Speaker Positioning At Ceiling Level (1 Viewer)

[Brett DiMichele]

This is what I found at OmniMount's web site.
http://www.omnimount.com/ifk2.tpl?area=con
Brett DiMichele
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[Wes]

Just an idea from Mike Knapps theater! You might be able to build something out of black pipe like this.

Wes

 

[Don O'Brien]

Brett,
Omnimount has been making speaker brackets and other suspension devices for monitors, plasmas, and professional use for years. There products are far too numerous to list, but they have an extensive variety of mounts.
The speaker product line is minimally represented at RAT Shack. There present product line can accomodate a variety of weights:
25 Series up to 8 lbs.(3.6 kg.) 100 Series up to 55 lbs.(24.9 kg.)
50/53 Series up to 15 lbs.(6.8 kg.) 300 Series up to 120 lbs.(54.4 kg.)
75 Series up to 25 lbs.(11.3 kg.) 500 Series up to 225 lbs.(102.1kg.)
They are available in this variety at a number of consumer electronics stores (B&M and web based).
Unless your speakers (e.g. M&K ) are pre-threaded for insertion of the mounts arm, you will have to screw some harware into speaker. If this is a concern, the BT product allows you to sandwich the speaker in the bracket without marring the speaker. During installs, I still like to put a set screw into the speaker with BTs products.
At the same weight spec, BT is a little cheaper, but the bracket is more obtrusive to the finished look of the installation.
Guy's advice is prudent with monopolar designs. Dipolar speakers tend to be far more tolerant of mounting above ear level and/or close to the ceiling.
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[Edited last by Don O'Brien on October 21, 2001 at 09:37 PM]

 

[Adam Kuhns]

I am faced with three problems.
Number One: My speakers do not have square or rectangular bases. They are shaped like a flowerpot only with the sides and top rounded out slightly. The side that would be the bottom of the pot is rounded in slightly.
Number Two: The area in the middle of the base is recessed about a fourth of an inch on each side.
Number Three: The speakers themselves are plastic, not wood.
Would those factors make it difficult to secure them to a mount? All I've seen have been rectangular-based or square-based wood speakers on all the mounts. I'll see if I can get some pictures up tomorrow to better illustrate my point if it is hard to understand from my descriptions.

 

[SamRoza]

My mounts are 100-series mounts. They are rated at up to 55lbs. Their construction is not Pot metal, but cast steel.
The AR sub is incredible, and it's only the 150 watt 12" carver model. My HT room is on a slab, and it is STILL so loud. Bjork's hyperballad rings the whole house.
I went with the AR Center channel because I thought that JBLs center paled in construction next to this thing. It also blends right in to the JBL system.
Sam

 

[Brett DiMichele]

Sam,
I hope you didn't take any of my posts the wrong way.
In light of the information posted by yourself and Jim
I see that they do make the heavy duty versions. I just
didn't want someone to purchase these and have them break
and damage a set of good speakers. You can understand that
i'm sure.
Glad you are fond of the AR Sub and Center. I just ordered
an AR Hi-Res AR4c Center to replace my AR Performance Series
C225PS Center which I will move to the back wall and use for
"Surround Back"
I run all AR speakers and could not be happier with the
sound or the quality. Glad you feel the same!
Front L/R: AR Hi-Res AR9 Towers Bi-Wired
Center: AR Hi-Res AR4C
Surround L/R: AR Performance Series 216PS Bookshelfs
Surround Back: AR Performance Series C225PS Center Channel
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Brett DiMichele
My Home Theater Site!
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[SamRoza]

Brett, I did take quite a bit of offense to the way you approached my posts, but I'm over it(especially since I was right ). Not only did you doubt me, but you led me to believe that I was endangering myself and others when I KNEW that I had taken extra precautions safetywise.
My Sub is actually the ARS300, probably the same model you were talking about. If I hadn't fallen in love with the look of the JBLs(and their incredible sound), I might've gone for AR equipment all around.
What's with the AR4C?
Sam

 

[Brett DiMichele]

Sam,
I will be a big man... You were right and I was wrong..
granted it doesn't happen often

but it does happen!
And for that I sincerely apolagize and offer my hand in
a friendly gesture.
The AR4C is one of the Hi-Res series Center Channels sold
by AR. It employs the exact same 5.25" Magnesium-Aluminum
Hemispherical Midranges (one piece with no dust cone) and
the same 1" Diamond Hardened Titanium Tweeter as all of the
Hi-Res series towers (AR9/AR5/AR3/AR1) use for perfect vocal
match. The Performance Series Center that I have does not
match my Hi-Res AR9's, it's close but not close enough..
Therfore it will go on the back wall to be used for a single
channel "Back Surround" Surround is not critical and since
so little sound information goes to those channels you are
hard pressed to notice a slight mismatch in tonal qualities.
I thought about getting the AR2C which uses the same Mids
and high as the AR4C but also adds a 6.5" Downfiring "sub"
woofer. But the more I thought about it that would just make
my RPTV's screen shake like crazy and I wouldn't want
that!
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Brett DiMichele
My Home Theater Site!
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