Is that a gas fireplace or real log burning? Maybe you could mount the speaker below the mantel somehow. Possibly anchor it into the bricks or whatever is behind the bricks? It is very heavy as you know.

Another option is to someday as money allows, put togethor a smaller home theater upstairs using bookshelfs and use the 180 downstairs.


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