Question about the QS 8's
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Looking for a little advice. I have a Denon 2809 running pair of rocket 850's and bigfoot and am thinking about a pair of QS 8's for my surrounds. I need to mount them on the side walls. My problem is that I am not going to have much room between the surrounds and back wall. The room they are going into has a cathedral ceiling that opens into a kitchen with a 9' ceiling. The seating area is right where the room opens up into the kitchen. How much will the placement close to the back wall affect the sound?
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Jim
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Jim...welcome
I hope your enjoying your Rockets, great speakers...
Anyway, the Q's are very forgiving on placement. Will they be mounted to the side of the couch, a little behind, or a little in front? Also, how high are you planning? They do best 2-3 ft above your ears when sitting, or even higher. Mine are about 7ft off the ground.
Also, how much space would there be from the back wall, to where your going to mount them on the side walls? You will probably be ok, as the rear tweeters would direct sound off the back wall, and give you an enveloping sound.
Are you planning on mounting any speakers on the back wall for 7.x?
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Thanks for the quick response. The speakers would be slightly forward of the seating area (12"-18") and about 9'6" high. They would be about 12" - 18" from the wall. I was thinking about the adjustable wall brackets and angling the speakers down. Might be a tough sell with the wife on the back speakers. They would need to be mounted hanging from the kitchen ceiling, but you never know in the future.
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Sounds like it would work great to me. I would definately angle them downward a bit at that height. Mine aren't angled at all and still sound great, but I may consider getting some different brackets some day. Axiom makes their ceiling bracket for the Q's which is adjustable, but not sure how it would work on a side wall.
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Jim, from your description there doesn't appear to be any cause for concern. If you'll be using the QS8s for side surrounds in a 5.1 setup and won't be using back surrounds for 7.1, the QS8s should be on the sidewalls about 3' above ear level and maybe 2' farther back than the sitting position. The distance of side surrounds to the back wall isn't a crucial factor.
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Thank for the advice. I might be able to put them a couple of feet behind the seating area and that would reduce the height a few inches as well.
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Jim
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Axiom makes their ceiling bracket for the Q's which is adjustable, but not sure how it would work on a side wall.
Don't quote me on this, but if I recall, when I was at Axiom in the fall, I believe they had their demo QS8s mounted on the walls.
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This bracket is made for wall mounting. http://www.axiomaudio.com/fullmetalbracket.html#Click on the small pic on the page for a blow up of a QS mounted.
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Yah, that's the one.Tks, Bob.
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