This has probably been asked a million times, but I actually did a search and couldn't find anything, so I'm asking. Forgive me if this is somewhere else.

I'm trying to mount my QS8s and have run into a snag in the wall. A cross brace between the 2x4 studs at 17" from the ceiling. Is it a problem to mount them that close to the ceiling so I don't have to fish the wire through this brace? My room is 19x23, and it has 11ft ceilings, so the QS8s would be positioned at 9ft 7in or about 5ft 7in above the listeners heads.

Thanks