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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
jakewash #247915 02/19/09 11:02 PM
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thought the QS8 ceiling mount thought came from Tom


Hey, I thought so, too! Is Mark poaching my contributions AGAIN? \:\)


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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
jakewash #247990 02/20/09 08:12 AM
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 Originally Posted By: jakewash
I can vouch for the 3-4" of clearance, I have my QS's about that far away from the ceiling, works fine for me.



Jay,
Did you buy or make those ceiling brackets for your MS8's. Is this a side or back? Nice.

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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
davekro #247999 02/20/09 01:16 PM
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Dave, the brackets I used are just L-shaped shelf brackets I found at the local home improvement store Menards. They have a nice black plastic cover to hide the wires. I was looking at the Axiom brackets but they are a bit spendy.


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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
davekro #248010 02/20/09 03:03 PM
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Dave,

Those QS8s appear to be mounted with Axiom Full Metal Brackets. The thing you see coming down from the ceiling is just the speaker wire.

Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
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 Originally Posted By: tomtuttle
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thought the QS8 ceiling mount thought came from Tom


Hey, I thought so, too! Is Mark poaching my contributions AGAIN? \:\)


Hey! It's not fair. This new guy can't keep all the speaker sizes, shapes and full specs in his head AND keep all you forum reglars' straight too. My head is gonna burst. I had to take some heavy sedatives (read Tom's ale), to shift gears on mounting QS8's in my ceiling. As I rationalize, er, think this through... I hear Obe One's (Alan's) voice in my head... "Ceiling mounted QS8's will actually look much better than anything mounted on the back wall. Nothing to see here, move on." What a good idea. I'm glad I thought of it! ;\)


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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
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[comes back into the room...]

Hey! Who drank my beer?!?!

Dave, I do think the plan your currently pondering makes a lot of sense (especially the M60 part). Note that Axiom makes the excellent Full Metal Ceiling Bracket for just such installations. I always thought Randy's solution was pretty darn elegant, too.

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My head is gonna burst


Yeah, that sounds about right for this point of the process. It probably won't actually burst. Probably. Submitting an order usually relieves the pressure considerably.


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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
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Dave, the pic is a little misleading, the speaker is wall mounted with Axiom's FMB. What you see in the picture is the speaker wire terminal plate in the ceiling ( I was going to ceiling mount them but the FMB on the wall was much easier back then, no ceiling bracket from Axiom) and the subsequent wire to the speaker. That is a side shot of the speaker.

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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
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Dave, the pic is a little misleading, the speaker is wall mounted with Axiom's FMB.

They would look a lot better ceiling mounted.


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Re: Ideas on 31'L x 23'W room for fronts, 7.1 back
fredk #248103 02/20/09 10:50 PM
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 Originally Posted By: fredk
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Dave, the pic is a little misleading, the speaker is wall mounted with Axiom's FMB.

They would look a lot better ceiling mounted.


Fred,
Not sure I concur. If they were ceiling mounted, the dusty back would be visible. OMG... \:D

Now that the only thing between me and an order (60's, 150, 4- QS8) is needing to find an SF Bay Area owner willing to audition theirs. I may be forced to roam Union City in my convertible and stop at every home I hear a booming HT. Newark, consider that a threat! ;o)

Rear and side QS8's ... what are the schools of thought on sound quality if you:
1) mount flush to a wall?
2) use bracket to mount away from wall and tilt down at an angle?
2) For backs in middle of a room (tks Tom AND Mark ;o), mount verticle or tilting towards list. pos.

I see both, just wondering if anyone feels one sounds better having tried both orientations. I'd like to plan ahead on the kind of brackets to buy.
Thanks, Dave


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