In my den the only place for a TV is over the fireplace ... This, as most of you know, is a less than ideal place for both picture and audio since both will be about 4' too high. To boot since I'm installing in-walls for aesthetic reasons... the sound will be firing 4' over your head since you can't aim them.

My current solution is to install a mantle mount (a device which allows you to lower the tv down in front of the fireplace) and mount the in-walls on either side of the fireplace (below the height off the mantle ... have to see what that looks like and how hard it will be to put them there as I planned the in-wall cavity above the mantle).

Last option is a sound bar. It can be mounted below the TV and move down with it on the mantle mount. Problem is that I have no idea what I'm compromising as I've never heard one and I'm a bit skeptical about the idea.

So, I throw it out to you ... what are your thoughts ...