[gregzoll]

The speakers should come with a template. You just need to get the hole big enough for the speaker to fit into, and then the grill will cover it. If you are good with a drywall saw, or even a rotozip, it can be done.

 

[gregzoll]

You are seeing it the same that I am. Total pooch screw on this, with poor planning of the location of speakers & lighting. As for the saw or rotozip, that plastic is going to be nothing to either one.

 

[gregzoll]

Yes they will Crackers. The speakers should have been located after the lighting cans were located by the electrician. There is no way that this will look good, or look professionally done, once finished.

If I was the OP, I would actually locate the speakers farther away from the lights, depending on how much wire they have up there for them.