusting each independently adjustable coupling mechanism to compress the gasket between the faceplate and the speaker box, leaving a substantially uniform degree of separation between the faceplate and the surface;
• and
• (d) resisting over-compression of the gasket with a spring, thereby facilitating the substantially uniform degree of separation.