Bill Basher

Wall plate / Wall mount Spkrs

Dumb question but oh well. When wall mounting your satellite speakers, is it common practice to have a single gang outlet, 2 terminal wall plate next to each sat. speaker.

I sure would like to get around that, I think it would look a lot cleaner with small sat. speakers I have, the outlet is almost as big as my speakers. 8 lbs only.

I'm looking at using Omnimounts for them and was looking at what ways to run the speaker wire to them, wall plate is about all I've found.

Thanks!!

Wayne A. Pflughaupt

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John Gido

I have my speaker wire coming directly out of the wall through these.

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Ted Lee

i would say it's personal preference.

i like john's idea. should provide a nice clean opening. plus, you don't have a break in the wire.

if you use a wall plate, it provides a nice look. plus, if you ever move, you can simply cover up the gang box. but, it breaks the signal chain.

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Ted Lee

i would say it's personal preference.

i like john's idea. should provide a nice clean opening. plus, you don't have a break in the wire.

if you use a wall plate, it provides a nice look. plus, if you ever move, you can simply cover up the gang box. but, it breaks the signal chain.

this is my dvd collection. there are many like it, but this is my own ...

Bill Basher

Oh.. I like John's suggestion too. That will work great and be less $$ even better WAF!

Now how do you handle when the sat. speaker wires comes back to the wall at your receiver? Any suggestions for that too??

Thanks!!

Bill Basher

Oh.. I like John's suggestion too. That will work great and be less $$ even better WAF!

Now how do you handle when the sat. speaker wires comes back to the wall at your receiver? Any suggestions for that too??

Thanks!!

John Gido

Behind the receiver I use an 8 terminal wall plate w/banana plugs (2 sets for the surround speakers & 2 sets for the backyard speakers).

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John Gido

Behind the receiver I use an 8 terminal wall plate w/banana plugs (2 sets for the surround speakers & 2 sets for the backyard speakers).

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support
group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.
-Drew Carey

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-Unknown

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