Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Wall-mounting M60s

Just ordered the epic 60 package last night. My dilemma: I have eight children (15 mos-13y) who can reduce anything of value to sawdust in the blink of an eye. I've got to protect this investment (the speakers, not the kids). I figure my options are 1) put the speakers behind lock and key (not practical), 2) electrified razor wire (in the running), and 3) mount the M60s on the wall (probably my best option). Does anyone have experience with wall mounting these giants? Axiom says use 2 brackets per speaker. Also any ideas on protecting the sub. Thanks! Awesome forum!

1) M60s are rear ported

2) Do you realize how big these things are?

I don't think you are going to want to wall mount the 60s.

I have 3 kids. (I do realize, you have almost triple that amount....WOW!!) Each one knows, you DO NOT EVER touch anything in the HT room. No food, no drink, no playing......(get the picture?!)

I can't leave the 60s on the floor. Might as well put a target on them. I don't have a dedicated HT room that I can lock up. Axiom says they've wall mounted them with two brackets, beat them with a hammer and they stayed mounted. How does the rear porting come into play?

I used some cheap fireplace screen to protect my subwoofer.

All I can say is, if you wall mount those babies GIVE US SOME PICS!!!!!!!!!!!

I can imagine them working -- you will lose some bass that comes from woofer-floor interaction, but otherwise, so long as you can angle the tweeters relatively near the listening axis vertically, I bet it'll work fine. Auditoriums mount PA speakers of similar dimension all the time, often at dizzying heights, so it can clearly be done, acoustically and physically. However, you will want them about one foot away from the wall, to assist the rear porting. (Maybe Axiom and/or experimentation can determine a distance closer to the wall, some ideal point where the tradeoff isn't too big. I've heard 4" minimum on the M22tis.) So once you settle on a distance, you'll just need a wall-mounting system, carpenter, and/or wall capable of bearing the load of these suckers at some distance (ie, increased leverage) from your internal bracing. Make sure the wall-mount set-up allows for tilting the speakers forward, or else your listening axis will be frustratingly off whenever you sit down. One would imagine an equipment supplier for theaters and music venues would be the place to start looking for mounts.

It's a cool idea if you can make it work. As a fringe benefit, you might even be able to remove the grilles .... On second thought, no way: those front ports would be the ideal height for cross-room tests of throwing accuracy.

Wow. You are braver than I am.

I specifically DIDN'T get towers because of the attraction of the ports and the desire of little ones to monkey with the woofers. You are going to attempt to wall mount them though. More power to you. Definately post pictures if it works!

Trying to picture those monstes mounted and how you are going to get them high enough to be completely out of reach. I can't picture it.

Okay, here's a company that sells small-tv wall mounts that can handle up to 60 lbs (M60s=47 lbs). The width looks perfect for M60s, but lord only knows how you'll affix them properly to the back. Figure that out and you've got no exuses!!!

• Small wall mount at Lashen.com

Birdman

Scratch that - width looks adequate for M60s, but it'll be too wide. There must be some good stuff out there however.

Birdman

Scratch all those suggestions -- these guys got you covered:

• Omni Mount - 60 lb speaker mounts

But only Axiom can explain how to safely attach a mount to an M60 without torquing the cabinet.

Birdman

Sorry to go on and on about this, but anyone into this ought to check out the "Speaker Selection Guide" at OmniMount. Axiom is not one of the brands in their pre-configured set of recommendations, but the M60s have dimensions somewhat similar to a Monitor Audio Silver 8i, which is in the system (and weighs 48 lbs, one more than an M60ti). Looks like they have special instructions on wall-mounting the floorstanders.

Birdman