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In Reply to: Where can I find out the proper height for surround speakers? posted by cfraser on January 30, 2002 at 19:26:22:
Mine are 6' give or take from the floor to the center of the speaker cone. It's a coaxial speaker.
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and it's what I want. I haven't figured out how to do it yet. The rear (7.1) speakers are fine since they're small/light, mounted high on walls. It's the rear surrounds that I can't figure out how to get that high without drilling holes in them. Well, I can figure it out, install strong shelf brackets to the wall to support ~30 lbs, but I was hoping for something easier and less marring to the walls. Was hoping to not have to buy more smaller speakers as these ones sound not bad, but also was hoping not to have to use 5.5' stands that look like derricks. What did you use?
My Vandies VSMs are made to mount on the wall to a bar with a lip that sticks out. The speaker has a matching metal bar that angles out in a V extending about 1/4" from the back of the speaker similar to a cabinet mounting bracket. I used a 10" bar with holes every 1" and put in about 4 or 5 screws per bar for each speaker. Maybe one in the stud and the rest were molly bolts. Mine weigh 31 pounds each so I didn't want them on my head.If I ever take them down, a little wall patch and touch up paint and no one will ever know.
on my way to Home Depot to buy parts for a kluge. Nicely made British brackets, no drilling of the speakers etc., support 55 lbs, only $50, in case anybody else needs to know.
Thanks. I'll have to use a similar number of fasteners. Originally I started with smallish easy to mount rear surrounds, but then I found the larger/better speakers really did make a difference in that position, so my mounting problems started.
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