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Trying to get the wiring done prior to the speakers showing up. What's the proper height for wall mounting them (going to fish the lines through the wall). They'll be on the side of the room in-line, slightly behind the seating area.

Thanks

The QS8's are very forgiving speakers, if I'm remembering correctly I believe about 2' above the seated listening position is optimal. Mine are a little higher than that and they sound great.

Mine are 3" below the ceiling(kids in the area) and still sound great, but do sound better when I am standing. I would go for the 2-3 ft above your seated height.

Major,

If possible it is best to experiment a little before hand. Many people get out a few ladders and try different heights and placements in relation to the seating area.

As Rick mentioned, they are very forgiving and will work in most positions. Alan has mentioned a minimum of 2ft above your ears or higher. Mine are about 7ft and work great.

Thanks RickF. Think I'll go with 5 feet up on the wall. Sweet setup you have - very clean looking.

I'd read some things saying that mid-field placement of a sub is not recommended....how have you found this to sound. Thanks again.

Be sure to give yourself a little room between your ceiling and the top of the QS8s Major, again if I'm remembering correctly I believe about a foot down from the ceiling is recommended ... I'm old, so I could be wrong.

Thanks and regarding the sub's location, after doing the sub-crawl and recommendations from knowledable secret sources along with various room placements, the mid-sidewall has been the best sonic location for my particular room.

no problem....room has 10ft ceilings so 5 or 6ft up should be good.

Should work out great for you then Major, good luck and again, congrats.

I'd go at least 6ft up from the floor Major.

one thing....about 8ft up the wall slightly angles in up to the 10ft (starting at 8ft the wall angles in 2ft, up to the 10 ft limit. Thinking the 6ft height will provide enough height from where the wall starts angling in to have sound radiate around. Does that change anything.